The Times - Specialist - Sunday Times GK Jumbo No 243

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“This mania of the mothers of the period, to be constantly in pursuit of a ____” (Stendhal) son-in-law
“What is my love? That I ____ the bad features of a woman into a good picture” (Karl Kraus) AMALGAMATE
1965 comedy western with Jane Fonda and Lee Marvin Cat Ballou
1976 Blue Öyster Cult album which spawned the single (Don’t Fear) The Reaper Agents of Fortune
A high-ranking ecclesiastical dignitary PRELATE
A ruler with absolute power autarch
Actor who played Q in the Star Trek: The Next Generation series John de Lancie
American e-commerce site which specialises in handmade and vintage items ETSY
An ____ child has no siblings only-begotten
Archbishop of Canterbury during the reign of Henry VIII Thomas Cranmer
Architectural moulding which is S-shaped in cross-section OGEE
Band founded in 1967, whose best-selling album Supernatural was released in 1999 SANTANA
Brazilian port and former capital of the Portuguese colony SALVADOR
British athlete whose 3:46.32 mile at the 1985 Bislett Games is still the European record Steve Cram
Capital city located on the River Tigris BAGHDAD
Capital of Rhode Island PROVIDENCE
Clay animation franchise featuring the theme music A Grand Day Out Wallace and Gromit
Connections between railway carriages COUPLINGS
Geological samples given to more than 100 foreign heads of state by the USA in 1973, many of which are now missing moon rocks
Goblin product, most popular in the 1960s and 1970s teasmade
Home secretary who introduced community service as an alternative to prison Reginald Maudling
In a state of temporary disuse or suspension ABEYANT
In The War of the Worlds, Professor Pierson walked “in a vague ____ direction” for two days NORTHERLY
Instrument labelled as a yoke lute in organology LYRE
Irish singer, a member of Clannad before her solo career ENYA
Clues Answers
Jerome K Jerome’s Three Men on the ____ is about a bicycle tour in the Black Forest bummel
Knitting material; a drink of hot spiced ale and apple pulp LAMBSWOOL
Major city of western Ukraine, near the Polish border LVIV
Major transport hub situated on the River Liffey Dublin Port
Novelist who wrote the screenplay for The Third Man Graham Greene
Persian king who tried to invade Greece in 480BC XERXES
Popularly, the item used in “vaping” e-cigarette
Predecessor of Scotland’s N5, the exam before Highers O grade
Presenter of Network 7 on Channel 4, and an early promoter of Sigue Sigue Sputnik Magenta Devine
Puerto Rico’s ____ Observatory was the world’s largest radio telescope until 2016 ARECIBO
Scottish town where Skol lager was first produced ALLOA
Sir Thomas Malory’s collection of chivalric legends, first published in 1485 Le Morte d'Arthur
Site of the Luxor and Karnak temples THEBES
The first BMW car was a licensed version of the ____ 7 AUSTIN
The hardwood tree Tectona grandis TEAK
The innermost sacred part of a temple ADYTUM
The only man who has won the Tour de France for five years in a row Miguel Indurain
The opposite of laity CLERGY
The son of James II was known as the ____ Old Pretender
The usual name for a barrister in Scotland ADVOCATE
Thick noodle used in Japanese cookery UDON
Wading bird worshipped by ancient Egyptians IBIS
____ fishing is angling for fish not in the salmon family COARSE
____ the Cat was a major cartoon star in the silent movie era FELIX
____’s novel An Awfully Big Adventure was filmed in 1995 Beryl Bainbridge