The Times – Specialist – Sunday Times GK Jumbo No 397 November 19, 2023, Crossword Answers
The Times – Specialist – Sunday Times GK Jumbo No 397
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| “In Oppley they’re smart, and in Stouch they’re ____, but Midwich folk are just plain barmy’ (John Wyndham) | SMARMY |
| “Poetry is what ____ translation. It is also what ____ interpretation” (Robert Frost) | is lost in |
| “We need a ____ here. Where are you? Where are you? Let’s be havin’ you!” (Delia Smith) | twelfth man |
| 1 e4 e5 2 Bc4 Nc6 3 Qh5 Nf6 4 Qxf7# | scholar’s mate |
| A natural trap for insects | pitcher plant |
| Actor who played Mr Pink in Reservoir Dogs | Steve Buscemi |
| Actress who made her screen debut with Alicia Silverstone in Aerosmith’s 1994 video for Crazy | Liv Tyler |
| Animal whose males and females are hobs and jills | FERRET |
| As was singer Billy Ray Cyrus’s breaky heart in 1992 | ACHY |
| Asian religion whose sacred powers are the kami | SHINTO |
| Author of The Magic Toyshop | Angela Carter |
| Band who released Brimful of Asha in 1997 | CORNERSHOP |
| Chris Barrie plays a holographic role in this BBC sitcom | Red Dwarf |
| City which hosted the 1984 Winter Olympic games | SARAJEVO |
| Cockney rhyming slang for an American person | septic tank |
| Common reason for reduced flight duration | tail wind |
| Edible type of butter also used in cosmetics | SHEA |
| Event in both skiing and canoeing championships | SLALOM |
| Film mogul who flew the 320ft wingspan Spruce Goose flying boat in 1947 | Howard Hughes |
| Former monastery in London which later became a school and a home for poor men | CHARTERHOUSE |
| Going back on one’s promise | RENEGING |
| Goldfinger cheats at this card game in a 1964 Bond film | gin rummy |
| In German, this religious festival is “Christi Himmelfahrt” | Ascension Day |
| In hockey, free strokes taken from the goal line | penalty corners |
| In Persian mythology, the God of sun and light | mithra |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| In shape, a perfectly formed alum crystal is ____ | OCTAHEDRAL |
| In Star Wars, those using the dark side of the Force | SITH |
| In the Bible, what was dreamt of by Esau’s brother | Jacob’s Ladder |
| Kol ____ is a declaration made on the night of Yom Kippur | NIDRE |
| Large flightless bird of South America | RHEA |
| Make extremely wet | SATURATE |
| Mist on northeastern British coasts | HAAR |
| Netted hoop of Amerindian origin, hung above a bed | DREAMCATCHER |
| Novelist, poet and critic who wrote I, Claudius | Robert Graves |
| Official units of currency in Guadeloupe | EUROS |
| One of the world’s three independent countries still ruled by a sultan | OMAN |
| Pale long-legged wading birds | EGRETS |
| Polish author of the 1961 Sci-fi novel Solaris | Stanislaw Lem |
| Second film in the Pink Panther franchise | a shot in the dark |
| Sister of the Greek Furies Megaera and Tisiphone | ALECTO |
| Spaceship whose onboard computer was a Hal 9000 | Discovery One |
| Spoke thoughtfully about something to oneself | MUSED |
| Stage name of spy Margaretha Geertruida Zelle | Mata Hari |
| Tadpoles and silkworms are both ____ | LARVAE |
| The “foma” that “make you brave and kind and healthy and happy” in Vonnegut’s Cat’s Cradle are harmless ____ | UNTRUTHS |
| The Italian name for breadsticks | GRISSINI |
| Traditional group of strolling Mexican musicians | MARIACHI |
| Type of hat worn by Inspector Clouseau in 10D | TRILBY |
| Village at the southern end of the Pennine Way | EDALE |
| ____: More Than Meats the Pie was a 2013 Sky1 documentary about a bakery chain | GREGGS |