The Times - Specialist - Sunday Times GK Jumbo No 353

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Clues Answers
“Doc” in the Back to the Future films Emmett Brown
“Simple” eyes which are the main eyes of spiders, and coexistent with the compound eyes of many insects OCELLI
“____ run deep” refers to strong hidden emotions still waters
1963 film in which Richard Harris had his first starring role This Sporting Life
1965’s European Footballer of the Year EUSEBIO
A treeless grassy plain of South America LLANO
Acronym of US military origin, for a chaotic situation SNAFU
Actor who has played the EastEnders character Phil Mitchell since 1990 Steve McFadden
Author of The Ugly Duckling Hans Christian Andersen
Brad ____ played Billy Bibbit in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest DOURIF
Buyers or sellers of ecclesiastical benefices simonists
Capital of Greece’s Thessaly region LARISSA
Condition or period of equilibrium STASIS
Electrostatic device sometimes used in physics classes Van de Graaff generator
Figuratively, safe in extreme conditions BOMBPROOF
Fraudulent activity by Nick ____ led to the 1995 collapse of Barings Bank LEESON
French artist, painter of dramatic history scenes, such as The Execution of Lady Jane Grey (completed in 1833) Paul Delaroche
Geoffrey Rush played elocutionist Lionel ____ in The King’s Speech LOGUE
German astronomer, the first to calculate accurate distances from the sun to other stars, using parallax Friedrich Bessel
Gymnast with 25 world championship gold medals, the most in history Simone Biles
Herbivorous group which contained the largest of all dinosaurs sauropods
In Greek mythology, king of Crete who had to commit filicide after promising Poseidon that he would kill the first living creature that he met at home if he survived a storm IDOMENEUS
Interjection used to surreptitiously attract someone’s attention PSST
Iron pyrites fool's gold
Clues Answers
Kent seaside town on the River Medway SHEERNESS
Light rowing boat or barge once common on the Thames WHERRY
Marine cargo which has been thrown overboard JETSAM
Materials with no electrical resistance at sufficiently low temperatures SUPERCONDUCTORS
Meteorological event which destroyed Holyhead Marina in the winter of 2018 Storm Emma
Migratory thrush noted for its melodious song NIGHTINGALE
Musical paces TEMPI
Name for primordial matter in the big bang theory YLEM
Nape of the neck SCRUFF
One kind of prairie ____ is a hangover remedy OYSTER
Principle of maritime conduct sometimes called the Birkenhead drill women and children first
Reach a required standard measure up
Ruins of emperor Diocletian’s palace are located in this Croatian seaport SPLIT
Sculpture depicting a person’s head and chest BUST
South Korean car manufacturer, defunct since 1999 DAEWOO
The first attempt to establish an English colony in the New World was on this island in North Carolina ROANOKE
The Life Guards and the Blues and Royals, collectively Household Cavalry
The meaning of “Kremlin” as part of a Russian city CITADEL
The type of loincloth worn by Mahatma Gandhi DHOTI
Tiny pieces of confectionery added to ice cream, cupcakes etc hundreds and thousands
To schmooze (with) HOBNOB
Type of dog; an obsolete forerunner of the card game faro BASSET
US rock band comprising the Starchild, Demon, Spaceman and Catman KISS
Winger Jadon ____ joined Manchester United in 2021 SANCHO