The Times - Specialist - Sunday Times GK Jumbo No 265

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“’Tis not ____ business, / But must be looked to speedily and strongly” (Cymbeline) SLEEPY
“It’s better to fade away like an ____ than to burn out” (John Lennon) old soldier
“My Oberon, what ____ have I seen! / Methought I was enamoured of an ass” (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) VISIONS
“O heavy ____, serious vanity, / Misshapen chaos of well-seeming forms” (Romeo and Juliet) LIGHTNESS
“You neglect and ____ the desert” (TS Eliot, The Rock) BELITTLE
A 1978 film based on a 1973 farce by Jean Poiret La Cage aux Folles
A cash dispenser, or when texting, “as things stand” ATM
A disorder, typically a slight illness AILMENT
A domesticated animal; to talk continuously YAK
A hockey penalty shot, taken from a spot on the goal line short corner
A large amount of land, or often now, of public opinion SWATHE
A loud preacher, from the name given by Jesus to the sons of Zebedee Boanerges
A much more likely starting price for a Derby favourite than a Grand National one EVENS
A piano around 1.5m long, such as Steinway’s Model S baby grand
A small container for table condiments CRUET
Actress, best-known in the Forties and early Fifties, who played governor Faye Boswell in Within These Walls Googie Withers
An alternative Italian name for the Mona Lisa La Gioconda
An anthropoid ape in the genus Pongo ORANGUTAN
An instrument which accurately measures time CHRONOMETER
Armed exchanges GUNFIGHTS
Character played by Robert Englund in the A Nightmare on Elm Street films Freddy Krueger
Diaphanous see-through
Divine intervention Theurgy
Doc Holliday and Paul Revere were practicing ____ as well as figures in American history DENTISTS
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Dutch footballer who played for and managed Ajax and the Netherlands national team Marco van Basten
Electronic instrument used by Olivier Messiaen in his Turangalîla symphony and other compositions Ondes Martenot
Former racing driver Martin ____ has been a Formula One commentator for Sky Sports since 2012 brundle
In short, a device which removes the need for film DIGICAM
In the Old Testament, Jacob’s unloved wife LEAH
Ireland’s southernmost province MUNSTER
Jane Austen character who marries Mr Darcy Elizabeth Bennet
Loafers may conceal these small clothing items sockettes
Mars is often called the ____ red planet
Mountain range with Nanga Parbat as its easternmost major peak HIMALAYAS
Of water, still containing mineral salts unsoftened
On ____ graph paper, y = x squared plots as a straight line log-log
Pertaining to the excessive glandular discharge which causes acne seborrheic
Racing driver who presented Top Gear and Fifth Gear Tiff Needell
RMS Queen Mary 2 is often called the world’s last ____ ocean liner
School run by Wackford Squeers in Nicholas Nickleby Dotheboys Hall
Terry ____ directed the films Time Bandits and Brazil GILLIAM
The proboscis monkey is the only member of this genus NASALIS
The Queensberry rules, published in 1867, regulate ____ BOXING
The shields on which coats of arms are shown escutcheons
The ____ logo shows part of an oak tree national trust
Time of day to which the word crepuscular applies DUSK
With a name reflecting its historic settlers, the nearest town to Mount Vesuvius Torre del Greco
____ voiced Dory in the animated films Finding Nemo and Finding Dory Ellen DeGeneres