DALLIANCE

THEARTIST2011 French film that won a Best Picture Oscar ESCARTISTMagician in a straitjacket and handcuffs, maybe NEWSNIGHTBBC current affairs programme launched in 1980 TOTHESIDEWhere a wallflower often stands STRAIGHTAKind of student COMMONERAModern dating phrase TEDDANSONActor best known for playing Sam Malone in the US sitcom Cheers CORNSALSAMix with kernels BOOKVALUEAccounting calculation CATAMARANA yacht or other boat with twin hulls ALTENDINGPost-credits scene, perhaps RICKSTEINEnglish celebrity chef who opened his first seafood restaurant in Padstow in 1975 ALONETIMEChance to recharge one's social battery MARGARITACocktail of tequila, lemon or lime juice, and an orange-flavoured liqueur