The Times - Specialist - Sunday Times GK Jumbo No 169 July 7 2019 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

The Times - Specialist - Sunday Times GK Jumbo No 169
Clues	Answers
“Against the watch” — a French name for a time trial	contre la montre
“He is very foolish who aims at ____ all the world and his father” (Jean de la Fontaine)	SATISFYING
2002 animated film featuring a sloth called Sid and a mammoth called Manny	ice Age
A “penny bun” or similar mushroom	bolete
A cell with an axon and dendrites	NEURONE
A primate formerly called “pygmy chimpanzee”	BONOBO
An English version of the “pois rouges” on the jersey of the 30A’s leading climber	polka dots
An ironical description of decision-making	in one's wisdom
Another name for a lapwing	PEEWIT
Another name for the meat product kielbasa	Polish sausage
Anthropomorphic bovine seen on a TV game show, 1981-95	BULLY
Attire for the most special occasions	formal clothes
Capital city of China’s Hubei province	WUHAN
Cattle herded together for a journey	DROVE
China’s currency since 1948	RENMINBI
Comedy film starring Paul Newman as a rogue whose long-neglected son returns for Thanksgiving	Nobody's Fool
Doris Day’s first film role was in Romance ____, about a cruise to Rio	on the high seas
Egyptian hydrological project	aswan dam
Event first held in 1903 to boost the sales of a sporting newspaper	tour de france
Eventual winner Octave Lapize’s description of the 30A’s organisers as murderers, shouted at them as he led its first ascent of the Col d’Aubisque in 1910	ASSASSINS
Fairground throwing game	HOOPLA
French painter Antoine ____ transformed the baroque style to the more naturalistic rococo	WATTEAU
French transport vehicle, or a group riding together to beat the elimination time for a 30A mountain stage	AUTOBUS
French winner of the 30A in 1983 and 1984	laurent Fignon
Hindi term for a long stick used as a weapon	LATHI
Howard ____ composed music for TV programmes including Red Dwarf and The Vicar of Dibley	GOODALL
In 1949, Fausto ___ was the first person to win the 30A and Giro d’Italia in the same year	coppi
Informally, a party currently electing a new leader	Lib Dems
Ironic alternative to “Purity of Essence” as the explanation for the POE recall code identified by Captain Mandrake in Doctor Strangelove	peace on earth
Jeremy ____ was Channel 4’s first chief executive, and later the Royal Opera House’s general director	ISAACS
John ____ illustrated Lewis Carroll’s Alice books	TENNIEL
Magnetic field measurement unit in the CGS system	OERSTED
Matter thrown out, especially by volcanoes	EJECTA
Musical instrument once sold as the Clarke London Flageolet	tin whistle
Neutral, in relation to government	APOLITICAL
Saint ____ is traditionally regarded as the founder of Glasgow	MUNGO
See 7A	eight seconds
Smelly	ODORIFEROUS
Supposedly a spirit, often in animal form, assisting a witch	FAMILIAR
Thalictrum flavum is the “common” version of this ranunculaceous plant with clusters of small flowers	meadow rue
The roller of a typewriter	PLATEN
The use of ____s by the police is controlled by the Freedom of Information act passed in 2000	NOTEBOOK
To ____ something is to do it enthusiastically	go to town on
Wavered between possible choices	OSCILLATED
You cannot use this plant to make textiles	bog cotton
____ Fame’s first No 1 hit was Yeh, Yeh in 1964	GEORGIE
____ won the 1989 30A, beating 6D by 16A after a final 5D	Greg LeMond
____ won the 30A for the fifth time in 1985	bernard Hinault