The Times - Specialist - Sunday Times GK Jumbo No 385

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“Excessive use of ____s is […] one of the things that betray the uneducated or unpractised writer” (HW Fowler) exclamation mark
“Program designers have a tendency to think of the ____s as idiots who need to be controlled” (Computer scientist John McCarthy) USER
“The ____” is a nickname for London’s (South Bank) City Hall ONION
“There is not, nor should there be, an irreconcilable ____ the individual and the collective” (Joseph Stalin) contrast between
1953 film, the first to show aliens in colour Invaders From Mars
A leafy vegetable; a Somerset town CHARD
A word like intelligent, educated, or knowledgeable TETRASYLLABLE
A ____ plane or car goes very fast high-performance
Actress whose latest TV role is in The Sixth Commandment, a true-life crime drama Anne Reid
Adverb often followed by “expensive” eye-wateringly
Artist who produced a series called Blue Nudes MATISSE
British and Anguillan 100m and 200m record holder zharnel Hughes
Cave formation from dripping water, usually with a rounded tip STALAGMITE
Commonly mentioned legislation, in force 1715-1973 riot act
Dedicated facilities with computers, storage systems and telecoms connections data centres
Dress for Victorian ladies for informal parties at home tea gown
Frequent description of Oxbridge-educated pianist Gunner Graham in It Ain’t Half Hot Mum lah-di-dah
Gatherer of seafood, especially in Morecambe Bay cockler
German Western Front offensive started in late 1944 Battle Of The Bulge
Grand slam men’s singles champion in this century carlos Alcaraz
In a US spelling, a cabinet holding wine bottles cellarette
In the Yellow Submarine film, these were blue MEANIES
Informally, a TV genre once linked with Janet Street-Porter YOOF
Italians of high rank, in the forces or orders of honour commendatori
King of Norway, 1957-91 Olaf V
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Member of a British or French military group LEGIONNAIRE
Members of a Siberian ethnic group speaking a Turkic language yakuts
Most famous island in San Francisco Bay ALCATRAZ
Of food products, not homemade shop-bought
Of someone’s disposition, bright and optimistic SUNNY
Old coin whose name indicates the city where it originated FLORIN
Opening or closing like a kind of camera diaphragm irising
Pen name of Hablot Browne, illustrator of Dickens novels PHIZ
Region east of Andalusia in southern Spain MURCIA
Sauce whose name means “garlic oil” in Provençal AIOLI
Seventh-largest island of the British Isles ANGLESEY
Seville’s ____ is a royal palace in extensive gardens ALCAZAR
Some species in this genus have very large leaves GUNNERA
Stand used to protect tables from hot dishes TRIVET
The Acorn ____’s successor became the BBC Micro in 1981 ATOM
The name of this Caribbean island is Spanish for “ancient” ANTIGUA
The ____ bell once signalled major events at Lloyd’s of London LUTINE
The ____ Trust, founded by an American banker, has provided affordable housing in London since 1862 PEABODY
Tony Benn and Edwina Currie were political ____s DIARIST
Tried out under real operating conditions road-tested
Type of script with rounded letters, from which modern capitals were derived UNCIAL
Understanding or agreement between people a meeting of minds
Winner of an Oscar for her portrayal of Queen Anne in The Favourite Olivia Colman
____ checked the proofs of La Mer on holiday at Eastbourne’s Grand Hotel DEBUSSY
____ sections are important in Euclidean geometry CONIC