Letter M 177000–177087

Mocktail Mind things Move like Bill ‘Bojangles’ Robinson Making demands Medical device delivering fluids into the bloodstream Melton Mowbray speciality Make up one’s mind (to do something) Manolo Blahnik, for instance Middle Eastern sweet made with ground sesame seeds Motion of a crowd in a stadium Mollusc with a ribbed shell Male evening dress Mixed literary genre Muscle important in respiration Move slowly – imperial measure Mediterranean tree with edible pods Mother, tall or jump? Martini essential Make tea with it Musical instrument played without physical contact Make an exact copy Macron enters (anag) – protest Mean-spirited individual Models (anag) – rarely Make cartoons – give life to Musical notes worth two crotchets Marketing specialists Mass migration Mediterranean islander – chess opening in which black’s first move is pawn to c5 Moves faster than Mean, mode or median Main, square or microwave? Make a concerted effort Make (something) worse Merciful – stormless Make better – preserve Mint, jelly or icing? Maker of archer’s weapons Man-eater! March area Movement of person from spaceship onto planet? Milk and wine frothy dessert Mugs (anag.) Mao nut (anag.) Monster with green eyes? Manicurist’s tool Medium used to draw away heat Mist or fumes? Med wind, from Africa Metamorphosed insect Means of getting into a tin Mistake in a printed work More’s the pity Metallic element used to make brass Material favoured by academics and farmers Milky plant secretion Moving unevenly Means of injecting or withdrawing liquid Manufacturer of baked beans etc. Means of timing an event Money (or time) spent Moderate – mood Mess left by carpenter Male nobleman ranked between a duke and an earl Mineral found as flat crystals in rocks Mechanism allowing movement in only one direction Martin or Morgan? Magic, confidence or party? Musician’s virtuosity Mythical high-flyer Money withdrawn from an account Muscle at the front of the upper arm Mudpack beauty treatment Mitre (anag.) Moment or two Man-horse? Mother by marriage, e.g. Mutual affection Moving tale Municipal record keeper Mechanism – accuracy Monroe film where vindaloo is preferred by a few? Medieval Italian mathematician Man making his first appearance Me, perhaps Montezuma, e.g. Meditative Chinese exercise system