The Times – Specialist – Sunday Times GK Jumbo No 398 November 26 2023 Answers
The Times – Specialist – Sunday Times GK Jumbo No 398
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| “… her nostrils, so ____ of caressing breezes and amorous scents …” (Madame Bovary) | GLUTTONOUS |
| “Please ____” is an example of a pleonasm | RSVP |
| 1932 comic novel featuring several members of the Starkadder family | cold comfort farm |
| 1967 comedy film starring Dean Martin, third of the four Matt Helm films | The Ambushers |
| A circular fort built for coastal defence | martello tower |
| A fashionable dressmaker or milliner | MODISTE |
| A meadow grass with brushlike spikes | FOXTAIL |
| A product of photosynthesis | GLUCOSE |
| A Scottish diminutive of Janet | JESSIE |
| A wetting agent | surfactant |
| Actor best known for his sitcom role as Battery Sergeant Major Williams | Windsor Davies |
| American cigarette manufacturer which was a sponsor of the 1982 Fifa World Cup | WINSTON |
| Book which is often called the first modern novel | Don Quixote |
| British composer whose music “combines instant popular appeal with the most visionary raptus” (Oxford Companion to Music) | Sir Edward Elgar |
| Comedian whose recurring characters included Cosmo Smallpiece | Les Dawson |
| County town where Izaak Walton, author of the The Compleat Angler, was born | STAFFORD |
| Defenders of this Texan mission were killed in an 1836 siege | ALAMO |
| Dutch footballer who scored 144 goals for Arsenal and Manchester United | Robin Van Persie |
| Epidemic which reached England in 1348 | Black Death |
| Gems which have been polished but not faceted | cabochons |
| Greek island which gives its name to a fortified dessert wine | SAMOS |
| Group founded in 1977 and still fronted by Victor Willis | Village People |
| Having a brownish pale yellow hue | straw-coloured |
| In anatomy, a decussation or intercrossing | CHIASMA |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| In art, a portrayal of Jesus wearing the crown of thorns | Ecce Homo |
| Infuriates | riles up |
| Level 42’s most successful UK single | Lessons in Love |
| Like a friend of Charles Dickens? | MUTUAL |
| Long-billed North American waders resembling godwits | DOWITCHERS |
| Manhattan’s ____ Avenue is part of its West Side Highway | TWELFTH |
| Member of what is regarded as London’s first professional police force | Bow Street Runner |
| Middle name of actor Michael J Fox | ANDREW |
| Nottingham-based swimwear manufacturer with a boomerang logo | SPEEDO |
| One who lives a religious life of contemplation and self-denial | ASCETIC |
| Paper handkerchiefs | TISSUES |
| Pop group The ____ changed their name to Babble before splitting in the 1990s | Thompson Twins |
| Relating to jurisprudence | LEGAL |
| Sergei ____ directed Battleship Potemkin | EISENSTEIN |
| Swimmer who modelled for a mermaid statue in Cowes, Isle of Wight | Sharron Davies |
| Texas city; an Oxford or Cambridge college | Corpus Christi |
| The class of millipedes | diplopoda |
| The highest point | ACME |
| The ____ was hosted by Adrian Chiles and Christine Lampard from 2007 to 2010 | One Show |
| Thomas Tuchel is the current manager of this club | bayern munich |
| To preclude in law | ESTOP |
| When the sun is over the ____, it’s traditionally OK to booze | YARDARM |
| Wind instrument traditionally made from clay or ceramic | OCARINA |
| Writer of sitcoms including Bread and Butterflies | Carla Lane |