The Times – Specialist – Sunday Times GK Jumbo No 117 July 8 2018
Published in The Times Specialist Crossword. Tags: ALICANTE, Geoffrey Hinsliff, Italy, LUBBER, ORPHEUS, reunion, WATERLOO, Yosemite Valley.
The Times – Specialist – Sunday Times GK Jumbo No 117
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| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| ‘I ____ my rival, but only to strangle him’ (Nero, in Jean Racine’s Britannicus) | EMBRACE |
| A cascade in the Yosemite Valley, sharing its name with many other cascades | Bridalveil Fall |
| A clumsy person | LUBBER |
| A funeral oration | EULOGY |
| A puffy bulge below the eye | POUCH |
| Actress who said ‘A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous’ | Ingrid Bergman |
| Adhesive commonly used by actors to attach false hair | spirit gum |
| Armour for the head, used around AD1500 | ARMET |
| Art movement pioneered by Picasso and Braque | CUBISM |
| Blue liqueur, which is also an orange liqueur | CURACAO |
| Capital of the Campania region of Italy (anglicised spelling) | NAPLES |
| City which was the major Israelite place of worship before Jerusalem’s first temple was built | SHILOH |
| Continue to play, eg as the winner of a pub pool game | stay on |
| Coronation Street character, played by Geoffrey Hinsliff, who married Ivy Tilsley in 1988 | Don Brennan |
| Duck with common, velvet and surf species | SCOTER |
| Female gametes | OVA |
| Fermented soya bean paste, used as a flavouring in Japanese cookery | MISO |
| Florida’s ____ International Speedway replaced a course including a local beach | DAYTONA |
| Form a mental image of something not present or fictitious | IDEATE |
| Former boxer who won world titles in five weight divisions | Sugar Ray Leonard |
| General of the American Revolutionary War who was remembered as a traitor | Benedict Arnold |
| Guitarist’s effects unit which mixes two signals, one with a varying delay | flanger |
| Henry David ____ wrote Walden | THOREAU |
| Historically, land on the edge of a forest, eg in Dibden ____, on the edge of the New Forest | PURLIEU |
| Hypothetical change in the brain, accounting for the existence of a memory | ENGRAM |
| If you’re struggling with a hard puzzle, ____ desperandum | NIL |
| In Greek myth, the husband of Eurydice | ORPHEUS |
| In the manner of a nobleman | ducally |
| Invented past experiences, compensating for memory loss | confabulations |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Island, a region of France, to the east of Madagascar | REUNION |
| Italian fashion designer, a rival of Coco Chanel, whose clients included Mae West | Elsa Schiaparelli |
| Ivy League university in New Jersey | PRINCETON |
| John Marston is the lead character in this Rockstar video game | Red Dead Redemption |
| John von ____ made significant contributions to quantum mechanics, economics and computing | NEUMANN |
| John ____ played Mr Humphries in Are You Being Served? | INMAN |
| Labour Party leader who succeeded Clement Attlee | Hugh Gaitskell |
| Leg of eg mutton suitable for roasting | GIGOT |
| Location of the Top Gear studio and test track | Dunsfold Aerodrome |
| Michael ____ is the Mayor of Casterbridge in Hardy’s novel | HENCHARD |
| Named after a German chemist, an alkaline solution used to detect ammonia | Nessler’s reagent |
| One of the five rivers of Hades, causing forgetfulness in those who drank from it | LETHE |
| Oxford college whose alumni include Richard Burton and Roger Bannister | EXETER |
| Plant also known as columbine and granny’s bonnet | AQUILEGIA |
| River on which Hamburg stands | ELBE |
| Robert Seymour ____ was poet laureate, 1913-30 | BRIDGES |
| Singer of Puppet on a String, Britain’s first Eurovision Song Contest winner | Sandie Shaw |
| Small tumour of the teeth | odontoma |
| Spanish port from which one would sail to Algiers | ALICANTE |
| Swelling on a hand or foot, caused by exposure to cold and humidity | CHILBLAIN |
| The darts player currently ranked world number one | Michael van Gerwen |
| The Old Vic and Young Vic theatres are in this London district | WATERLOO |
| The son of iconic Neighbours couple Scott and Charlene | Daniel Robinson |
| Therapeutic dance system developed by Emile Jaques-Dalcroze | eurhythmics |
| There’s ____ — a hit for Herman’s Hermits in 1967 and the Carpenters in 1976 | A Kind of Hush |
| University Challenge catchphrase coined by Bamber Gascoigne | Your starter for ten |
| US Army general who resigned following remarks in a 2010 Rolling Stone magazine article | Stanley McChrystal |
| William of ____ gave his name to a famous methodological principle | OCCAM |
| ____ Things, a novel by Stephen King | NEEDFUL |