The Times - Specialist - Sunday Times GK Jumbo No 250

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Clues Answers
1980 Winter Olympics venue in the Adirondacks Lake Placid
A family’s ____ branch is that of a younger son CADET
A sweetened form of oloroso sherry AMOROSO
An upper chamber in a large medieval house SOLAR
Boris Godunov was the best-known role sung by bass opera singer Feodor ____ CHALIAPIN
British rowers won the men’s ____ four at every Olympic games from 2000 to 2016 COXLESS
Capital and second largest city of Nebraska LINCOLN
Clearly showed something, such as an emotion EVINCED
Conor ____ O’Brien won seats as a member of the (Irish) Labour party and the United Kingdom Unionist Party CRUISE
Feel strong hatred LOATHE
Have a discussion — or the opposite! CONVERSE
His first major poetic work was The Shepheardes Calender SPENSER
In card play, an attempt to take a trick with a possible rather than definite winner, hoping to gain an extra trick FINESSE
In Joseph Heller’s novel, ____-22 is a no-win situation CATCH
Introduced laws once again, after a lapse REIMPOSED
Jenny Eclair, Linda Smith or Miranda Hart COMEDIENNE
Karma ____, Culture Club’s No 1 single from their 1983 album Colour by Numbers CHAMELEON
Location of the St Lawrence Ground, formerly Britain’s only major cricket venue with a tree inside the boundary CANTERBURY
London terminus built by the South Eastern Railway Cannon Street
London tube station with four Northern line platforms Camden Town
Michael ____’s televised travel included a circumnavigation PALIN
Obtained money by scrounging CADGED
Personal magnetism or a divinely bestowed talent CHARISMA
Pithy saying such as Oscar Wilde’s “I can resist everything except temptation” EPIGRAM
Predatory tropical marine fish with slender body and large jaws and teeth BARRACUDA
Principal seaport of Sri Lanka, which Nelson called one of the world’s best natural harbours trincomalee
Clues Answers
Relating to the liver HEPATIC
Releases pent-up energy — like the 26A in the past Lets off steam
Roof turret allowing smoke to escape from a medieval building; a famous museum LOUVRE
Scottish crime-writer whose characters include the detective Karen Pirie and the psychologist Tony Hill Val McDermid
Show absolutely no concern about something Not give a fig
Small parrot of Australia which feeds on nectar and pollen LORIKEET
Something good may fall into one’s ____ LAP
Southernmost peninsula of Skye, home of a branch of Clan MacDonald sleat
Starter very commonly served in Britain in the 1970s Prawn cocktail
Substance produced by an endocrine gland, carried in blood to other organs and modifying their function HORMONE
Surname of the 44th US president OBAMA
Take the easiest way at the expense of high standards cut corners
The Falkirk Wheel lifts ____s by 24 metres canal boat
The film ____ Tourists is a 2009 documentary about Americans seeking enlightenment in India TANTRIC
The foremost Anglican _____ is that of 30A ARCHBISHOPRIC
The golden ____ was an idol made by Aaron in Exodus CALF
The star fruit CARAMBOLA
Titled passenger train from Paddington to Penzance Cornish Riviera Express
To whom Bob Mortimer’s Train Guy talks in YouTube skits COL
Villein who occupied a house and land in return for labour COTTER
Whatever ____ Wants is the best-known song from the 1955 musical Damn Yankees LOLA
Women’s ____, Second World War civilian organisation created to strengthen the agricultural workforce Land Army
____ components can be used together without alteration COMPATIBLE
____ tree is another name for false acacia LOCUST
____’s first published mystery was Last Bus to Woodstock Colin Dexter