The Times - Specialist - Sunday Times GK Jumbo No 305

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Clues Answers
“Pirate” broadcaster founded by Ronan O’Rahilly in 1964 Radio Caroline
“Present ____ / Are less than horrible imaginings” (Hamlet) FEARS
“Stop messing about!” was this comedy actor’s catchphrase Kenneth Williams
1978 single by the Police, named after a character in Cyrano de Bergerac ROXANNE
A small cafe, originally one which allowed smoking ESTAMINET
Actress who played Kelly Garrett in Charlie’s Angels Jaclyn Smith
Character whose clumsiness with guns is a running joke in The Pickwick Papers Nathaniel Winkle
Children’s author who co-founded the Fabian Society Edith Nesbit
Cold or chilly as a medical term ALGID
Colloquially, to create a commotion raise Cain
Composer of Fingal’s Cave MENDELSSOHN
Conferences or discussions, originally between African tribespeople indabas
Device which may be programmed by a cardiac electrophysiologist PACEMAKER
Edinburgh arts venue, formerly the Charlotte Baptist Church rose theatre
Finnish electronics company founded as a pulp mill in 1865 NOKIA
Football club based at Stark’s Park, Kirkcaldy Raith Rovers
Game of dexterity, also called knucklebones JACKS
Hungarian-born actress who wrote “____’s Complete Guide to Men” Zsa Zsa Gabor
In geometry, the state of being in contact at a single point tangency
Informally, a relative by marriage in-law
Largest of the Solomon Islands GUADALCANAL
Leontes, King of Sicily, is a principal character in this Shakespeare play The Winter's Tale
Location of the festival which awards the Palme d’Or CANNES
Member of a sect portrayed as opposing Christ in the New Testament PHARISEE
Ndabaningi ____ was a founder member of the militant Zanu organisation in Rhodesia SITHOLE
Clues Answers
Normally decennial national event, expected in 2022 in Scotland CENSUS
Official order or proclamation EDICT
Old Testament book whose name comes from a 33A of Israel NUMBERS
On January 20, 2022, ____ became the youngest female pilot to fly solo around the world Zara Rutherford
PC peripheral used in the days of dialup connections MODEM
Poet and critic who resigned as Encounter’s literary editor when its covert CIA funding was confirmed in 1967 Stephen Spender
Sister of Regan and Cordelia in King Lear GONERIL
SL ____, Sporting CP and FC Porto have never been relegated from Portugal’s Primeira Liga BENFICA
The acorns of the ____ oak grow directly from its twigs, rather than hanging on stalks SESSILE
The act of preventing something OBVIATION
The chief port of Russia’s Pacific coast VLADIVOSTOK
The circumcentre of a triangle is where ____ drawn from the midpoints of its sides meet perpendiculars
The execution period of a computer program RUNTIME
The Grand Canyon State ARIZONA
The keeper of an illicit liquor shop SHEBEENER
The main tent of a circus big top
The post of an officer ranking between major and brigadier colonelcy
This sugar is an RNA component RIBOSE
U2’s second studio album, released in 1981 OCTOBER
Unusually, Egham ____ includes rowing, skiffing and punting races REGATTA
Wine-growing region, perhaps surprisingly located between the Garonne and Dordogne rivers Entre-Deux-Mers
Yellow supergiant which is the brightest star of Cygnus DENEB
____ (the virgin) was a nickname given to Joan of Arc La Pucelle
____ International Airport is named after the US navy’s first Medal of Honor recipient in the Second World War O'Hare
____, near the northern border, is Iran’s second largest city mashhad