The Times - Specialist - Sunday Times GK Jumbo No 284

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“Discerning, judging, ____ are acts of the human mind” (Leonardo da Vinci) DELIBERATING
“I believe” in Latin CREDO
“I could ____ between you and your love if I could see the puppets dallying” (Hamlet) INTERPRET
“In the ____ we are all dead” (John Maynard Keynes) long run
4840 square yards ACRE
A (usually unsightly) spread of housing developments into rural areas SUBTOPIA
A large circular tent on a collapsible framework YURT
A promise or a curse OATH
Acetylene ingredient with an odour similar to garlic calcium carbide
An ____ wind blows in the opposite direction to one at lower level ANTITRADE
Another name for rocket, as used in cooking RUCOLA
British violinist who represented 11D at the 2014 Winter Olympics Vanessa-Mae
Chemical used as a form of defence by many ants formic acid
Comedy writer John ____ created Citizen Smith and Only Fools and Horses SULLIVAN
Companion (with Benedick) of Don Pedro in Much Ado About Nothing CLAUDIO
Composer whose “sunrise” accompanied hominid use of a bone as a weapon in 2001: A Space Odyssey Richard Strauss
Coronation Street character, played by Sean Wilson, who appeared 1985-2005 and briefly in 2018 Martin Platt
Crochet and tatting are types of ____ NEEDLECRAFT
Dr Alphonse ____ is a mad scientist featured in South Park mephesto
Eminent ____ is a US term for the right to make compulsory purchase (of property) DOMAIN
Especially in relation to domestic animals, not castrated ENTIRE
French symbolist poet (1842-98) whose free verse is noted for its experimentation with syntax and rhythm Stephane Mallarme
General Motors division which made the iconic Firebird PONTIAC
Global space communication body founded in 1964 INTELSAT
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Iain ____ was the first patient of a hospice at home service founded in Buckinghamshire in 1985 RENNIE
In Indian cuisine, a spicy pickle often based on mango ACHAR
In Shakespeare, Tullus ____ is the main enemy of Coriolanus AUFIDIUS
Japanese island with no civilian population since 1944 Iwo Jima
Legally, the time allowed to pay foreign bills of exchange USANCE
Meg Ryan’s co-star in the 1989 film When Harry Met Sally… Billy Crystal
Motto of the RAF, in Latin per ardua ad astra
Name sometimes given to the children’s game tag cops and robbers
New Zealand city noted for its geysers and hot mud pools ROTORUA
Nicodemus ____, in Our Mutual Friend, has been suggested as the source of this word for a scientific or technical expert BOFFIN
Noel Coward play about a divorced couple coincidentally meeting on holiday, with their new spouses Private Lives
Sea inlet of County Down, the largest in Britain or Ireland Strangford Lough
Star Trek: The Next Generation character played by Gates McFadden Beverly Crusher
The American equivalent of an estate agent REALTOR
The butt of a marijuana cigarette ROACH
The fee paid by a solicitor to a third party which is then claimed back from the client DISBURSEMENT
The first female president of Ireland Mary Robinson
The only country in south or southeast Asia never colonised by a European power THAILAND
The unit of currency in 11D BAHT
The woodpecker genus picus
Ursa Minor means ____ Little Bear
US author noted for his rags-to-riches stories aimed at young adults Horatio Alger
US general who accepted the surrender of Japan in 1945 Douglas MacArthur
Victoria is the capital of this group of 115 islands SEYCHELLES