The Times - Specialist - Sunday Times GK Jumbo No 253

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“A weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure” according to Ambrose Bierce ABSTAINER
“Cynicism is humour in ____” (HG Wells) ill health
“Nevertheless I have somewhat ____ thee, because thou hast left thy first love” (Revelation ii, 4) AGAINST
“We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In ____, in the twinkling of an eye” (I Corinthians xv, 51-52) a moment
1909 novel by HG Wells, the story of “a young lady of nearly two-and-twenty” Ann Veronica
1980 single by Madness which followed Baggy Trousers EMBARRASSMENT
1987 comedy film directed by Leonard Nimoy Three Men And A Baby
A biblical word for Hell GEHENNA
A medium-dry sherry AMONTILLADO
Amores was probably the first completed book by the Roman poet ____ OVID
Beryl ____ played Bertha Hunter in the film version of No Sex Please, We’re British REID
Biblical bringer of a caravan of gifts to King Solomon Queen of Sheba
Cinema’s “Biggest Dog in the World” DIGBY
Co-star with Pauline Collins in the film Shirley Valentine Tom Conti
Collections of clothing and linen for newborn babies LAYETTES
DJ known popularly as Fluff Alan Freeman
Easternmost of the Canary Islands LANZAROTE
Either of two philosophical views: that rights rulers have no limits, and that some moral standards are inviolable ABSOLUTISM
English and actor and director born on Valentine’s Day 1970 Simon Pegg
Explorer, the “father of Eskimology” and the first European to cross the Northwest Passage by dog sled Knud Rasmussen
Form of transport, (le) téléphérique in French cable car
In a curious manner wonderingly
In classical mythology, Hercules killed this nine-headed monster HYDRA
In the context of equipment, unsophisticated lo-tech
Jennifer ____ starred with Colin Firth in the BBC’s 1995 adaptation of Pride and Prejudice EHLE
Clues Answers
Jill Valentine is a main character in this video game franchise Resident Evil
Mafia family members who advise dons consiglieri
Member of a Jewish sect founded by Israel Ben Eliezer HASID
Narrator of the BBC Radio series Appointment with Fear, played by Valentine Dyall The Man in Black
Northumberland’s Holy Island LINDISFARNE
Old-style transporters of goods WAGONERS
One of two Victorian headmistresses who, in a satirical poem, “Cupid’s darts do not feel” Dorothea Beale
Poet who popularised the limerick Edward Lear
Primo ____’s If This Is A Man recorded his experience as a prisoner at Auschwitz LEVI
River, part of the boundary between Ontario and New York NIAGARA
Rock ____, TV series about the fictional band Little Ladies FOLLIES
Roman name for the Isle of Wight VECTIS
Small, thin sausages CHIPOLATAS
Stage name of Guns N’ Roses guitarist Saul Hudson SLASH
Textile fabric and related merchandise soft goods
The meaning of the given name Valentine strong and healthy
The military equivalent of playing truant AWOL
The muse of music EUTERPE
To have a striking appearance or play a prominent role cut a figure
Type of iron ore producing the colour in red ochre HAEMATITE
Video hosting website launched on Valentine’s Day 2005 YOUTUBE
____ beans were domesticated in the Andes, around 2000BC LIMA
____ hydrate was the name for a form of alcohol used as an anaesthetic until the 1950s amylene
____ is also known as milk sugar LACTOSE
____ jaws give a hollow appearance to the cheeks LANTERN