The questions
1 On a map, an ideo locator often appears with which three words?
2 Which university pioneered creative writing teaching in the UK?
3 Which TV hit is based on the party game Mafia?
4 La Malinche was an indigenous interpreter for which adventurer?
5 When are “hunger stones” revealed?
6 What is the world’s largest cricket stadium?
7 Which German gave his name to penguin and squid?
8 Where would a SLAPP be administered?
What links:
9 City of apes; bird-people; man-eating giant; roc; Old Man of the Sea?
10 Munshi; Crawfie; Backstairs Billy; Small Paul?
11 Stellar-mass; intermediate-mass; supermassive?
12 De Winter; Keeldar; White; Woodhouse; Wormwood?
13 Arboreal rodents (4-6); dam-building rodents (6-8); young bears or lions (8-10.5)?
14 Biscuit; chips; gas; jelly; pants; suspenders?
15 Arthur Balfour, 1916; Alec Douglas-Home, 1970; David Cameron, 2023?
The answers
1 You are here.
2 University of East Anglia.
3 The Traitors.
4 Hernán Cortés.
5 During droughts (river/lake markers).
6 Narendra Modi Stadium (Ahmedabad, India).
7 Alexander von Humboldt.
8 In court (strategic lawsuits against public participation).
9 Encountered by Sinbad the Sailor on his seven voyages.
10 Nicknames of royal servants: Abdul Karim; Marion Crawford; William Tallon; Paul Burrell.
11 Types of black hole.
12 Surnames of title characters in novels: Rebecca; Shirley; Carrie; Emma; Matilda.
13 Scouting divisions (age bracket): Squirrels; Beavers; Cubs.
14 Words with different meanings in America.
15 Ex-PMs who became foreign secretary.