The Times – Specialist – Sunday Times GK Jumbo No 407 January 28, 2024, Clues and Answers
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| “I will ____ my sorrows, and give way / To all the pangs and fury of despair” (Joseph Addison) | INDULGE |
| “Show me an ____, and I’ll show you a loser” (Tom Clancy) | ELITIST |
| “Whispering” presenter of The Old Grey Whistle Test | Bob Harris |
| A church attendant and caretaker | VERGER |
| A hurricane lamp | storm lantern |
| Actress who played the title role in Georgy Girl | Lynn Redgrave |
| Actress who starred alongside husband John Travolta in Gotti | Kelly Preston |
| Alabama’s oldest city, once the capital of French Louisiana | MOBILE |
| Ancient route paralleled by much of the A1 | Great North Road |
| Buckaroo or ranch hand, informally | COWPOKE |
| Charity single by USA for Africa recorded on this day in 1985 | We Are The World |
| Childish word for a foot or toe | TOOTSIE |
| Collagen which is the main organic component of bones | OSSEIN |
| Colloquial term for a vehicle’s accelerator | loud pedal |
| Comedy duo who toured to sell war bonds in 1942 | Abbott and Costello |
| Country whose name was coined in a pamphlet published on this day in 1933 | PAKISTAN |
| First track and only single from the Beach Boys album All Summer Long | I Get Around |
| Form of agriculture based on esoteric concepts developed by Rudolf Steiner | biodynamics |
| Former structure such as Brighton’s Royal Suspension ____ and Ryde’s Seaview ____ | chain pier |
| Founded in 1983, the upscale sister brand of Holiday Inn | Crowne Plaza |
| Francis ____ wrote the ballet Les Biches | POULENC |
| French philosopher and main editor of the Encyclopédie | Denis Diderot |
| Heat-resistant glass brand introduced in 1915 | PYREX |
| Jane Austen novel first published on this day in 1813 | Pride and Prejudice |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Mark left by an ungulate animal | HOOFPRINT |
| Metro line opened in 1987 and extended to reach Stratford International in 2011 | DLR |
| Musical genre associated with the Stax Records label | Memphis Soul |
| Paul ____ was bassist for The Clash | simonon |
| Philosopher who said “I think, therefore I am” | Rene Descartes |
| Philosophical movement associated with Michel Foucault and Jacques Derrida | POSTMODERNISM |
| Prog rock band originally featuring drummer Bill Bruford | YES |
| Reducing word count without losing the original sense | ABRIDGING |
| Ship accommodation for a senior officer or wealthy passenger | state cabin |
| Small green beans | haricots verts |
| Something formulated by Charles, Gresham or Parkinson | LAW |
| Space shuttle which disintegrated after liftoff on this day in 1986 | CHALLENGER |
| That whose strength is measured by proof | ALCOHOL |
| The allegedly bad-tempered wife of Socrates | XANTHIPPE |
| The capital of Sardinia | CAGLIARI |
| The Festival of ____ has taken place at the Royal Albert Hall annually since 1923 | REMEMBRANCE |
| The Hanged Man, The Fool, and The Chariot are three ____ | tarot cards |
| The ____ is a 2010 romantic drama film starring Miley Cyrus as a rebellious teenager | Last Song |
| To extract essence by heating or boiling | DECOCT |
| US “big three” TV network, in operation since 1941 | CBS |
| Walruses and warthogs both have visible ____ | TUSKS |
| Washington ____ pioneered America’s romantic movement of landscape painting | ALLSTON |
| ____ played Bridget Jones in three romcom films | Renee Zellweger |
| ____-Busch is an American beer brewery | ANHEUSER |