The Times – Specialist – Sunday Times GK Jumbo No 179 Clues Answers “Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious” (Peter ____) USTINOV A combination of three letters representing one sound TRIGRAPH A concertina or accordion squeeze box A Lancashire ____ has a fixed blade with no pivot, and a handle wrapped in […]
Clues Answers “La Dolce Vita” setting ROME “Rhinoceros” playwright IONESCO “Righteous!” in the ’90s PHAT “Star Trek” officer who famously kissed Kirk in 1968 UHURA “Swan Lake” skirt TUTU A month of Sundays AGES Acid neutralizer ALKALI Animal rights gp PETA Apiece EACH Apothecary’s weight DRAM Arthur of “The Golden Girls” BEA Article in Spain’s […]
Clues Answers ___ Perez de Cuellar, former U.N. chief JAVIER ___ speak SOTO A few notes that require answering? RINGTONE Already: Fr. DEJA Bad stethoscope sound MURMUR Bean popular in East Asia ADZUKI Besmirch TAR Biblical figure who “walked with God” ENOCH Calculus calculation, for short MIN Cause for combatants’ confusion FOGOFWAR Chicken or veal […]
Clues Answers “… bombs bursting __” INAIR “Great!” SWELL “Hop __”: Dr. Seuss book ONPOP “Star Trek” helmsman SULU “Stormy Weather” singer Lena HORNE “The Time Machine” race ELOI “Trick” joints KNEES Almanacs, calendars, etc YEARLIES Ancient colonnade STOA Award for “Green Book” OSCAR Bathroom wall piece TILE Blather, and a phonetic hint to the […]
Clues Answers __ bran OAT *Boulevard Montmartre series painter CAMILLEPISSARRO *Jazzman Fats Waller style-wise STRIDEPIANIST *Understand GETTHEPICTURE *Watch TIMEPIECE Afternoon break SIESTA Anger IRE Arab chieftain EMIR Bio info DOB Brine has a lot of it SALT By way of VIA Champagne designation BRUT Childish comeback ARESO City with the world’s tallest building DUBAI Clairvoyant’s […]
Clues Answers “Come in, we’re ___” OPEN “I couldn’t have done that” excuse ALIBI “Star Trek” role for Zoe Saldana UHURA “That’s ___ way to do it” ONE “The Outcasts of Poker Flat” writer Bret HARTE “___, meeny, miney, mo …” EENY Albert Pujols stat RBI Ambient music pioneer Brian ENO And others: Abbr ETAL […]
Clues Answers ‘Are you kidding me?’ REALLY ‘Barry’ network HBO ‘Good Eats’ host Brown ALTON ‘Hotel Artemis’ star Foster JODIE ‘Star Trek’ counselor Deanna TROI ‘Thong Song’ performer SISQO ‘Xanadu’ group, initially ELO ‘Ye’ follower, sometimes OLDE ‘___ Gangnam style …’ OPPA ‘___ lizards!’ (comment from Annie) LEAPIN ‘___ Majesty’s Secret Service’ ONHER 1922 physics […]
Clues Answers “Flashdance” star Jennifer BEALS “Fooled you!” NOT “I want to be entertained” AMUSEME “Live PD” airer AANDE “Nobody wins!” ITSATIE “Phooey!” cousins DRATS “Piece of cake” EASYPEASY, NOPROBLEM “The Easter Parade” author Richard YATES “The Enemy Within” org CIA “Tiny Alice” dramatist ALBEE 1977 ELO hit DOYA 42-Down features HORNS Actress Rowlands GENA […]
Clues Answers ‘Bon’ word MOT ‘___ and the Flash’ (2015 Meryl Streep movie) RICKI After-Christmas event SALE Afternoon affair TEA Assembles MEETS Attach, as a button SEWON Audre Lorde or Lord Byron POET Autobiography of a ‘Star Trek’ doctor? BEINGMCCOY Bemoan RUE Birthstone for some Scorpios TOPAZ Bleacher feature TIER Brand of cooking spray PAM […]
Clues Answers “Phooey!” DARN “Star Trek” spin-off, briefly TNG “The quality of mercy is not strain’d” speaker PORTIA “__ you clever!” ARENT 2001 scandal subject ENRON Ahab’s milieu SEA Ancient region of present-day Turkey IONIA Apollo’s birth island DELOS Apple product IMAC Arp, for one DADAIST At the movies, maybe ONADATE Bill distributors ATMS Bird’s […]
Clues Answers ‘Sophie’s Choice’ author STYRON ‘Star Trek’ captain KIRK ‘That hurts!’ OUCH __ Little Teapot’ IMA __ voyage!’ BON AAA job TOW Altar affirmative IDO Apple intruders WORMS Auto style SEDAN Away from SSW NNE Bangkok language THAI British gun STEN Buddy BRO Chilled ICED Cleopatra’s river NILE Clue HINT Conks out DIES Dance […]
Clues Answers ”Common Sense” pamphleteer THOMASPAINE ”Despicable Me” daughter MARGO ”Frozen” princess ELSA ”Game of Thrones” airer HBO ”Hamilton” antagonist BURR ”It’s a Wonderful Life” director CAPRA ”Kiss Me Kate” misanthropist song IHATEMEN ”Smart” guy ALECK ”Star Trek” antagonists ROMULANS ”Yertle the Turtle” author DRSEUSS About .035 ounces ONEGRAM Absorb a 68 Down EATIT Activated, […]