The Times – Specialist – Sunday Times GK Jumbo No 369 May 7 2023 Crossword Answers
The Times – Specialist – Sunday Times GK Jumbo No 369
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| “November’s sky is ____ and drear, / November’s leaf is red and sear” (Walter Scott) | CHILL |
| “Tilling and grazing are the two ____ by which France is fed” (Maximilien de Bethune, Duc de Sully) | BREASTS |
| “Vast expanses of frustration, boredom, sadness and ____” (Caitlin Moran, describing lockdown in February 2021) | ENNUI |
| 1982 Roald Dahl book made into a 2016 Disney film | The BFG |
| A basic technique used with this toy is the sleeper | yo-yo |
| A one-word anagram of GENERAL | ENLARGE |
| A small kind of sawbill duck | SMEW |
| A system or plan used if no other arrangement can be made | BACKSTOP |
| A thin decorative material, or a disease of plum trees | silver leaf |
| After wartime removal and disappearance, reconstruction of the ____ Room in the Catherine Palace, near St Petersburg was completed in 2003 | AMBER |
| Arctic plain with permanently frozen subsoil | TUNDRA |
| Area of Manhattan on the Hudson River | west side |
| Canadian former snooker player noted for his natty (often white) attire | Kirk Stevens |
| Capital of Italy’s Piedmont region | TURIN |
| Central Asian floor covering illustrated on a national flag | Turkoman rug |
| Common intertidal edible gastropod | PERIWINKLE |
| Female protagonist of Wuthering Heights | Catherine Earnshaw |
| Football club based at the Johan Cruyff Arena | AJAX |
| Former name for the capital of Kazakhstan | alma-ata |
| Former nation, consisting of 15 republics for its last 35 years | USSR |
| Free from obstruction | CLEAR |
| French toast | a votre sante |
| Genus of plants with latex-like sap and flowers with no petals or nectar | EUPHORBIA |
| Gilded silver or bronze | VERMEIL |
| Group of stars in Cancer, known as the Beehive Cluster or Manger | praesepe |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Guadeloupe and Antigua are two of the ____ | Leeward Islands |
| Having irises of different colours | wall-eyed |
| Low-cost carrier whose CEO is Michael O’Leary | RYANAIR |
| Media of expression | VEHICLES |
| Military force formed after the Bolshevik Revolution | red army |
| Muslim festival called Bairam in Turkey | EID |
| Old stringed instrument similar to the dulcimer | PSALTERY |
| One associated with the command “Stand and deliver!” | HIGHWAYMAN |
| Popular slogan of lawyers in TV commercials | No win no fee |
| Programming language used to handle database information | sql |
| Receptacles for nautical compasses | BINNACLES |
| Singer given two Grammy nominations after the release of her 1989 debut album Affection | Lisa Stansfield |
| Singer of Britain’s first winning Eurovision Song Contest entry | Sandie Shaw |
| Small open aircraft typically used for recreational purposes | MICROLIGHT |
| Statement of belief adopted at a church council in AD325 | Nicene Creed |
| Strong smells associated with cooking | nidors |
| Sweet rice wine used as a flavouring in Japanese cuisine | MIRIN |
| That which assessed a candidate’s ability in a field | aptitude test |
| That which, cryptically, might be called an eaves dropper | ICICLE |
| The “Goldfinger” singer, as of January 2000 | Dame Shirley Bassey |
| The study of ethics | moral philosophy |
| This was first used in the Tour de France in 1919, sixteen years after the first tour | yellow jersey |
| Those who attack or defend online information systems | cyberwarriors |
| Tippi Hedren’s daughter, also an actress | Melanie Griffith |
| Writer of Boys From the Blackstuff | Alan Bleasdale |