The Times - Specialist - Sunday Times GK Jumbo No 334

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Clues Answers
“Recycling and ____ centre (the tip)” (heading on Coventry City Council’s website) DISPOSAL
“Slums must be eliminated. […] They are an ____, a corruption.” (David Lloyd George) EYESORE
1976 French Open singles champion who recently retired from presenting Wimbledon coverage Sue Barker
A drinking toast; a former S4C series about a local health office Iechyd da
A note lasting as long as eight semiquavers MINIM
A ____ shark has a caudal fin that may be as long as its body THRESHER
An alternative to jellied eels as a classic Cockney dish Pie and mash
BBC newsreader who recently became one of Newsnight’s lead presenters Victoria Derbyshire
Bet ____ was Julie Goodyear’s iconic Corrie character LYNCH
Browser game produced by King.com, which developed into one of the most popular mobile apps Candy Crush
By surface area, Lake ____ is the world’s largest lake entirely in one country MICHIGAN
Cake and ice cream, covered in meringue and briefly placed in a hot oven baked alaska
Child’s “sleep”; friendly farewells bye-byes
Composer of the best-known Concerto for Orchestra Bela Bartok
District on a small hill in Paris, popular with artists in Belle Epoque times MONTMARTRE
Edward I’s fortress which overlooks Cardigan Bay Harlech Castle
Fictional character such as Iron Man or the Hulk SUPERHERO
French composer of the operas Werther and Manon MASSENET
Functioned in a specific way ACTED
Gambols, like one of Santa’s reindeer? PRANCES
Giving a live public performance; acting with a common purpose in concert
Headgear worn by Joe DiMaggio, Hank Aaron and Roger Clemens, say Baseball caps
Henri Rousseau and Grandma Moses both produced ____ art NAIVE
Clues Answers
Historic county known as Elginshire until 1919 MORAY
In Star Wars, a space marine led by Emperor Palpatine and his commanders such as Darth Vader STORMTROOPER
Lamb or pork dishes with rings of upward-pointing ribs Crown roasts
Long piece of tartan cloth worn over the shoulder in traditional Highland dress PLAID
Monetary unit of Chile and the Philippines PESO
Nationality of conductor Maris Jansons and chess grandmaster Mikhail Tal LATVIAN
One name for a childhood disease causing a bright red rash and fever SCARLATINA
Painful swelling of a small sac connected to the intestine APPENDICITIS
Peter Shaffer’s 1979 stage play about the fictional rivalry between Salieri and Mozart AMADEUS
Pigment first synthesised by Johann Jacob Diesbach in Berlin, c 1705 Prussian blue
Relating to meaning in language SEMANTIC
Relaxed and living luxuriously In clover
Someone keen and/or knowledgeable about films CINEASTE
Star of Taxi Driver, Raging Bull and Goodfellas Robert De Niro
Supporters of the Southern States in the American Civil War CONFEDERATES
Surname of the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic EARHART
The Avro ____ was a maritime patrol aircraft used by the RAF in the 1950s and 1960s SHACKLETON
To become covered during freezing weather Ice over
Tom yum, avgolemono or borscht SOUP
UK-based founding member of the European Beer Consumers Union Campaign for Real Ale
Use of herbs, salts or spices to enhance flavour SEASONING
____ became Britain’s fourth male open era Wimbledon semi-finalist this year Cameron Norrie
____ Turkey is an alternative name for Anatolia ASIATIC