Answer the following to discover the theme.
Some answers have hyphenated words.
Bracketed numbers show number of words in each answer.
01) Dover to Calais (2)
02) Formal public statement
03) Not likely to frighten anyone; not presenting any danger; e.g. position of a freekick far away from goal. e.g. an environment that is safe
04) The activity of getting a new skin colour on holiday
05) Compulsory employee payments to the UK Government (2)
06) Classic British comedy starring Robbie Coltrane (4)
07) Unusual, unorthodox, not conforming
08) Someone older than 89 and less than 100
09) What Gazza scored in Euro 96 QF shootout vs Spain (2)
10) The smallest of a diverse collection of marine drifting organisms
11) The tube (2)
12) Ice-cream with a flake (2)
13) Mix of dried leaves and bark smoked by Indians
14) 'Friends' star (2)
15) Someone from the Keystone State
16) Former Eurovision winner (2)
17) Unwilling to spend money
18) Jumping into water while grasping one's upraised knees with one's arms
19) Small spaces that are difficult to reach, used when searching every hidey hole for something (3)
20) Round, sweet bread with a particular spice and sugar (2)
21) Word for a broken bone that fails to heal
22) Bible's opening (3)
23) Giving support, strength or basic structure to something. e.g. a building
24) Blackadder catchphrase 'I have a ....' (2)
25) Largest Chinese city in the Guangxi region
26) Dubious, improbable, unsubstantial, weak
27) The smuggling of weapons into another country
28) Lack of control of the bladder
29) Scottish singer whose Christmasses and Birthdays all come at once (2)
30) Warrior, king, sea god of the Otherworld in Irish Mythology
31) Wipe your mouth with it at tea time (2)
32) Russian novel, widely regarded as one of the greatest of all time (2)
33) Radio1 feature where celebrities fill their mouths with water and try not to laugh (2)
34) Failure to be present at a place where you should be
35) Robotic Robin Williams movie (2)
36) Trouble, disruption, a nuisance. e.g. 'sorry for the _____ caused'
37) Former name of a Princess of Denmark, died 1980 (2)
Take the alphabetic value of the first letter of your answers and substitute in the formula below:
(3 + 5 - 6 - 22) (10 - 12) + 37) (17 - 21) (28 + 33 - 13). (36 - 2) (15 - 14) (18 + 20 + 19 - 8)
(26 - 4) (7 / 27) ((25 - 34) + (9 - 23)). (11 - 31 - 24) (16 + 29) (30 - 1 - 32)