The Times - Specialist - Sunday Times GK Jumbo No 125 September 2 2018
| The Times - Specialist - Sunday Times GK Jumbo No 125 | |
| Clues | Answers |
| "I'm happy to report that my inner child is still ____" (James Broughton) | AGELESS |
| "I'm nothing special, in fact I'm a bit of a bore" is the first line of this Abba song | Thank You for the Music |
| "If you think that the ____ is not blowing hard enough, tone it down another shade or two" (Richard Strauss) | BRASS |
| "My wife is ____, but by whom?" (Sam Levenson) | OUTSPOKEN |
| 1 ____-hour = 3600 coulombs | AMPERE |
| 1984 romantic comedy starring JoBeth Williams and Tom Conti | American Dreamer |
| A member of the genus Rhinolophus | horseshoe bat |
| A motorcyclist might buy this from Watsonian Squire | SIDECAR |
| A pinch of snuff, to a Scot | sneesh |
| Alphabetically, the fifth of Santa's reindeer | DASHER |
| An alternative to "avifauna" as a term for an area's birds | ORNIS |
| Author whose final novel, Silent Lady, was published four years after her death | Catherine Cookson |
| Bring something into position for (usually military) action | DEPLOY |
| Cain was exiled to the Land of ____ | NOD |
| Cleon's wife, who plots to kill Marina, in Pericles, Prince of Tyre | dionyza |
| Cobbled street which is one of Norwich's most famous landmarks | Elm Hill |
| Dialect originating in southeastern China | hokkien |
| Electrical property represented by the Greek letter omega | RESISTANCE |
| Exhibition showing the development of an artist's work | RETROSPECTIVE |
| Former Birmingham City and Portsmouth footballer, currently head coach of the Senegal national team | Aliou Cisse |
| Former boxer, Celebrity Big Brother's first ever evictee | Chris Eubank |
| I think, therefore I am | cogito ergo sum |
| In Bizet's opera, Carmen is normally sung by a ____ | mezzo-soprano |
| In photographic jargon, a lens | OPTIC |
| Jos Buttler's role in the current England test cricket team | WICKETKEEPER |
| Julie ____ played Bet Lynch in Coronation Street | GOODYEAR |
| Loose, sleeveless outer garment of the Middle East | ABA |
| Lower part of the alimentary canal | GUT |
| Main ingredient of the Mediterranean delicacies bottarga and taramasalata | ROE |
| Member of the goosefoot family, often used in the same way as spinach | ORACHE |
| Message of respectful goodwill at the end of a letter | REGARDS |
| Mineral sometimes called ruby of arsenic | REALGAR |
| Muhammad's rightful successor, according to Shia Muslims | ALI |
| Name given to Thomas Anderson in The Matrix | NEO |
| New Romantic band which released the 1982 album The Lexicon of Love | ABC |
| One chosen to settle disputes | ARBITRATOR |
| Playwright who one might think was afraid of Christmas | Noel Coward |
| Poet whose most famous work was The Windhover | Gerard Manley Hopkins |
| Polaris is the brightest star in ____ Minor | URSA |
| Responsibility, according to Winston Churchill | The price of greatness |
| Rock group fronted by Captain Beefheart | The Magic Band |
| Rooster featured in the tales of Reynard the Fox | CHANTICLEER |
| Sheep breed, originally from Spain, producing fine wool | MERINO |
| South Africa's 55-mile Comrades marathon is run between the cities of ____ and Durban | pietermaritzburg |
| Spanish peninsula, its name reflecting the ancient Roman belief that it marked the end of the known world | Cape Finisterre |
| Strasbourg-born Jean (or Hans) ____ was a 20th-century poet, sculptor and abstract artist | ARP |
| Take out again (as a subscription) | RENEW |
| Team GB's flag bearer at the 2016 Olympic Games closing ceremony | Kate Richardson-Walsh |
| The Australian national football team | socceroos |
| The held end of a string player's bow | HEEL |
| The second most populated city of Belarus, also the name of its southeastern region | gomel |
| To ____ oneself is to gain favour, often using flattery | INGRATIATE |
| Traditional remedy for nettle stings | dock leaf |
| UK online supermarket with no bricks and mortar shops | OCADO |
| Undemanding literature regarded as suitable for holidaymakers | airport fiction |
| Wonder Woman's main adversary is Dr Barbara Ann Minerva, aka The ____ | CHEETAH |
| Wrapped up in oneself | EGOCENTRIC |
| Writer and comedian whose famous roles include Edward Elizabeth Hitler | Adrian Edmondson |
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