The Times - Specialist - Sunday Times GK Jumbo No 299

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Clues Answers
1986 film about England’s “nine days’ queen” Lady Jane
A Christian who does not believe in the Holy Trinity UNITARIAN
A solver of a ____ crossword must work out most of the grid SKELETON
A static alternative to a mouse trackpad
African republic which existed from May 1967 to January 1970 BIAFRA
Argentina’s de facto health and labour minister in the early 1950s eva Peron
Author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Mark Haddon
Bad weather in a 42D played at some 43A concerts Thunder and Lightning
Body of water, usually about two percent of Utah Great Salt Lake
City near the Brazilian mainland’s easternmost point RECIFE
City with the most surviving medieval churches north of the Alps NORWICH
City with the southernmost bridge on the River Rhône ARLES
Discussion system where terms like “FAQ” and “sockpuppet” were first used USENET
Drink consumed at this time of the year EGGNOG
Essential literature for an educational course required reading
First leader of the Provisional Government of the French Republic charles de gaulle
Form of warfare, partly named after a translation of a word in 5D BLITZKRIEG
Hound formerly used to hunt wolves in Russia BORZOI
In fiction, Lady Penelope and Lady Mary Wimsey were educated here ROEDEAN
In one of two forms, a request for rapid progress full speed ahead
Louis ____ made the first aeroplane cross-channel flight, in 1909 BLERIOT
Morocco’s capital city RABAT
Name, of French origin, for a wedge-shaped stone in an arch VOUSSOIR
Nevada city which made divorce into an industry RENO
Number of cards in a complete tarot pack seventy-eight
Old pejorative informal name for London Great Wen
Clues Answers
One name for a No 10 player in rugby union stand-off
Period needed to return to normality after an event recovery time
Probable headgear for a Victorian maid mob cap
Purported writer of 18th-century fake Gaelic poetry OSSIAN
René ____ made the SS Normandie’s architectural glassware LALIQUE
Rhett Butler is one of ____’s best-known film roles Clark Gable
River reaching the Szczecin lagoon just before the Baltic ODER
Seabird which steals food from other seabirds in flight SKUA
Shape-shifting trickster god of Norse mythology LOKI
Short name for a Jamaican style similar to hip hop RAGGA
Some music in a 43A concert is for this dance WALTZ
Some music in a 43A concert is for this dance POLKA
Symphony, sonnet and sculpture are ____s art form
The Austro-Hungarian empire’s main seaport TRIESTE
The first hotel with this name opened in Paris in 1898 RITZ
The instrument from which the clarinet was developed CHALUMEAU
The river on which Pisa stands ARNO
The second encore at the 43A concert is a 10D, On the ____ Beautiful Blue Danube
The traditional third encore at the 43A concert radetzky march
The upper edge of a ship’s side GUNWALE
To finish a hard general knowledge crossword, you may need to ____ go online
TV drama whose original 1970s series reputedly caused evensong rescheduling POLDARK
Wat ____ was the leader of the Peasants’ Revolt in 1381 TYLER
What appears between “www.” and “/” in a URL domain name
Word often seen as an upper-class version of “serviette” NAPKIN
Yesterday’s ____ concert was on TV in more than 90 countries Vienna New Year's