The Times - Specialist - Sunday Times GK Jumbo No 296

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“That’s the classical mind ____, runs fine inside but looks dingy on the surface” (Robert M Pirsig) at work
1521 assembly, the basis of inevitable schoolroom jokes diet of worms
A famous product of Luftschiffbau Zeppelin HINDENBURG
Anyone in a choir can sing this middle c
Bill ____ played Compo in Last of the Summer Wine OWEN
Chelsea defender who neutralised Eddie Gray in one of the rough moments of the 1970 FA Cup Final replay Ron Harris
Cornish town whose name is an anglicisation of “estuary” in Cornish HAYLE
Cornish village, a former centre of pilchard fishing MOUSEHOLE
Dated or humorous term for a despicable man DASTARD
Detained before a trial on remand
Electro-mechanical device used to assist codebreaking at Bletchley Park BOMBE
English writer who wrote about the certainty of death and taxes before Benjamin Franklin Daniel Defoe
Feminine counterpart of lederhosen in traditional costume DIRNDL
First novel in Evelyn Waugh’s Sword of Honour trilogy Men at Arms
Former French colony, mainly in modern eastern Canada ACADIA
French term meaning having, or ready for, a celebration en fete
In the North Sea, this may be Tern A or Auk A oil rig
Many modern-day ____s are made of carborundum WHETSTONE
Milk Tray rather than Dairy Milk ASSORTMENT
Nation containing or surrounding the disputed territory Nagorno-Karabakh AZERBAIJAN
Oliver Reed’s wrestling opponent in a 1960s film moment Alan Bates
One type of ____ has the biggest wingspan of any living bird ALBATROSS
Opera character whose best-known lyrics begin “Mild und leise, wie er lächelt” (Mildly and gently, how he smiles) ISOLDE
Pam ____ was Rosemary alongside Felicity Kendal as Thyme FERRIS
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Produced on a small scale by traditional methods ARTISAN
Protection from risk for those protecting others from risk reinsurance
Refuelling stop on transatlantic flights, mainly before 1960 GANDER
Someone who may stand up for more than 50 concerts in a spell of just over eight weeks PROMMER
Symbol used in proofreading to show where more words are to be inserted CARET
TH White’s 1958 Arthurian collection, including three books published around 20 years earlier The Once and Future King
The 1990s sitcom dominated by Hyacinth Bucket Keeping Up Appearances
The easiest of the six standard figure skating jumps toe loop
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin character with the catchphrase “take two aspirins” Doc Morrissey
The first female Olympic marathon champion, in 1984 Joan Benoit
The most popular exhibit at the British Museum Rosetta Stone
The name of four rivers and two reservoirs in northern England DERWENT
The Platonic solid with the most faces ICOSAHEDRON
The route of ____ Street is followed by parts of the A2 and A5 WATLING
The Toro de ____ originally advertised a sherry firm founded by an Englishman, but now sometimes represents Spain OSBORNE
The ____ turn is a dribbling technique named after a 1970s footballer CRUYFF
The ____ was the first John Irving novel to be filmed World According To Garp
This type of pit produces sweat rather than coal MOSH
Ventriloquist whose best-known dummy was Lord Charles Ray Alan
Vital tool in mid-20th-century computing key punch
Where, according to tradition, there is something valuable if you can get there at the end of the rainbow
Yorkshire city where a horn has been blown nightly since AD886 to “set the watch” RIPON
____ Varma played Oberyn Martell’s paramour Ellaria Sand in four seasons of Game of Thrones INDIRA