The Times - Specialist - Sunday Times GK Jumbo No 354

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Clues Answers
“A moral, sensible, and well-bred man / Will not ____ me, and no other can” (Cowper) AFFRONT
“Religion […] is the ____ of the people” (Karl Marx) OPIUM
2010 video game with John Marston as the protagonist Red Dead Redemption
A Hindu or Buddhist religious text TANTRA
A kerchief worn in place of a hat Headcloth
A young fox KIT
Actress, Oscar-nominated for her 2002 role as painter Frida Kahlo Salma Hayek
Alternative to “Hoosier” for someone from a particular US state INDIANIAN
An ignition key engages the ____ to connect to the starter motor solenoid switch
Apollo 11’s Eagle, for example lunar module
Author of Black Beauty Anna Sewell
Breathing in a laboured way WHEEZY
Craft in which Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space VOSTOK
Department store chain which closed in May 2021 debenhams
Form of storage which has largely replaced pill bottles blister pack
Formal footwear, sometimes with a bow or buckle court shoe
Historian Hugh Trevor-Roper became Baron ____ DACRE
In a quote attributed to Billy Connolly and others, an intellectual is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture without thinking of ____ The Lone Ranger
In architecture, the male equivalent of a caryatid ATLAS
In Scott’s Waverley novels, The ____ follows The Monastery ABBOT
In the 1930s and 1940s, the ____, were one of the first African American vocal groups to be popular with both black and white audiences ink spots
Knitting technique which can be used to create colour effects relatively easily slip stitch
Kristi ____’s 1992 figure skating win made her the first Asian American winner of a Winter Olympics gold medal yamaguchi
Make a prediction based on available data EXTRAPOLATE
Modern and ancient Greek region including Athens ATTICA
Clues Answers
Name shared by colleges at Oxford and Cambridge Corpus Christi
Nickname given to Nebraska-born US business magnate Warren Buffett Oracle of Omaha
Northernmost of Japan’s four main islands HOKKAIDO
On a weather map, the kind of front symbolised by a combination of spikes and semi-circles OCCLUDED
One of the world’s few nations with contiguous territory in 43D continents EGYPT
Painter whose depictions of history are a major feature of Mexico City’s Palacio Nacional Diego Rivera
Poet Robert Burns became this kind of official as a better use of his education than farming EXCISEMAN
Pseudonym of the playwright Jean-Baptiste Poquelin MOLIERE
Quadrilateral with two parallel sides in the UK, and none in the US and Canada TRAPEZIUM
R&B singer — her 1993 debut album won three Grammies Toni Braxton
See 39D TWO
Small anchor used to move or turn a ship KEDGE
Stage name of Israeli singer Sharon Cohen Dana International
Strait separating the Orkneys and the Scottish mainland Pentland Firth
The Basque name for the Basque Country euskadi
The bowls equivalent of the “cochonnet” in boules JACK
The name of Malawi until 1964 NYASALAND
The ____ comprised pianist Richard and drummer Karen CARPENTERS
The ____ is a Tchaikovsky ballet based on a fairy tale Sleeping Beauty
To absorb into something else SUBSUME
Vessels used by soldiers for both cooking and eating mess tins
Wine whose sweetness is traditionally measured in puttonyos TOKAY
Word which can follow “caustic” and “cream” SODA
World heavyweight boxing champion, 1978-85 Larry Holmes
____-Bastogne-____ is the oldest cycle racing “Monument” LIEGE