The Times – Specialist – Sunday Times GK Jumbo No 345 |
Clues |
Answers |
“Driver” and “conductor” are ____ nouns |
AGENT |
“You get an ____, you’re a scientist” (Maureen Lipman in 1980s BT advertising) |
OLOGY |
1346 battle which established the longbow as a dominant weapon in Europe |
CRECY |
1961 film about pool shark “Fast Eddie” Felson |
The Hustler |
A book of prescribed lessons for church services |
LECTIONARY |
A person expected to answer questions |
interrogatee |
A swan and a wren were named after this wood engraver |
Thomas Bewick |
A ____ may be used as preparation for an exam |
Past paper |
A ____’s Love-song is the John Betjeman poem featuring Joan Hunter Dunn |
SUBALTERN |
Africa’s ____ fly is identifiable by its long proboscis |
TSETSE |
An egg-laying and venomous mammal |
PLATYPUS |
Art gallery located in a former railway terminus |
Musee d’Orsay |
At the height of activity |
in full swing |
Award won by Georg Solti 31 times and Beyoncé 28 times |
GRAMMY |
Benjamin ____ has been the leader of Israel’s Likud party since 2005 and, previously, 1993-99 |
NETANYAHU |
Chinese dynasty, in power AD618-907 |
TANG |
Complex structure containing organs of the inner ear |
LABYRINTH |
Composer and organist John ____ taught Henry Purcell |
BLOW |
Cuban location of a failed landing attempt by US-assisted exiles in 1961 |
Bay of Pigs |
George and Weedon ____ wrote The Diary of a Nobody |
GROSSMITH |
German historian Max ____ is recognised as a founding father of sociology |
WEBER |
Gershwin song written for The Goldwyn Follies |
Love is Here to Stay |
Grey-brown colour, originally that of a mole |
TAUPE |
Holder of the British men’s 100m record since 1986 |
Linford Christie |
In an amusingly unconventional way |
ZANILY |
Musical form which often amounts to “sacred madrigal” |
MOTET |
One stage name of the rapper Sean Combs |
Puff Daddy |
One who ____ goes out to enjoy themselves flamboyantly |
paints the town red |
Online location for manga and similar entertainment |
WEBCOMIC |
Painter of the Anne of Cleves portrait seen by Henry VIII |
Hans Holbein |
Privy to (a secret) |
in on |
Relating to the skin |
CUTANEOUS |
Song also known as El Manisero, first recorded in the 1920s, with similar origins to 23A |
The Peanut Vendor |
Song with lyrics by the poet Robert Herrick, thought to be based on a street food seller’s cry |
cherry ripe |
Soprano Elisabeth ____’s best-known roles were in operas by Mozart and Richard Strauss |
SCHWARZKOPF |
Spoke rapidly and/or nonsensically |
yabbered |
Style of coat popularised in the UK by the Beatles |
AFGHAN |
Term used in the names of many Calvinist churches |
REFORMED |
The “curse of the ____” is a classical music superstition associated with Gustav Mahler |
NINTH |
The larger natural satellite of Mars |
PHOBOS |
The main grain used in making bourbon whiskey |
MAIZE |
The opening number in the musical Cabaret |
willkommen |
The quality of seeming solemn and/or wise |
owlishness |
Took defensive action, originally in a military force |
closed ranks |
Type of ox with a shoulder hump |
ZEBU |
US informal expression of approval, often of someone’s appearance |
hubba hubba |
What became the world’s biggest media conglomerate began with George ____’s purchase of a San Francisco newspaper in 1880 |
HEARST |
____ clubs provide a form of child care |
after-school |