The Times - Specialist - Sunday Times GK Jumbo No 126 Crossword Answer

The Times - Specialist - Sunday Times GK Jumbo No 126 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Mahler symphony in all but name, presented as an orchestral song cycle for alto and tenor	Das Lied von der Erde
Main antagonist of the Resident Evil video games and films	Albert Wesker
Musician who sang the “I want my MTV” backing vocal on Money for Nothing by Dire Straits	STING
Narrator of On The Road by Jack Kerouac	Sal Paradise
Nickname of the Burt Reynolds character Bo Darville in a 1977 comedy film	BANDIT
Of a friar or nun, barefoot or wearing only sandals	discalceate
Of an antelope, to leap with an arched back	PRONK
Of an instrument, played with a mute	con sordino
Partner of Jimmy Edwards in the BBC Radio series Take It From Here	Dick Bentley
Ridden by Bob Champion, winner of the 1981 Grand National	aldaniti
River whose delta constitutes the Camargue region	RHONE
Samuel Irving ____ founded Advance publications, whose subsidiaries include Condé Nast	NEWHOUSE
Singer regarded as the Queen of Disco	Donna Summer
State of bondage, finally ended by Elizabeth I in 1574	SERFDOM
Stock pantomime character abandoned by Columbine in favour of Harlequin	PIERROT
The 4 x 400m relay, at many track and field meetings	last event
The composer of Boléro and La Valse	Maurice Ravel
The goatfish, a popular Mediterranean delicacy	red mullet
The oat genus	avena
The palpebra	EYELID
The pouches of kangaroos, wombats etc	MARSUPIA
The real middle name of 3 Down; first name of a fictional teen diarist	ADRIAN
To be highly noticeable, or to stubbornly resist	stand out
Traditional Scottish dish of swede and potato	neeps and tatties
Tree of the laurel family, traditionally used to make root beer and tea	SASSAFRAS
Where to find bees or their hives	APIARY
____ of the Nine Hostages was a 5th-century Irish high king, who may possibly have millions of living descendants	NIALL
____ played Bubble in the sitcom Absolutely Fabulous	Jane Horrocks

Clues	Answers
“I’m just a ____ prostitute, my dear” (Freddie Mercury)	MUSICAL
“The ____ of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen” (final verse of King James Bible)	GRACE
“Vulgarity is the ____ in the salad of charm” (Cyril Connolly)	GARLIC
1773 legislation helping the East India Company, but not our North American colonies	tea act
1964 musical written by Jerry Herman	Hello Dolly
1964 single which became Ken Dodd’s signature song	HAPPINESS
A painter such as Thomas Cole or John Constable	landscape artist
A proverbially calm body of water	mill pond
A type of cactus or its intoxicant, mescal	PEYOTE
Actor who played Max Zorin in the James Bond film A View to a Kill	Christopher Walken
Allergic ____ is another name for hay fever	RHINITIS
American footballer who typically receives the ball to instigate a rush play	running back
Anaesthetic often administered during childbirth	EPIDURAL
Analogue colour TV system developed in France, similar to PAL and NTSC	secam
Artificial radioactive element, atomic number 99	EINSTEINIUM
Bundle of fibrous tissue joining bones or cartilages	LIGAMENT
Capital of St James parish, served by Jamaica’s busiest airport	Montego Bay
David Bowie single whose video was, at the time, the most expensive ever made	Ashes To Ashes
Female tennis player, 2017 US Open champion	Sloane Stephens
Fictional corporation frequently used in cartoons, notably those of Looney Tunes	ACME
Former Benetton F1 director who recruited Michael Schumacher in 1991	Flavio Briatore
From the beginning (Latin)	ab ovo
Fyodor Dostoevsky’s final novel	The Brothers Karamazov
Goodbye to Berlin by ____ was adapted to make the play I Am a Camera	Christopher Isherwood
In bridge, a ____ double invites partner to bid their best unbid suit	TAKEOUT
Jupiter is the Roman equivalent of this Greek deity	ZEUS
London’s ____ was originally the Royal Coburg Theatre	Old Vic
Magical phrase associated with Ali Baba	open sesame