| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Host of Mock the Week since 2005 | Dara O Briain |
| If you ____ in a role, it may not have been part of a plan | end up |
| If your usual cook has gone out for the evening, you might ____ a takeaway pizza | put in an order for |
| Image filename extension first used in 1986 | TIF |
| In jousting, a lance charge against an opponent | TILT |
| Irish jockey who won the Grand National on Papillon and Hedgehunter | Ruby Walsh |
| Item of ballet attire named after a French childish word for “bottom” | TUTU |
| J Robert ____ was the first director of the Los Alamos Laboratory where atomic bombs were developed | OPPENHEIMER |
| Lack of care or wisdom | IMPRUDENCE |
| Machine used to make the male part of a common wood joint | TENONER |
| Michael ____ won the Formula One World Championship seven times | SCHUMACHER |
| North American lager with fractional freezing in its production process | ice beer |
| One with a reputation for being unscrupulous | a bad lot |
| Opened the mouth wide | GAPED |
| Part of a cereal plant which stores seeds | EAR |
| Phrase reflecting UK pop culture of the 1990s | Cool Britannia |
| Stand-up comedian whose autobiography Straight Outta Crawley was published in 2018 | Romesh Ranganathan |
| Star Wars character originally voiced by Frank Oz | YODA |
| The capital of Madeira | FUNCHAL |
| The first line of Moby-Dick | Call me Ishmael |
| The lowest social stratum in a community | UNDERCLASS |
| The postal service, as opposed to electronic communication | snail mail |
| The title of a newspaper or magazine as it appears in print | MASTHEAD |
| This film inspired the TV series Dixon of Dock Green | The Blue Lamp |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| “American literature has always been ____” (Salman Rushdie) | IMMIGRANT |
| “It follows […] that the best men must ____ with the best women in as many cases as possible and the worst with the worst in the fewest.” (Plato) | COHABIT |
| “On some ____ esteem is based” (Moliere) | PREFERENCE |
| 1932 film which won an Oscar for best film, its only nomination | Grand Hotel |
| 1973 Jackson 5 album, the first to feature all five brothers on lead vocals | get it together |
| 1991 album by Chris Rea | AUBERGE |
| A duty or responsibility | ONUS |
| A large oven tray | dripping pan |
| A significant sum is nothing to ____ | sniff at |
| A wind of force 12 on the original Beaufort scale | HURRICANE |
| According to a supplier’s website, ____ bring the magic of the stage even closer to you | opera glasses |
| Actor who played Starsky in Starsky & Hutch | Paul Michael Glaser |
| After Izmir, the second-largest Turkish city on the Mediterranean coast | ANTALYA |
| An expression of incredulity | as if |
| Baked in a pastry wrapping | en croute |
| Barren | non-fertile |
| Bird to which adjective “corvine” applies | CROW |
| British equestrian who won the Badminton Horse Trials a record six times | Lucinda Green |
| British rower, current coxless pairs Olympic champion with partner Helen Glower | Heather Stanning |
| Character played by Antonio Fargas in Starsky & Hutch | Huggy Bear |
| Circuit at which Nigel Mansell had his first Formula One Grand Prix win | Brands Hatch |
| Colourless orange-flavoured liqueur, produced in France | COINTREAU |
| Device which produces pinhole images | camera obscura |
| Forty Years On (1968) was the first play by ____ | Alan Bennett |
0 Response to "The Times - Specialist - Sunday Times GK Jumbo No 209 Crossword Answer"
Post a Comment