Christmas Quiz 2024 - The Answers
| 1 | Connector between ankle and knee bones (3,4) | Leg bone (song) |
| 2 | Part of a pop group rolling around in the kidneys (6) | Stones |
| 3 | Take on responsibility (like Atlas) (8) | Shoulder |
| 4 | Not as runny as H2O (5) | Blood |
| 5 | Old West End show (4) | Hair |
| 6 | Ahill cabin in cold weather affects the extremities (9) | Chilblain |
| 7 | If it’s numb, you’re dim (5) | Skull |
| 8 | Site of an injury made by a jungle baddie (4) | Scar(Lion King) |
| 9 | Adam’s spare one (3) | Rib |
| 10 | Between the hands and the bumps (5) | Knees (nursery rhyme) |
| 11 | Not so silent part of a shoe (6) | Tongue |
| 12 | A plumber’s joint used to get people out of your way (5) | Elbow |
| 13 |
Causes everyone to fall after circular dance. Plague, anyone? (6) |
Sneeze |
| 14 |
Horner’s appendage definitely not on the ingredients list (5) |
Thumb |
| 15 | Cricketersearn caps for playing here (8) | Pancreas |
| 16 | Maize (4) | Corn |
| 17 | A closer shave needed if this remains (7) | Stubble or whisker |
| 18 | The opposite end of a sick cow from its feet (5) | Mouth |
| 19 | Add nothing to become amusing (7) | Humer(o)us |
| 20 | I hear Belgians enjoy them with frites (7) | Muscles |
| 21 | Slap here indicates mild displeasure (5) | Wrist |
| 22 | Honey maker in front of window cleaner’s steps (7) | B ladder |
| 23 | It’s in cockles and mussels, aliv’ alive O (6) | Saliva |
| 24 | Lots in an organ (8) | Windpipe |
| 25 | Dog’s biters (6,5) | Canine Teeth |
| 26 | Cyrano’s narrow victory at Ascot (4) | Nose |
| 27 | A bit further ahead at Ascot (4) | Neck or head |
| 28 | Hungry Eve’s biggest mistake (5,5) | Adam’s Apple |
| 29 | An ass’s is a useful weapon, biblically (7) | Jawbone |
| 30 | Other people get on yours, annoyingly (6) | Nerves |
| 31 | By one’s cheek (4) | Jowl |
| 32 | A roof in one’s head (6) | Palate |
| 33 | Fencer’s weapon after type of charge (8,5) | Shoulder blade |
| 34 | Unpopular punctuation mark (5) | Colon |
| 35 | Dip it to test the temperature of the water (3) | Toe |
| 36 | Dr Who has two but you only have one (5) | Heart |
| 37 | Bottom (8) | Buttocks or backside |
| 38 | Site for maceration (7) | Stomach |
| 39 | Where you keep your drawers (5) | Chest |
| 40 | Often pierced for a ring which is not often round (7) | Earlobe |
| 41 |
A small and unrepeated aberration in an otherwise consistent pattern. (6) |
Hiccup |
| 42 | Spiteful bad temper (6) | Spleen |
| 43 | Pea or bean, hopefully regular (5) | Pulse |
| 44 | Find it in limited range of colour in every drop (5) | Urine |
| 45 | Living wiener schnitzel (4) | Calf |
| 46 | When you walk into the bank, legs are supported (5) | Ankle |
| 47 |
Useless bit at the end of an article but the middle of you (8) |
Appendix |
| 48 |
Red-legged coastal bird lacking initial help causes reflex response (5) |
C(h)ough |
| 49 | A penny before Mr Presley, which he often gyrated! (6) | Pelvis |
| 50 | Sure sign of a careless Brit on the Costa (7) | Sunburn |
| 51 | Per Forster, it sounds like it should have a view (4) | Womb |
| 52 | The middle vital statistic (5) | Waist |
| 53 | Beckham’s fragile bit (10) | Metacarpal |
| 54 | Did Anne Boleyn have an 11th of these? (6) | Finger |
| 55 | Or a third one of these (6) | Nipple |
| 56 | Sounds like the lifeboat captain’s unwell (6) | Coccyx (cox sick) |
| 57 | Jonah’s residence for three days (5) | Belly |
| 58 | Hesitation behind end of boat (7) | Stern um |
| 59 | Tear in to pieces to see with (6) | Retina |
| 60 | Thetis’s son’s weak spot (8,6) | Achilles Tendon |
| 61 | Black and blue, then yellow, after a beating (6) | Bruise |
| 62 | Did a pig just pass over his unlikely nest (5,3) | Swine Flu |
| 63 | Sunspots (8) | Freckles |
| 64 | Often blocked, it’s in us all (5) | Sinus |
| 65 | Weaver found in a dream (6) | Bottom |
| 66 | Peggy Lee had this all through the night (5) | Fever |
| 67 | Not high, but containing a big bone (5) | Thigh |
| 68 | Impetuous (4) | Rash |
| 69 | Beans in chilli (6) | Kidney |
| 70 | Its humours comes in black and yellow (4) | Bile |
| 71 | A glass one is useless for a boxer (4) | Chin |
| 72 | Get one up for a big step (3) | Leg |
| 73 | Fowl rash (7,3) | Chicken pox |
| 74 | Mixhart to get choke point (6) | Throat |
| 75 | Blinking fringe, ofter false (7) | Eyelash |
| 76 | Behind you, from top to bottom, providing backup (5) | Spine |
| 77 | European money in a bowl facilitates evacuation (5) | Bow(e)l |
| 78 | Brokenpane behind you (4) | Nape |
| 79 | Not hot (4) | Cold |
| 80 | Cruelconfusion causes pain (5) | Ulcer |
| 81 | Second-rate movie precedes downpour (5) | B rain |
| 82 | Nelson’s upper missing bit (3) | Eye |
| 83 | Nelson’s lower missing bit (3) | Arm |
| 84 | Jenkins’s singular asset caused a war (3) | Ear |
| 85 | Gives voice to confused Ryan and 60 Romans (6) | Larynx |
| 86 | This joint is cool, man (3) | Hip |
| 87 | It takes more than your 20 to make a bed (4) | Nail |
| 88 | A bird from Merseyside (5) | Liver |
| 89 | Sauciness (5) | Cheek |
| 90 | This fish is out of water (4) | Lung or sole |
| 91 | Part of a bridge under foot (4) | Arch |
| 92 | The connection between rack and pinion (5) | Teeth |
| 93 | An addendum after mother (5) | Mum ps |
| 94 | Listen carefully - I hear the sound of a Red Rum | Eardrum |
| 95 | Miss Murdoch’s tall flower (4) | Iris |
| 96 |
If it rains tear up your mac – ruin the contents of your hat (7) |
Cranium |
| 97 |
The type of bread once banned in the Army or RAF, but OK in the Navy (5) |
Beard |
| 98 | Greet the first lady of song on the head (7) | Patella |
| 99 | Intermittent interruptor of retinal input (6) | Eyelid |
| 100 | Will the giver of alms see mixed spots (7) | Measles |
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