A hero named after an American ornithologist gets to grips with an evil genius named after an English cricket commentator. What line of work was the hero's father-in-law in?

Can you identify these two cities?

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The author of a story that was the basis for a Quentin Tarantino film

A Chancellor of Germany or, later, a legendary king

The great-uncle of the first emperor

The Member of Parliament for Oxford University

Who was the poet that we never got to see?

Sgt Dudfoot

A small town in Tennessee with a religious, clean living community who don't tolerate drunkenness.........seems to be a good town for the American President.

What do they call it?

Demar

Some words, such as "ace" and "belt", consist of letters appearing in alphabetical order.

Which is the last such word (alphabetically) of four or more letters, to be defined in the dictionary?

Sgt Dudfoot suggested this question but asking for words of three letters or more. I've decided to run it but make it four letters instead, so he doesn't know the right answer either. I have decided to mark only one answer as correct and I have no idea what it might be, or whether more than one of you will agree on the same word. If you have found an obscure word you will need to provide evidence in the form of a link to a non-subscription online dictionary of general vocabulary. If entering the word into Google results in the word appearing underlined then it appears in the lexicon at Dictionary.com, as long as it has a definition other than as a proper noun that will be ample evidence and you can keep it quiet. If your word fails that test please email me with supporting evidence and I'll make a judgement as to whether I can accept it, and I might let you know if you have to try harder. It is allowable to have double letters.

Huxley's novel metal

Donovan's easy-going mood

Chilly dramatic hit

The front of any British train

Lisa Simpson

Where we all live

What character flaw could apply to join this set?

What's the connection?

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Which famous Washingtonian was welcomed to the Nixon White House as an honoured guest, a noble man of the highest rank, although his father had gone in the back door as a servant?

In my trusty old dictionary between a sudden violent change of feeling and a self propelling projectile I find the a high-flown enthusiastic speech, a thick skinned mammal, an equilateral quadrilateral, indecent talk, a horseless carriage, those the doorman keeps out, meaningless talk, a counter-attack, the damp end of the joint and a seriously big bird.

Can you find anything musical?

Infamous

Direction from Edinburgh to Inverness

Entranced

Cowboy's tool

Nautical safety equipment

What telephone call are we making?

Zack

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