The Times - Specialist - Sunday Times GK Jumbo No 107 Crossword Answer

The Times - Specialist - Sunday Times GK Jumbo No 107 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Irish author whose final novel, A Week in Winter, was published in 2012	Maeve Binchy
Italian for 'more', often seen in musical instructions	PIU
Item carried in a newly crowned monarch’s left hand when leaving Westminster Abbey	ORB
James Macpherson claimed to have translated the work of this Gaelic poet	OSSIAN
London's ____ card was introduced in 2003	OYSTER
Lottery whose prize is the money staked by participants	SWEEPSTAKE
Marine fish or prickly pear	TUNA
Measure of data transmission speed	BAUD
Metal plate set in the sole of a shoe to protect from wear	SEG
Musician such as Lionel Hampton	VIBIST
North African paste made from chilli peppers, spices, and olive oil	HARISSA
Of an argument, convincing	COGENT
Of large volume	CAPACIOUS
Opera is described as 'an absurd thing' in this final Richard Strauss one	CAPRICCIO
Pertaining to Greek language and culture	HELLENISTIC
Relating to a flat surface	PLANAR
Rugby player who made 93 appearances for France, most as fullback	Serge Blanco
Salvador ____ was Chile’s president 1970-1973	ALLENDE
Series of BBC radio talks first given by Bertrand Russell	reith lectures
Spreadsheet software developed by Microsoft	EXCEL
Stand-up comedian and host, since 2015, of The News Quiz on Radio 4	Miles Jupp
The capital of Romania	BUCHAREST
The largest city of Wisconsin	MILWAUKEE
The only female British athlete to win Olympic, World, European, and Commonwealth titles	Sally Gunnell
The parliament of Israel	KNESSET
TV naturalist, and former controller of BBC Two	David Attenborough
Typeface commissioned by IBM in the mid-1950s	COURIER
Vast region of Russia, sometimes referred to as North Asia	SIBERIA
Verdi opera which, contrary to popular belief, was not written to mark the opening of the Suez Canal	AIDA
____ billiards is played on a table with no pockets	CAROM

Clues	Answers
'Be not ____ overmuch' (Ecclesiastes)	RIGHTEOUS
'While all artists are not ____ players, all ____ players are artists' (Marcel Duchamp)	CHESS
1949 film noir crime drama starring Nina Foch and Glenn Ford	The Undercover Man
1970 debut novel by James Dickey	DELIVERANCE
A Chinese secret society, especially a criminal one	TONG
A loosely worn scarf or shawl	STOLE
Actress and comedian with two Celebrity Mastermind wins	Andi Osho
American actress who won four Academy Awards for Best Actress	Katharine Hepburn
An alternative to yew for making longbows	ELM
An inflorescence of short flower stalks	UMBEL
Another name for chancellorship	cancellariate
Archipelago shared by Chile and Argentina	Tierra del Fuego
Arthur ____ wrote Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung	SCHOPENHAUER
Based on the number 20	VIGESIMAL
Bordeaux appellation on the left bank of the Gironde	MEDOC
Branch in the head of eg broccoli	FLORET
British band for whom Jools Holland played keyboards	SQUEEZE
Comedy duo who created the 'Who’s On First?' routine	Abbott and Costello
Comedy sporting panel game originally hosted by Des Lynam on BBC Radio 5	They Think It's All Over
Commentator who coined the phrase at 4 Down	Kenneth Wolstenholme
Common name for killer whale	GRAMPUS
Compound with three isomeric forms, derived from coal tar	CRESOL
Don Quixote's horse	ROSINANTE
Dr Strabismus (Whom God ____) of Utrecht was a character in the Daily Express Beachcomber column	PRESERVE
Finnish driver who won his first Formula One race at the 2017 Russian Grand Prix	Valtteri Bottas
Former car producer based in Tamworth, Staffordshire	RELIANT
Former name of the Brazilian motor racing circuit now named after Carlos Pace	interlagos
Genus of (especially) brown bears	URSUS
In dentistry, the side of a tooth opposite to lingual or palatal	BUCCAL
In electronics, to oscillate irregularly	squeg