The Times - Specialist - Sunday Times GK Jumbo No 298

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“Gone! And never called me mother!” only appears in stage versions of this Ellen Wood novel East Lynne
“I stopped believing in ____ when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph.” (Shirley Temple) Santa Claus
“O ____ construction! I scorn that with my heels” (Much Ado about Nothing) ILLEGITIMATE
“Of two evils I have chose the ____” (Matthew Prior, Imitation of Horace) LEAST
“Time” in the title of Proust’s multi-volume novel TEMPS
1924 musical, the first Broadway collaboration of George and Ira Gershwin Lady Be Good
A colloquial name for smoked cannabis wacky baccy
A skilled worker or craftsman ARTISAN
A two-horse chariot of ancient Rome BIGA
A ____ Christmas (1965) was the first TV special based on the Peanuts comic strip Charlie Brown
Aldgate Pump is sometimes seen as the beginning of this part of London East End
American term for social awareness in an urban environment street smarts
American TV host who presented the Academy Awards in 2017 and 2018 Jimmy Kimmell
An organism which lives without oxygen anaerobiont
An ____ contributes to a metric determining online engagement active user
Anarchist Mikhail ____ was initially an ally but later an opponent of Karl Marx BAKUNIN
Animated TV series born of two short films called The Spirit of Christmas South Park
Branch of medicine dealing with pregnancy and childbirth OBSTETRICS
British motoring magazine first published in 1895 AUTOCAR
Christmas Island is an external territory of this country AUSTRALIA
Cliff Richard’s 1988 seasonal No 1 hit single Mistletoe and Wine
Corm of (especially) taro EDDO
Country in which Holy Meal (on Christmas Eve) is the most important event of the year LITHUANIA
Coupling which allows adjustment of length and tension turnbuckle
Dave Edmunds’s 1970 seasonal No 1 hit single I Hear You Knocking
Denpasar is the capital of this Indonesian island BALI
Film actress who, with George Antheil, developed a radio guidance system for torpedoes Hedy Lamarr
Fleshy envelope covering the seed of some plants ARIL
France’s oldest national daily newspaper Le Figaro
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Frost formed on objects by rapid freezing in mist or fog RIME
Ghiberti’s baptistery doors in Florence are an example of ____ in sculpture RELIEF
Good wishes all the best
In 1975, when New Scientist asked its readers to name the best-known and most characteristic scientist of all time, Magnus ____ was ranked third behind Newton and Einstein pyke
In geologic time, a subdivision of an epoch AGE
In some forms of poker, this can be used by any player to form a hand community card
Informally, having a liking for camping, hiking etc OUTDOORSY
Michel ____ led an unsuccessful cavalry charge at Waterloo NEY
Mud’s 1974 seasonal No 1 hit single Lonely This Christmas
Name of an Old English letter, a ligature of a and e AESC
Not bearing gifts? UNTALENTED
Of a situation, became more intense or exciting heated up
Of a television service, using land transmission rather than satellite TERRESTRIAL
Orient EAST
Ralph Fiennes’s roles include that of Lord ____ VOLDEMORT
Sailing vessel of the largest size used in battle ship of the line
Second brightest star in the night sky CANOPUS
Striker in Nottingham Forest’s successful European Cup sides, with three England caps Garry Birtles
The Beatles’ 1963 seasonal No 1 hit single I Want to Hold Your Hand
The Furies of Greek mythology ERINYES
The quest to destroy the One Ring begins here RIVENDELL
The sleeve of this 1983 New Order single was designed to look like a floppy disk Blue Monday
The sociopathic chihuahua and dim-witted cat of a former animated TV series Ren and Stimpy
The symbol ending every statement in computer languages like Java and C SEMICOLON
Type of long-grain rice used in Indian cuisine BASMATI
Vegetable with the richest protein content (US spelling) SOYBEAN
White ____ is a cocktail of vodka, coffee liqueur, and milk RUSSIAN
You are probably solving this puzzle on Italy’s ____ di Santo Stefano GIORNO
____ says “God bless us, every one!” in A Christmas Carol Tiny Tim