Jumbo General January 04, 2020 Answers

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Description: SPOT THE CONNECTION What connects 16, 38 and 59 Across? Connection from #549 Earl Hines, Stan Lee and Maggie Smith were born on December 28

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Crossword GK Jumbo 550 by Eimi posted on Saturday, January 04, 2020

Across Clues

• 1965 US hit single by The Strangeloves covered by Brian Poole and The Tremeloes, Bow Wow Wow and many others
• The last James Bond film to feature Lois Maxwell as Miss Moneypenny
• London’s second largest airport
• The first James Bond film not to take story elements from the works of Ian Fleming
• The fish Salmo trutta
• 2009 song by Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys that is a tribute to New York City
• 1991 comedy spoof starring Charlie Sheen as Topper Harley
• The principal port city of Syria
• 1998 film starring Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker that spawned two sequels
• See 18
• Sir John ___, poet laureate from 1972 to 1984
• James Bond film featuring the character Hugo Drax
• Novel by Henry James featuring the characters Basil Ransom, Olive Chancellor and Verena Tarrant
• Joaquin ___, Spanish composer whose works include Concierto de Aranjuez for guitar and orchestra
• A plant with leaves divided into three leaflets
• James Bond film whose theme song is performed by Adele
• James Bond film whose theme song is performed by Wings
• See 42
• English-born US photographer noted for his pioneering high-speed photographic studies of animals and people in motion
• In the Old Testament, the father of David
• Inflammation of the mucous membrane that lines the nose
• District of the City of Westminster named after London’s first neo-classical building, built by the Adam brothers
• The highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival
• See 18
• See 17
• Canadian-born American actor who starred alongside Rita Hayworth in the 1946 film noir classic Gilda
• Scottish educator and author who founded Summerhill School
• Name of 1967 and 2006 films based on Ian Fleming’s first James Bond novel
• James Bond film in which Honor Blackman plays Pussy Galore

Down Clues

• Tragedy by William Shakespeare rewritten by poet laureate Nahum Tate later in the 17th century with a happy ending
• In mountaineering, a short portable ladder or set of webbing loops that can be attached to a karabiner or fifi hook
• Dog who in 1957 became the first animal launched into orbit
• Industrial city in NW Spain that is capital of Asturias
• A bony fish with rayed fins and a swim bladder, such as herring, carp, eel, cod, perch, etc
• In chess, an opening move in which a chessman is sacrificed to secure an advantageous position
• In classical mythology, a princess of Tyre who founded Carthage
• The green-skinned banana-like fruit of the plant Musa paradisiaca, eaten as a staple food in many tropical regions
• A course of hors d’oeuvres in an Italian meal
• African tribesman from a costal village who is the harpooneer on Flask’s boat in Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick
• John Grisham’s fourth novel, published in 1993
• The fifth studio album by Yes, released in 1972
• The capital of Uganda
• Bird that lays its eggs in the nests of other birds
• A wind of force 12 or above on the Beaufort scale
• Song written by Harry Warren and Mack Gordon that has been recorded by Nat King Cole, Andy Williams, Michael Bublé and many others
• Dolls’ dressmaker in the novel Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens whose real name is Fanny Cleaver
• African country whose capital is Asmara
• The derived SI unit of electric charge
• Edible fungus having an oval or pointed fruiting body with an irregular honeycombed surface
• French river in Picardy that was the site of the battle between Julius Caesar and the Nervians in 57 BC as well as a 1918 battle in World War I
• English musician who fronted a 1960s pop group featuring Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich
• Implement carried by Father Time
• A short-barrelled pocket pistol of large calibre named after the American gunsmith who invented it
• North American word for (car) valeting
• Group whose 1995 first album became the fastest-selling debut album in UK history
• The ___, nickname of Walsall FC
• Another name for the kiwi
• Religious cult featured in “38 Across”
• A film of oxide formed on the surface of a metal
• Character in the TV series Callan played by Russell Hunter
• Juan Manuel ___, Argentine racing driver who won the World Championship five times between 1951 and 1957
• The second largest city in Sri Lanka after Colombo
• The seventh biggest city in Russia, by size