| Character in some of Shakespeare's plays based on Lollard leader Sir John Oldcastle (8) |
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| Sir John, Shakespearean character and subject of an opera by Verdi (8) |
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| Fat knight struck head between two rivers (8) |
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| Fool finally abandoned artificial waterway in Wales |
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| 1893 opera by Giuseppe Verdi |
Mirror Quiz |
20 Mar 2025 |
| Verdi's last opera (8) |
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| Fat, vain and boastful character who appears in three Shakespeare plays (8) |
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| Jovial Shakespearean character (8) |
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| Which character appears most in Shakespeare's plays? (8) |
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| Fat, vain and boastful knight who appears in three of Shakespeare's plays (8) |
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| Hal's pal (8) |
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| Say, Sir John to lose control almost on employees (8) |
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| Character in The Merry Wives of Windsor (8) |
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| Three females surround a last wild Shakespearean character |
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| Loud, a large man, one appearing in Shakespeare plays |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
20 Nov 2023 |
| Fat comic character listening to deceitful servants |
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| Following a large man in Verdi opera |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
16 May 2022 |
| Timeless, fat, ultimately fictional man! |
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| Timeless, fat, ultimately fictional man! |
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| The Bard's fat knight |
The Times Concise |
21 May 2020 |
| Fat knight's first to swim in a couple of rivers |
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| Man on river, a Boar's Head regular |
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| Opera produced by crew on river |
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| Sir John --, character in 'The Merry Wives of Windsor' |
The Telegraph General Knowledge |
17 Nov 2019 |
| Shakespearean character‘s strong metal rod |
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| Dissolute character with people at work by river |
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| Sir John‘s employees on the river |
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| Shakespearean knight |
Eugene Sheffer |
29 Aug 2017 |
| Roguish Shakespearean character said to come down on men |
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| Shakespeare's Sir John |
The Telegraph Quick |
07 Apr 2017 |
| Roguish character, ultimate in thorns between two flowers |
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| A novice with fast movement in party for bard's rotund jolly character |
Irish Times Crosaire |
12 May 2016 |
| Opera, Parsifal, staffer includes |
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| Opera, Parsifal, staffer includes |
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| Shakespearean knight |
The Times Concise |
12 Jan 2015 |
| Disreputable knight‘s man on river … |
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| Verdi opera based on a Shakespearean character |
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| Boar's Head Tavern habitue |
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| Verdi opera |
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| 1893 Verdi opera |
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| Friend of Prince Henry |
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| Last Verdi opera |
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| Hassle about last poor opera |
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| "Henry IV" role |
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| Cowardly, lyin', fictional fatso |
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| Shakespeare's most famous comic character. |
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| Verdi opera. |
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| Shakespeare's convivial braggart. |
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