The Times - Specialist - Sunday Times GK Jumbo No 383

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1812-46 legislation which, it might be said, went against the grain corn laws
1962-73 Nasa program which visited three planets MARINER
A canal used exclusively for leisure craft cruiseway
A conspicuous blunder; a TV woollen extraterrestrial CLANGER
According to etiquette, after-dinner port should be passed to ____ the left
Actor who voiced Lightning McQueen in the Cars films Owen Wilson
Actress who played Uhura in the original Star Trek Nichelle Nichols
Agency of the Soviet Union preceding the OGPU and KGB CHEKA
Alexander Pope poem which Samuel Johnson said “excelled every composition of the same kind” Eloisa to Abelard
Continent which is roughly divided in two by the equator AFRICA
Departments or provinces of Greece nomarchies
Designer of the Volkswagen Beetle Ferdinand Porsche
Drawn from wide-ranging sources ECLECTIC
Formerly, a junior boy scout wolf cub
From effect to cause a posteriori
Gas typically used in welding ACETYLENE
Greek writer regarded as the father of tragedy AESCHYLUS
Historically, extra weight added to some goods purchases to compensate for wastage in transit TRET
In English placenames, this indicates location on a Roman road STREET
In Roman Britain, ____ was at the northern end of the Via Devana CHESTER
In the version patented by Johann Nepomuk Maelzel, these wind-up timing devices have settings from 40 to 208 METRONOMES
In US finance, the best ____ are designated AAA bond ratings
Jake Gyllenhaal’s co-star in Brokeback Mountain Heath Ledger
John von ____ did important work in the Manhattan Project, but is not depicted in the film Oppenheimer NEUMANN
Kenneth ____ was the first president of 31A kaunda
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London’s Leadenhall Building is informally known as “the ____” CHEESEGRATER
Many Italian cities have streets or squares named after the poet Torquato ____ TASSO
Measuring device attached to an inverted bottle of spirits OPTIC
Name for a flamboyant fashion/pop style coined by musician Richard Burgess New Romantic
Ornamental evergreen shrub native to New Zealand HEBE
Prime Minister succeeded by Margaret Thatcher James Callaghan
Racing cyclist called “the Professor” and “Mr Prologue” Chris Boardman
Republic called Northern Rhodesia until 1964 ZAMBIA
Rock group America’s 1972 hit, originally called Desert Song A Horse with No Name
Rodin sculpture thought to depict Dante observing the circles of Hell The Thinker
Small bottle whose name may derive from Arabic for “draw water” CARAFE
Someone from Ljubljana or Maribor SLOVENE
Spicy creole dish; a Hank Williams song of 1952 JAMBALAYA
Sweet dried chilli peppers ANCHOS
That waged between Britain and China 1839-42 Opium War
The “Grand Old Man” of cricket W G Grace
The capital of Belgium’s Flemish Brabant province leuven
The name of four English rivers OUSE
The only woman to have an instrumental UK No 1 hit Winifred Atwell
The song of the male ____ can exceed 30 minutes humpback whale
The target ball in bowls JACK
To leave a position or, hyphenated, to join one again RESIGN
Type of daisy which is also called marguerite ox-eye
Ursa Minor’s old name CYNOSURE
Winner of the 2023 US Open, beating Rory McIlroy by one shot Wyndham Clark