The Times - Specialist - Sunday Times GK Jumbo No 086

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Clues Answers
“It is the business of the ____ man / To give employment to the artisan” WEALTHY
1989 Disney movie involving the accidental use of a “molecular reducer” Honey I Shrunk The Kids
A personification of death the grim reaper
A steward or major-domo SENESCHAL
Afrikaans for “night monkey” — a bushbaby in South Africa NAGAPIE
Another name for ringworm, a skin disease, and a clothes moth TINEA
Author of the Just William stories Richmal Crompton
Author of Thumbelina Hans Christian Andersen
Belfast-born “Pocket Rocket” who held the WBC bantamweight title from 1995 to 1997 Wayne McCullough
Chris ____ is a regular Mock the Week panellist ADDISON
Cigar whose ends are both cut square CHEROOT
Clair de Lune is one of this composer’s most popular pieces DEBUSSY
Comedian whose Good News shows appeared on BBC Three Russell Howard
Edith Piaf song of 1960 mon Dieu
Eminem album, the best-selling worldwide of 2010 RECOVERY
Family surname in Only Fools and Horses TROTTER
Fictional captain also known as Prince Dakkar NEMO
Fine dress material with crisp texture TAFFETA
Founder of London’s Royal Exchange in the 16th century GRESHAM
Four-dimensional hypercube, sometimes represented as a cube within a cube in three dimensions TESSERACT
French city where the Canal du Midi connects with the Canal de Garonne TOULOUSE
From French, a disagreement or unfortunate incident CONTRETEMPS
From German, a flower’s unopened bud or an architectural feature resembling it knosp
From Latin, an archaic version of “in the first place” IMPRIMIS
Gangsta’s Paradise (1995) was performed by ____ COOLIO
Greek temple whose name comes from a word for “virgin” PARTHENON
Greek warrior who fooled the Trojans into accepting the gift horse SINON
Hitchcock film based on a 1942 short story It Had to Be Murder Rear Window
In 1982, Five Go Mad in Dorset launched this comedian’s TV career Dawn French
In Confucianism, right or proper conduct TAO
Clues Answers
In prosody, consisting of one long and two short syllables DACTYLIC
Initially oral tradition about Muhammad HADITH
King ____ was nominated for the best director Oscar five times but never won VIDOR
Largest city of the Canadian province between Alberta and Manitoba SASKATOON
Manufacturer of the Camaro “muscle” car CHEVROLET
Member of the organisation whose main motto is Service Above Self ROTARIAN
Members of Coventry ____ Harriers finished second and fourth in the 1964 Olympic marathon GODIVA
Miss bad shot
Online abbreviation with a meaning similar to “frankly” TBH
Person who runs for public office NOMINEE
Pertaining to tissue and areas around the tooth PERIODONTAL
Podgorica is the capital of this east European country MONTENEGRO
Potion that may supposedly inspire love or prolong life ELIXIR
Research university in Cambridge, Massacusetts MIT
Roots and shoots grow from this underground plant stem RHIZOME
Round Table knight seen by some as King Arthur’s rightful successor GAWAIN
Singer who played Foxxy Cleopatra in Austin Powers in Goldmember BEYONCE
Snake which is one letter short of a former airline BOA
Solo instrument which starts The Saucy Arethusa in Henry Wood’s Sea Songs Fantasia at the Last Night of the Proms EUPHONIUM
Striker sold by Southampton to Liverpool in 2016 Sadio Mane
Survival horror game which made its console debut on the PlayStation 4 in 2014 OUTLAST
The “media city” of the Netherlands HILVERSUM
The innermost sanctuary of an ancient Greek temple ADYTUM
The last words of Anna Pavlova, according to her manager and companion Victor Dandré Get my swan costume ready
The ____, 1960 play by Harold Pinter featuring Mick, Aston, and Davies CARETAKER
This Shakespeare play’s title identifies Antonio The Merchant of Venice
To sharpen an implement, especially on a stone WHET
Toxic alkaloid derived from tobacco leaves NICOTINE
Victorian actress famed for her Shakespearean roles Ellen Terry
Writer noted for his open letter J’Accuse…! Emile Zola