The Times - Specialist - Sunday Times GK Jumbo No 368

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“For ____” is the inscription on a Victoria Cross VALOUR
A walk by this Winchester river inspired Keats’s To Autumn ITCHEN
African country which is the world’s largest surrounded by one other country’s land and/or internal waters LESOTHO
American harmonica virtuoso who wrote the film score for Genevieve Larry Adler
Arch-enemy of He-Man in Mattel’s Masters of the Universe media franchise SKELETOR
Australian supermodel, nicknamed “The Body” Elle Macpherson
BBC TV series which started in 2005, at the White Cliffs of Dover COAST
BBC TV’s ____ starred Paul Eddington as MP Jim Hacker yes minister
Birds which gather in murmurations in early evenings STARLINGS
Composer of the overtures Alassio (In the South) and Cockaigne Sir Edward Elgar
Corfu, Cephalonia and Cythera are three of the ____ Islands IONIAN
Distinctive feature of the New York Yankees uniform Pin-stripes
Eight-time men’s singles champion at Wimbledon Roger Federer
First novel in Trollope’s Chronicles of Barsetshire series the warden
Form of address to a Portuguese man SENHOR
Former Northamptonshire castle where Richard III was born FOTHERINGHAY
Great and Little ____ are islands in the Firth of Clyde cumbrae
Harmless non-venomous British reptile Grass snake
Historically, high-pitched trumpets CLARIONS
Home on the ____ is the “unofficial anthem of the American West” RANGE
In ancient Greece, a teacher of oratory RHETOR
In phonetics, a process such as the change of long vowels between medieval and modern English Sound shift
King Arthur’s rebellious nephew in Arthurian legend MORDRED
Kirkcudbrightshire village on the north coast of 25D with a rock museum reflecting former nearby granite quarries creetown
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Leader whose 33-day reign in 1978 was the shortest in his role for more than 300 years Pope John Paul
Maori greeting; a fruity soft drink brand kia ora
Operated by private companies, like most UK railways, 1996-2021 franchised
People “in ____” are conspiring secretly CAHOOTS
Reaching an exciting culmination CLIMACTIC
Seating positions of most string players in an orchestra DESKS
Single, released by the US rock band Survivor, which was the theme song for the 1982 film Rocky III Eye of the Tiger
Surname of the “king of skiffle” DONEGAN
Tarr Steps, in Exmoor National Park, is a surviving example of this kind of river crossing clapper bridge
The Caerlaverock National Nature Reserve is on the shoreline of this inlet of the Irish Sea Solway Firth
The capital of France’s Loire department, a former major centre of coal-mining St-Etienne
The currency you would use to pay for coffee in Kabul AFGHANI
The location of a by-election in The Pickwick Papers EATANSWILL
The man-eating mythological monster killed by Theseus MINOTAUR
The name of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress which dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima enola gay
Tree included in some of Monet’s Giverny paintings weeping willow
Twittering Machine is one of the better-known works of this Swiss-born German artist Paul Klee
US enlisted soldiers, informally GI Joes
Vehicle often mentioned by the comedian Jasper Carrott Reliant Robin
West Germany were ____ when Uwe Seeler scored in the 1966 World Cup final One down
Winter drink, rather like advocaat, served hot or cold EGGNOG
____ varieties include Worcester Pearmain and Blenheim Orange APPLE
____’s first big TV role was Carole in The Rag Trade Sheila Hancock