The Times – Specialist – Sunday Times GK Jumbo No 215 Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Answers |
| 1999 romantic comedy film starring Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant |
Notting Hill |
| A brood-pouch or egg capsule |
OVISAC |
| A cricketer such as Glenn McGrath or Courtney Walsh |
seam bowler |
| A house in Italy or Spain |
CASA |
| A passage used in injection moulding, or the material from it, such as the framework holding parts in a modelling kit |
SPRUE |
| A state of Brazil, its name meaning “thick bush” |
Mato Grosso |
| A strong, crease-resistant synthetic fabric |
TERYLENE |
| A venomous arachnid of the Latrodectus genus |
black widow spider |
| American folk hero killed during a card game by Jack McCall |
Wild Bill Hickok |
| American football position close to the tackle |
tight end |
| An indigenous people of Kenya and Tanzania |
MASAI |
| Author and broadcaster who gained fame as co-presenter of Through the Keyhole |
Loyd Grossman |
| Burt Reynolds made his directorial debut with this 1976 action comedy film set in a swamp |
GATOR |
| Capital of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
KINGSTOWN |
| Caravaggio work depicting the resurrected Jesus revealing himself to two disciples |
Supper at Emmaus |
| Disastrous, devastating |
CATASTROPHIC |
| Governing body of open-wheel racing in the USA |
INDYCAR |
| Henry James novel of 1879 set in Switzerland and Italy |
Daisy Miller |
| Host of The News Quiz on BBC Radio 4 since 2015 |
Miles Jupp |
| Jennifer ____’s first TV appearance was as Calypso in Channel 4’s 1992 adaptation of The Camomile Lawn |
EHLE |
| Leonid Brezhnev replaced ____ in 1964 |
Nikita Khrushchev |
| Maker of the “violin” bass guitar much used by Paul McCartney |
HOFNER |
| Many energy drinks are labelled as ____ |
ISOTONIC |
| Narrow-minded principles |
insularism |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Neighbours is set primarily in ____ Street |
RAMSAY |
| Netherlands city which is a hub of radio and television broadcasting |
HILVERSUM |
| Northanger Abbey character who leaves James Morland in favour of the wealthier Captain Tilney |
Isabella Thorpe |
| One who studies fossils |
PALAEONTOLOGIST |
| Poly-paraphenylene terephthalamide, as often found in bullet-proof vests |
KEVLAR |
| Property between Community Chest and Income Tax on a standard UK Monopoly board |
Whitechapel Road |
| Punt mooring poles |
ryepecks |
| Retired athlete who sometimes commentates in TV coverage of field events |
Steve Backley |
| Ridden by Ben De Haan, winner of the 1983 Grand National |
corbiere |
| Scottish-born philanthropist who said “The man who dies … rich dies disgraced” |
Andrew Carnegie |
| Sheets of this plastic material are used on overhead projectors |
ACETATE |
| Sole living member of the order Tubulidentata |
AARDVARK |
| The “way of gentleness” as a martial art |
JUDO |
| The bird stylised in the logo of Lufthansa |
CRANE |
| The capital of Austria, to Austrians |
WIEN |
| The capital of Upper Austria |
LINZ |
| The chairing of the Bard is an important moment in the National ____ of Wales |
EISTEDDFOD |
| The daughter of Al Hirschfield, whose name was frequently hidden in his illustrations |
NINA |
| The Prime Minister of Belgium |
Sophie Wilmes |
| The Vatican stands in Rome’s ____ City |
LEONINE |
| The wetland plant purple ____ is visible in the Ophelia painting by John Everett Millais |
LOOSESTRIFE |
| To divide a word into speech segments |
syllabicate |
| Train of attendants or a funeral procession |
CORTEGE |
| Verse form first used by Dante in the Divine Comedy |
terza rima |