The Times - Specialist - Sunday Times GK Jumbo No 246

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Clues Answers
“A scholar knows no ____” (Jean Paul Richter) ENNUI
“The King of Rock ’n’ Roll” was also called ____ Elvis The Pelvis
“The law which attempts a man’s life is ____, unjust, inadmissible” (Marquis de Sade, on capital punishment) IMPRACTICAL
“The most magical saggy old cloth cat in the whole wide world” BAGPUSS
“____ on its stomach” means workers can only function effectively if well fed an army marches
1960s sitcom starring James Bolam and Rodney Bewes The Likely Lads
1A takes place on ____ The Feast of Stephen
A Christmas carol Good King Wenceslas
A churchyard or burial ground God's acre
A daughter of a sibling NIECE
A male friend, to a French speaker AMI
A seasonal name for Schlumbergera x buckleyi Christmas cactus
Acronym sometimes seen on a love letter envelope swalk
Activity of the poor man encountered in the first verse of 1A gathering winter fuel
Actress who starred as Laurie Strode in the Halloween films Jamie Lee Curtis
American actress who voices Bart Simpson Nancy Cartwright
An important source of nutrition for large whales KRILL
Another name for the mackerel shark PORBEAGLE
Archbishop of Canterbury whose 1982 Christmas sermon criticised planning for the “lunatic unthinkable” of nuclear war Robert Runcie
Broadcaster who created That Was The Week That Was Ned Sherrin
Columbus is the capital of this US State OHIO
Creator of the soap opera Crossroads Reg Watson
December 21st, this year, in the northern hemisphere MIDWINTER
Decoration often seen on top of a Christmas tree ANGEL
Dissemination of political doctrine, typically through the arts AGITPROP
Foo Fighters single of 2005, follow-up to Best of You DOA
For two years, Walt Whitman edited The ____, once the USA’s most popular afternoon newspaper Brooklyn Eagle
Former Indian coin, one sixteenth of a rupee ANNA
Historically, ____ and terminer was a type of court hearing OYER
Home secretary 2016-2018 Amber Rudd
Clues Answers
In computing, a backup of old files or versions ARCHIVE
In some traditions, a piece of this is taken outside on New Year’s Eve COAL
In the English version of this game, the total value of tiles is 187 SCRABBLE
ITV sitcom which reprised a lead character in Man About the House Robin's Nest
Japan’s third most common surname after Sato and Suzuki takahashi
Last word in the title of seven annual Christmas TV shows featuring the comedian Charlie Brooker WIPE
Lyric comedy by Richard Strauss, his final opera with a libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal ARABELLA
Many Hawaiians recently ate at a Christmas ____ LUAU
Medicine to relieve a blocked nose DECONGESTANT
Musical instruction indicating the end of a pizzicato passage ARCO
Pixar’s second film, following Toy Story A Bug's Life
Playing card whose symbol is a trefoil CLUB
River which flows through Kyiv towards the Black Sea DNIEPER
Roman goddess equated with the Greek goddess Artemis DIANA
Small anchor used for warping or hauling off KEDGE
Sri Lankan national cricket captain noted for his unusual bowling style Lasith Malinga
The alcoholic ingredient of a snowball cocktail ADVOCAAT
The composer of Hungarian Rhapsodies and Mephisto Waltzes LISZT
The drummer of Dr Teeth and The Electric Mayhem ANIMAL
The first in an alphabetical list of Denmark’s cities aalborg
The pizza preference of 1A, according to an old joke deep pan crisp and even
The symbol ~ TILDE
The taking-on of something ADOPTION
The ____, a Dostoevsky novel published serially in 1868-69 IDIOT
Those left behind by some Christmas trees NEEDLES
Unsolicited social welfare assistance, usually from non-governmental bodies OUTREACH
Water flowing into Botswana’s ____ Delta does not reach the sea, but evaporates OKAVANGO
Wooden or metal pin which keeps pieces of meat together during cooking SKEWER
____ played Captain Janeway in Star Trek: Voyager Kate Mulgrew
____ Works was Josiah Wedgwood’s name for his factory opened in 1769 in Stoke-on-Trent ETRURIA