The Times – Specialist – Sunday Times GK Jumbo No 142 Crossword Solution
The Times – Specialist – Sunday Times GK Jumbo No 142 Crossword Solution
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| “… and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves ____” (Genesis 3:7) | APRONS |
| “… we never really die; we continue as part of ____” (George Lucas) | the Force |
| 11 elements are ____ at room temperature | GASES |
| 1963 comedy film about a race for stolen cash | it’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World |
| 1983 Ryan Paris song, inspired by a 1960 Italian film | dolce Vita |
| 19th-century convoy of US pioneers | wagon train |
| 2016 horror film about a man with 23 personalities | SPLIT |
| A 1950s and 1960s series of spotters’ guides for children | i-spy |
| A ceremonial entrance to the City of London until 1878 | temple Bar |
| A colony of white ants | termitary |
| A figure skating jump not named after anyone | toe loop |
| A golf club used for some approach shots | MIDIRON |
| A Japanese dish of soya beans in their pods | EDAMAME |
| A Riley ____ was a more conventional-looking Mini | ELF |
| A scapegoat | fall guy |
| Ancient Greek city on the island of Santorini, abandoned after a volcanic eruption | THERA |
| Another name for a duvet | continental quilt |
| Antiphon sometimes sung during a eucharist service | INTROIT |
| As a colour on web pages, another name for cyan | AQUA |
| Benjamin Britten’s operetta Paul ____ is about a giant lumberjack in American folklore | BUNYAN |
| Curing an addiction to alcohol | drying out |
| Description of copy protection or some naval patrols | anti-piracy |
| Donations by ____ were the basis of an Oxford museum | augustus Pitt Rivers |
| Dorando ____ finished first in the 1908 Olympic marathon, but was later disqualified | pietri |
| Drummer in the Jazz Messengers, formed in the 1950s | art Blakey |
| From Afrikaans, a name for a tree snake | BOOMSLANG |
| Georges Gilles de la ____ described the symptoms of a “maladie des tics” in 1885 | TOURETTE |
| German theologian who resisted Nazism | dietrich Bonhoeffer |
| Gilbert and Sullivan’s song A More Humane Mikado has many references to “innocent ____” | MERRIMENT |
| Graham James has been bishop of ____ since 1999 | NORWICH |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Greek letter on the UK Supreme Court’s official badge | OMEGA |
| Home of the Port of London’s main container facility | TILBURY |
| In chemistry, a base that dissolves in water | ALKALI |
| In The ____, Donald Norman writes: “If I were placed in the c*ckpit of [an] airliner, my inability to perform well would neither surprise nor bother me. But why should I have trouble with doors, light switches, water faucets and stoves?” | design of Everyday Things |
| Indication that swimming is dangerous, or an outdoor shooting range is in use | red flag |
| Letters on a flag also showing the cross of St George with a blue border, and a crown and anchor | rnli |
| Maurice ____ was a French painter of cityscapes, especially of Montmartre, where he was born | UTRILLO |
| Middle English name for a type of salamander | EFT |
| New Mexico city best known for a UFO “incident” in 1947 | ROSWELL |
| On a radio, the A in AM | AMPLITUDE |
| On the left bank of the Colorado river, the most visited area of Grand Canyon National Park | south Rim |
| Pat and ____ is a 1952 romantic comedy starring Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy | MIKE |
| Permanent bending of fingers, experienced by about 20 per cent of people over 65 in the UK | dupuytren’s contracture |
| Physicist best known for his uncertainty principle | werner Heisenberg |
| Place providing care and recreation facilities for those not fully independent | day centre |
| Proverbially, still waters ____ | run deep |
| Run faster than a rival in the home straight | outsprint |
| The “Sprint” version of this event includes a 5km run | TRIATHLON |
| The fibre used to make hessian cloth | JUTE |
| The first airline to use “Speedbird” as a call sign | BOAC |
| The plant sweetbrier; also the Canterbury Tales prioress | EGLANTINE |
| The slow section of a Hungarian csardas | LASSU |
| The snowman in a Christmas song first recorded by Gene Autry in 1950 | FROSTY |
| The ____ mountains are the highest range in the Carpathians | TATRA |
| This genus in the mint family includes selfheal | PRUNELLA |
| Thomas Hardy novel or a quote from Gray’s Elegy | far From the Madding Crowd |
| To make a howl-like sound with a trilling quality | ULULATE |
| Tundra, steppe and savannah | PLAINS |
| Vyacheslav ____ was the USSR’s foreign minister during the Second World War | MOLOTOV |
| ____ fish live in the upper waters of the open sea | PELAGIC |