The Times - Specialist - Sunday Times GK Jumbo No 140

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“But you forget, sir, you only bought the property a year ago, and the ___ on your baronial castle is scarcely dry” (Pirates of Penzance) STUCCO
“Fate cannot harm me, — I have ____ to-day” (Sydney Smith) DINED
“[…] if a monster were out roaming northern England we’d have seen it on the ____” (An American Werewolf in London) TELLY
1975 Booker Prize winner for Heat and Dust Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
1982 Hot Chocolate single, reissued in 1993 and 1998 It Started With A Kiss
1994 hit single by The Brand New Heavies Midnight at the Oasis
1999 film starring Adrian Edmondson and Rik Mayall, with a title presumably inspired by a 1966 comedy film Guest House Paradiso
2001 single by Sophie Ellis-Bextor Murder on the Dancefloor
2004 album, and a single from it, by Natasha Bedingfield UNWRITTEN
A baton used by a constable rather than a conductor TRUNCHEON
A contribution of work or information INPUT
A French vineyard or group of vineyards, especially of high quality CRU
A German town hall rathaus
Abbreviated, this single-currency agreement is a bird European Monetary Union
Actor who played Police Chief Martin Brody in Jaws and Jaws 2 Roy Scheider
Alloy of copper and gold used in Japanese decoration shakudo
An area which foreign aircraft, vessels etc may not enter exclusion zone
An Ursuline or Poor Clare NUN
Arthur ____ is the only black player to win a men’s singles Grand Slam title other than the French Open ASHE
Bird of prey which may be booted, fish, snake or harpy EAGLE
Boat which, as a dugout, may be called a pirogue CANOE
Detective fiction writer who dismissed W G Grace with his only first-class wicket Arthur Conan Doyle
Dutch footballer who won Champions League titles with Ajax, Real Madrid, and Milan Clarence Seedorf
Egypt, Syria, and North Yemen confederation, 1958-61 United Arab States
Equilateral quadrilaterals RHOMBI
Forename which originally meant the same as Lily SUSAN
General James ____ died in the hour of victory, over the French at Quebec in 1759 WOLFE
German model who was the face of Armani and Chanel Cosmetics Claudia Wagner
Grain for grinding GRIST
Harassed or pressured chivvied
Clues Answers
Informally, a historic state which included Goa Portuguese India
Information gathered, prior to any processing to remove anomalies raw data
Irish town on the River Boyne DROGHEDA
Italian island whose Blue Grotto attracts tourists CAPRI
Jack ____ wrote On the Road KEROUAC
Made without machinery HANDCRAFTED
Malaysian fashion designer noted for handmade women’s shoes Jimmy Choo
Milvus milvus, a bird of prey easily recognised by the shape of its tail red kite
Mythological hero of the Trojan war, a cousin of Achilles AJAX
Nathan Zuckerman is the fictional alter ego of US novelist Philip ____ ROTH
Nothing NADA
Official minutes of proceedings ACTA
Patronymic name for Hercules, also a genus of Australasian moths alcides
Prefix denoting the windpipe tracheo
Rank from which a soldier might be promoted to Hauptmann oberleutnant
Skin disease causing a flushed appearance acne rosacea
Snakeweed adderwort
The first European explorer to reach India by sea Vasco da Gama
The Greek goddess of discord, and the name of a jumping spider ERIS
The introduction to a discourse EXORDIUM
The island of magicians in Gulliver’s Travels glubbdubdrib
The right-hand page of an open book RECTO
The Taj Mahal is located in this city AGRA
The unit for measuring doses of X-rays ROENTGEN
To improvise music, usually in a group JAM
Tool used to remove weeds or break up soil HOE
Type of cabbage with curly leaves KALE
Vaccine which some people believe causes autism MMR
Withdrew or diminished RECEDED
Worldwide manufacturing company, founded in 1920 by brothers who owned the Puerto Rico Telephone Company ITT