Quiz Crossword
1 Middle point (6) 2 Thing supposed to bring good luck (6) 3 Nervously irritable (2,4) 4 The symbol ~ (5) 5 Avian influenza (4,3) 6 Everlasting (7) 11 Pakistani city (7) 12 Upper garment (4,3) 13 Breakfast food (6) 14 Having three parts (6) 15 TV commercial (6) 17 One of a set of fixed steps (5) Down: - 1 Cohesion. 2 Aperitif. 3 Counts. 4 Record. 5 Comets. 6 Foot. 11 Automata. 12 Dethrone. 15 Orange. 16 Velvet. 17 Scales. 20 Data.
- 1 Burglarise. 6 Hail. 10 Enchant. 11 Puffing. 12 Question. 13 Stein. 15 Absentee. 17 Coddle. 19 Traits. 21 Calendar. 24 Choir. 25 Interest. 28 Priests. 29 Agility. 30 Ergo. 31 Patisserie. Down: - 1 Bred. 2 Recoups. 3 Leaks. 4 Retainer. 5 Supine. 7 Aniseed. 8 Loganberry. 9 Offshore. 14 Participle. 16 Naturists. 18 Pastrami. 20 Adoring. 22 Dossier. 23 Miasma. 26 Rains. 27 Type. 6 Ralph Waldo, 19th Century US poet who authored the 1836 essay Nature (7) 7 Large bird, Corvus corax, having a black plumage (5) 9 Small social insect which lives in a formicary (3) 10 1651 work by the English philosopher Thomas Hobbes (9) 12 Daughter of Gabriel in the Charles Dickens novel Barnaby Rudge after whom a type of fish is named (5,6) 15 Actor who portrayed George Raft in the 1991 film Bugsy (3,8) 17 1415 battle in France won by England under Henry V (9) 19 and 18 Down Lyricist whose musicals include Jesus Christ Superstar (3,4) 21 Airy spirit in the Shakespeare play The Tempest (5) 22 Paolo, Florentine painter whose works include The Battle of San Romano, 1432 (7) 1 and 5 President of Lebanon 1982-88 (5,7) 2 The Isthmus of … is a narrow neck of the Malay Peninsula between the Gulf of Thailand and the Bay of Bengal (3) 3 and 16 Jonathan Kaplan film starring Michelle Pfeiffer as Lurene Hallett (4,5) 4 and 11 1970 novel by Patrick O’Brian (6,3,9) 5 See 1 8 Department of France whose capital is Nevers (6) 11 See 4 13 Charlotte, author of the 1752 novel The Female Quixote (6) 14 MJ, England Test cricketer who took 6-57 against India at Nagpur in 2006 (7) 16 See 3 18 See 19 Across 20 Goddess of the dead in Norse mythology (3) Across: - 7 Stiff Upper Lip. 8 Salinger. 9 Hyer. 10 Street. 12 Drachm. 14 Acajou. 16 Sicily. 18 Épée. 20 Geronimo. 22 Some Like It Hot. Down: - 1 Atlantic. 2 Office. 3 Jung. 4 Sporades. 5 Brahma. 6 Life. 11 True Grit. 13 Half Moon. 15 Jeeves. 17 Canute. 19 Poon. 21 Reel.
Our favourite husband and wife couple from Isidingo, Bra Zeb (Don Mlangeni Nawa) and Ma Agnes (Keketso Semoko), didn’t stay away from the camera for too long. The two were cast in SABC1’s Skeem Saam, much to the delight of fans.
Last, but certainly not least, the dashing Tumisho Masha was signed up to stir the hornets’ nest in Scandal. And he does so with panache… as viewers will get to see from tomorrow night.