The Times - Specialist - Sunday Times GK Jumbo No 157

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“‘gh’ ____ ‘cough’” begins a creative respelling of “fish” often attributed to George Bernard Shaw as in
“Do not waste your time with music that is trite or ____. Life is too short to spend it wandering in the barren Saharas of musical trash” (Sergei Rachmaninov) IGNOBLE
“It’s the tobacco that counts” was the slogan for Player’s ____ navy cut
1979 legal drama film starring Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep Kramer vs Kramer
1A reached many ____ SUMMITS
A disguised identification, especially for military purposes or in espionage CRYPTONYM
A lack of red blood cells ANAEMIA
A North American name for the 24-hour clock military time
A pink pig floats above ____ on the cover of the Pink Floyd’s album Animals Battersea Power Station
A route for award nominees red carpet
A symptom used to identify a disease DIAGNOSTIC
A technical name for a pun PARONOMASIA
A very cold or reserved manner ICINESS
A ____ nose may be the result of a fight bloodied
Alexei ____ won all-around gymnastics gold at the Sydney Super Dome in 2000 nemov
An old name for iron sulphate green vitriol
At the 1948 Olympics, 25,000 cups of ____ were served to competitors OVALTINE
Bjorn Borg’s playing style included heavy ____ on both wings TOPSPIN
Brothers or sisters, or other relatives SIBS
Cadair Idris and Tryfan are mountains located in ____ Snowdonia National Park
Calculating the area under a curve in maths integrating
COM1 or COM2 on a 20th-century PC-compatible computer serial port
Computer language named after a 19th-century female mathematician ADA
From agricultural production, a nickname for Tasmania Apple Isle
Clues Answers
Fungal disease of plants, especially cereals, causing black sooty marks on leaves SMUT
Fuss or commotion hoo-ha
In 1975 ____ led the first successful ascent of Everest by a face rather than a ridge Chris Bonington
In human beings, an arm FORELIMB
In music, “with spirit” con brio
In the shape of a letter S or its Greek equivalent sigmate
Italian for “witch”, also a brand of herbal liqueur STREGA
Joseph ____ built Chatsworth’s Emperor Fountain and Conservative Wall (a long greenhouse) PAXTON
Peter the Great, Benjamin Franklin and Oscar Wilde could have been described as ____ pro-French
Plectrum used by guitarists PICK
Press Ctrl+Shift+N to get such a window in Google Chrome INCOGNITO
Region along the Nile, between Aswan and Khartoum NUBIA
Speaking or writing a language, but not very well non-fluent
Storage for cigars or other tobacco HUMIDOR
Substance obtained by distilling wood or coal TAR
The first period of the Mesozoic era, in which dinosaurs first appeared TRIASSIC
The main language spoken in Tashkent UZBEK
The world’s oldest rowing race, held annually on the River Thames since 1715 Doggett's Coat and Badge
Tilt tip over
To ____ someone’s heels is to compete intensely with a slightly superior rival nip at
Tony ____ was England captain until it was known that he had recruited players for Kerry Packer’s World Series Cricket GREIG
Torn skin near the end of a finger HANGNAIL
TV comedy set in Royston Vasey The League Of Gentlemen
____ won Oscars for his roles in Mystic River and Milk Sean Penn