| The Times – Specialist – Sunday Times GK Jumbo No 136 | |
| Clues | Answers |
| “In life, in death, o Lord, ____” (HF Lyte, usually to music by WH Monk) | Abide With Me |
| “The last hundred years has seen a general ____ the democratic idea” (GK Chesterton) | decline in |
| A chief god of ancient Egypt, the brother of Set | OSIRIS |
| A delicate or potentially embarrassing situation | Thin ice |
| A volunteer role in animal training | puppy walker |
| According to its website, ____ has the biggest university campus in the UK | KEELE |
| After the Danube, the second-longest river in central or western Europe | RHINE |
| Archangel often named with Gabriel, Michael and Raphael | URIEL |
| As a musical direction, “becoming slower” | RALLENTANDO |
| Comedian who appeared with his father in the 1930s as “Bert Carson and his Little Wonder” | Ernie Wise |
| Complicated bow which is hard to untie, thus symbolizing deep affection | True lovers’ knot |
| Composer of the ragtime opera Treemonisha | Scott Joplin |
| Conditions or stipulations | Ifs and buts |
| Corona discharge sometimes seen around ships’ masts | St Elmo’s fire |
| Equipment used in much commercial marine fishing | trawl net |
| Final active stage or last possible moment | the last gasp |
| Folded tortilla filled with minced beef, chicken, cheese or beans | BURRITO |
| Hairstyle popularised by the Ronettes | BEEHIVE |
| Home town of comedian Peter Kay | BOLTON |
| Housay, Grunay and Bruray, once home of the smallest secondary school in Britain | Out Skerries |
| In Greek myth, a shepherd and the nymph he loved | Acis and Galatea |
| In Greek myth, an outlaw who Zeus punished for eternity | IXION |
| In the USA, property comprising land and or buildings | Real estate |
| Jackie ____ wrote the lyrics for the Neighbours signature tune | TRENT |
| Location of the G20 Summit later this year | Buenos Aires |
| Lynda ____wrote the TV series Widows and Prime Suspect | La Plante |
| Northern coniferous forests, just south of the tundra | TAIGA |
| Of a robust traditional or rural character, informally | TWEEDY |
| Outer Hebridean island from which Bonnie Prince Charlie headed “over the sea to Skye” | BENBECULA |
| Pantomime character whose first words are often “Master! Your wish is my command!” | Genie of the lamp |
| People working on the California Zephyr or Coast Starlight | railroaders |
| Playwright who wrote about working-class Dubliners | Sean O’Casey |
| Poet who wrote Illustrated Excursions in Italy | Edward Lear |
| Preliminary version of a film | Rough cut |
| Reflective moment which once ended Sundays on the BBC | EPILOGUE |
| Retain composure, when provoked | Keep one’s cool |
| Retired professors, say, who retain their titles on an honorary basis | EMERITI |
| Second John Buchan novel featuring Richard Hannay | GREENMANTLE |
| Sideboard with shelves above drawers and cupboards | Welsh dresser |
| South Africa’s third largest city, once called Port Natal | DURBAN |
| Stewed vegetables, usually including tomatoes, aubergines, courgettes and peppers | RATATOUILLE |
| Stone coffin with carvings | SARCOPHAGUS |
| Suffolk town on the River Gipping associated with poets John Milton and George Crabbe | STOWMARKET |
| The “Queen of Soul” who died in August this year | Aretha Franklin |
| The darker inner region of a sunspot | UMBRA |
| The Indian cricketer “Ranji” was called the “maharajah of ____” after buying Ballynahinch Castle in County Galway | CONNEMARA |
| The McIlhenny Company’s contribution to a cocktail bar | Tabasco sauce |
| The multi-headed monster killed by Hercules in the second of his 12 labours | HYDRA |
| The Roman name for the Greek god of medicine and healing, a son of Apollo | AESCULAPIUS |
| To show someone’s involvement in a crime | IMPLICATE |
| To ____ on something is to endorse it or to mark it with your distinctive character | Set one’s seal |
| US soul singer whose Shout Bamalama was strongly influenced by Little Richard’s frantic jump-blues style | Otis Redding |
| Where Lincoln delivered an address at the dedication of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery in 1863 | GETTYSBURG |
| Winner of the Swiss Indoor tennis title in October __ his 99th professional singles tournament win | Roger Federer |
| Words first used by Shakespeare in Henry VI, Part 3 rather than Julius Caesar | Et tu Brute |
| Working for regular pay | STIPENDIARY |
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