The Times - Specialist - Sunday Times GK Jumbo No 328

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“I have a wife, I have sons: We have given so many ____ to the fates” (Lucan, in Pharsalia) HOSTAGES
“People are dying. Entire ____s are collapsing.” (Greta Thunberg, 2019) ECOSYSTEM
“To the ___ / Of nature trusts the mind that builds for aye” (Wordsworth) solid ground
16th-century author whose surname was adapted into a term describing bawdy writing Francois Rabelais
A supplier of news or foreign exchange BUREAU
A ____ tooth has a single cusp CANINE
Adjective describing an airborne military force PARATROOP
Attempt to punch (someone) swing at
BBC cookery programme originally hosted by Loyd Grossman MASTERCHEF
British acronym for a possible cause of a railway accident SPAD
British bird of the Columba genus, with white neck and wing patches wood pigeon
Cheshire town, home of the National Waterways Museum Ellesmere Port
Common first word in names of French publishing firms EDITIONS
Commonest name for an international law enforcement agency formed in 1998 EUROPOL
Condition often treated with Ritalin (abbreviation) ADHD
Excessive in quantity SUPERABUNDANT
Fictional band fronted by guitarist Nigel Tufnel Spinal Tap
Fish which shares its name with a former Australian PM RUDD
Footballer who became England’s youngest-ever senior player in May 2006 Theo Walcott
Formal word for physical beauty PULCHRITUDE
French actress who starred with Burt Reynolds in the 1975 film Hustle Catherine Deneuve
Gun part which throws out empty shell cases after firing EJECTOR
Historically, money or food for the poor ALMS
Imperial measure — one quarter of a bushel PECK
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In English, a letter such as W and Y, sometimes L and R semivowel
Informally, to fly into a rage go ballistic
Informally, very intoxicated pie-eyed
Inhabitants of India’s smallest state GOANESE
Jamie ____ is the narrator of Traffic Cops on Channel 5 THEAKSTON
John le Carré novel which concluded his Karla Trilogy Smiley's People
Lacking space, especially oppressively closed-in
Land of Hope and Glory comes from this Elgar work Coronation Ode
Leaves a country to settle in another EMIGRATES
Lillian ____ was a US silent film star noted for playing waif-like characters with inner strength GISH
Loose dresses worn by Hawaiian women, eg at weddings MUUMUUS
Netherlands-born manager of the England women’s football team Sarina Wiegman
Not explored by adventurers, and an anagram of ADVENTURERS untraversed
Not profitable UNECONOMIC
One who may operate on a glaucoma eye surgeon
Organisation such as the Planning Inspectorate, British Council or DVLA QUANGO
Shoot-up Hill is part of this section of the A5 in London Edgware Road
The number of sides of a hendecagon ELEVEN
The quality of being deadly LETHALITY
The St John’s wort genus HYPERICUM
The ____ is the newspaper central to the plot of Citizen Kane INQUIRER
Title shared by singles by Sheena Easton in 1980 and Meat Loaf in 1984 Modern Girl
US vice president when Jimmy Carter was president Walter Mondale
____ preceded Frank Skinner as presenter of the TV comedy series Room 101 Paul Merton