The Times – Specialist – Sunday Times GK Jumbo No 334 September 4 2022 Crossword Answer List
The Times – Specialist – Sunday Times GK Jumbo No 334
Clues | Answers |
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“Recycling and ____ centre (the tip)” (heading on Coventry City Council’s website) | DISPOSAL |
“Slums must be eliminated. […] They are an ____, a corruption.” (David Lloyd George) | EYESORE |
1976 French Open singles champion who recently retired from presenting Wimbledon coverage | Sue Barker |
A drinking toast; a former S4C series about a local health office | Iechyd da |
A note lasting as long as eight semiquavers | MINIM |
A ____ shark has a caudal fin that may be as long as its body | THRESHER |
An alternative to jellied eels as a classic Cockney dish | Pie and mash |
BBC newsreader who recently became one of Newsnight’s lead presenters | Victoria Derbyshire |
Bet ____ was Julie Goodyear’s iconic Corrie character | LYNCH |
Browser game produced by King.com, which developed into one of the most popular mobile apps | Candy Crush |
By surface area, Lake ____ is the world’s largest lake entirely in one country | MICHIGAN |
Cake and ice cream, covered in meringue and briefly placed in a hot oven | baked alaska |
Child’s “sleep”; friendly farewells | bye-byes |
Composer of the best-known Concerto for Orchestra | Bela Bartok |
District on a small hill in Paris, popular with artists in Belle Epoque times | MONTMARTRE |
Edward I’s fortress which overlooks Cardigan Bay | Harlech Castle |
Fictional character such as Iron Man or the Hulk | SUPERHERO |
French composer of the operas Werther and Manon | MASSENET |
Functioned in a specific way | ACTED |
Gambols, like one of Santa’s reindeer? | PRANCES |
Giving a live public performance; acting with a common purpose | in concert |
Headgear worn by Joe DiMaggio, Hank Aaron and Roger Clemens, say | Baseball caps |
Henri Rousseau and Grandma Moses both produced ____ art | NAIVE |
Clues | Answers |
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Historic county known as Elginshire until 1919 | MORAY |
In Star Wars, a space marine led by Emperor Palpatine and his commanders such as Darth Vader | STORMTROOPER |
Lamb or pork dishes with rings of upward-pointing ribs | Crown roasts |
Long piece of tartan cloth worn over the shoulder in traditional Highland dress | PLAID |
Monetary unit of Chile and the Philippines | PESO |
Nationality of conductor Maris Jansons and chess grandmaster Mikhail Tal | LATVIAN |
One name for a childhood disease causing a bright red rash and fever | SCARLATINA |
Painful swelling of a small sac connected to the intestine | APPENDICITIS |
Peter Shaffer’s 1979 stage play about the fictional rivalry between Salieri and Mozart | AMADEUS |
Pigment first synthesised by Johann Jacob Diesbach in Berlin, c 1705 | Prussian blue |
Relating to meaning in language | SEMANTIC |
Relaxed and living luxuriously | In clover |
Someone keen and/or knowledgeable about films | CINEASTE |
Star of Taxi Driver, Raging Bull and Goodfellas | Robert De Niro |
Supporters of the Southern States in the American Civil War | CONFEDERATES |
Surname of the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic | EARHART |
The Avro ____ was a maritime patrol aircraft used by the RAF in the 1950s and 1960s | SHACKLETON |
To become covered during freezing weather | Ice over |
Tom yum, avgolemono or borscht | SOUP |
UK-based founding member of the European Beer Consumers Union | Campaign for Real Ale |
Use of herbs, salts or spices to enhance flavour | SEASONING |
____ became Britain’s fourth male open era Wimbledon semi-finalist this year | Cameron Norrie |
____ Turkey is an alternative name for Anatolia | ASIATIC |