The Times - Specialist - Sunday Times GK Jumbo No 092

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Clues Answers
“Find New Roads” is the slogan of this American car manufacturer CHEVROLET
1969 techno-thriller novel by Michael Crichton The Andromeda Strain
A bike or other vehicle designed for use on rough terrain off-roader
A cheap variety of rum TAFIA
A former regular panellist on Mock the Week Russell Howard
A hermit in Saint Augustine’s order Austin friar
A woody climbing plant, especially in a tropical rain forest LIANA
Actor who played Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything Eddie Redmayne
Ajax, Feyenoord, and ____ are regarded as the “big three” of Dutch football PSV Eindhoven
An account of the lineage of gods THEOGONY
An expanding muscle DILATATOR
An old informal name for the speaking clock TIM
Another name for the star Polaris Stella Maris
Arm or leg cramp as a result of exercise charley horse
Author of Tales of the Unexpected Roald Dahl
Bolt used to fasten a French window ESPAGNOLETTE
Cheek, lip and ____ are all forms of impudence NECK
Cheese from Cornwall, wrapped in nettle leaves YARG
Chiyo Sakamoto is the protagonist of this Arthur Golden novel Memoirs of a Geisha
Company which operates the UK’s second largest chain of motorway service areas Welcome Break
Composer of Songs Without Words, for piano Felix Mendelssohn
Dish of lettuce, croutons, Parmesan cheese, and dressing Caesar salad
Drug used in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease L-dopa
Early alphabet using parallel strokes and a continuous line OGHAM
Exercise system combining elements of aerobics and martial arts Tae Bo
Female sidekick of Lord Voldemort in the Harry Potter books Bellatrix Lestrange
Film director who won an Oscar for Oliver! Carol Reed
Gary ____ is the only non-American male golfer to achieve a career grand slam PLAYER
Historically, a synonym for “trombone”, now meaning one from before about 1700, or a replica SACKBUT
Historically, the chief Muslim civil and religious ruler, regarded as the successor of Muhammad CALIPH
Clues Answers
In blackjack, the option given to a player if the dealer’s first card is an ace INSURANCE
In cricket, the area within 15 yards of a line between the wickets INFIELD
In rhetoric, anticipation and answering of objections prolepsis
Indian state and a variety of black tea ASSAM
Iowa city, setting of the musical The Pajama Game Cedar Rapids
Italian for “plaster” STUCCO
Jamaican-born sprinter who won nine Olympic medals, though no golds Merlene Ottey
Legal proviso or condition CAVEAT
Lightweight fabric often used for nightclothes WINCEYETTE
Main division of a long poem CANTO
Mexican revolutionary who starred as himself in Hollywood films Pancho Villa
Musical instruction to play a note with strong attack SFORZANDO
New York, New York is a song featured in this musical on the town
Nom de plume of Hablot Knight Browne, illustrator of Dickens books PHIZ
Peru’s chief sea port, close to Lima CALLAO
Plant whose fibre is used in rope-making SISAL
Puzzle in which seven pieces are arranged in various shapes TANGRAM
Sauce base of fat and flour ROUX
Serving to alleviate rather than cure a problem PALLIATIVE
Sonny ____ is the only boxer on the Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover LISTON
Strong alcoholic drink resembling gin SCHNAPPS
The biggest UK hit for Haircut One Hundred Love Plus One
The type of consonant ending “buzz”, “hiss” and “puff” FRICATIVE
To protrude or cause to protrude EXSERT
To soften fibre by soaking it RET
TV quiz launched in 1988, now hosted by Sandi Toksvig Fifteen to One
____ di Roma is a low-lying area of Italy campagna
____ Hill is the eastern continuation of London’s Fleet Street LUDGATE
____ relief was given to workhouse paupers INDOOR
____ Water was the site of five successful attempts at the world water speed record CONISTON