Jumbo General September 12, 2020 Answers

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Description: SPOT THE CONNECTION What connects 10, 35 and 56 Across? Connection from #585 Aida, Tosca and Lakmé are operatic heroines who take their own lives

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Crossword GK Jumbo 586 by Eimi posted on Saturday, September 12, 2020

Across Clues

• The third most populous city in Peru, known as the “Capital of the everlasting Spring”
• 1969 rock opera by The Who
• The second wife of Philip V of Spain and mother of Charles III of Spain
• Sir Richard Rodney ___, British composer whose operas include The Mines of Sulphur and Victory
• An obsolete unit of length equal to approximately 45 inches
• Part of the Dies Irae sequence in the Requiem mass, set as a discrete movement by many composers, including Mozart, Berlioz and Verdi
• The capital of American Samoa
• 1908 novel by E M Forster featuring the character Lucy Honeychurch
• Country whose capital is Dhaka
• The imperial dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644
• A weaverbird of the genus Passer and related genera
• Gravy powder first sold in 1908
• William Harrison ___, English historical novelist best known for Rookwood, which features Dick Turpin as its leading character
• See 45
• Sea area off the coast of County Cork, used in the British Shipping Forecast
• Nickname of the guitarist in The Commitments, played by Glen Hansard in Alan Parker’s 1991 film
• Whiskey distilled from a mash of corn, malt and rye, aged in charred oak barrels
• See 52
• Pharisee and a member of the Sanhedrin who, according to St John’s Gospel, showed favour to Jesus
• Brightest star in the constellation Virgo
• Game played on a large plastic mat that became a success when Eva Gabor played it with Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show on TV in 1966
• Former manager of Wimbledon, Watford and Sheffield United among others, nicknamed Harry
• 1992 thriller by Robert Harris that takes the form of an alternative history in which Nazi Germany won World War II
• English solicitor who travels to Transylvania to consult Dracula in Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel
• Official name for the ‘tax disc’ between 1920 and 1936, at which time the hypothecation of vehicle excise duty was formally ended
• The name of Cambodia from 1976 to 1989
• In Genesis, the son of Peleg and the father of Serug, thus Abraham’s great-great-grandfather
• The primrose Primula veris, also called paigle
• Geographical region located in parts of present-day Belgium, France and the Netherlands
• Small shrub in the family Labiatae with a strong mintlike odour
• The Abbot of ___, Scottish equivalent of England’s Lord of Misrule

Down Clues

• See 26
• Brightest star in the constellation Taurus
• Colin ___, Scottish golfer who has won a record eight European Tour Order of Merit titles
• Flowering plant also known as sowbread
• A peer-to-peer electronic payment system invented by Satoshi Nakamoto in 2008
• Short-lived 1978 TV music series in which Peter Cook played the manager of the fictional ballroom where the show supposedly took place
• 1979 single that was KC and the Sunshine Band’s fifth and final number one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 charts
• Best Actor Oscar-winner for Coming Home
• A shallow inlet of the North Sea on the east coast of England between Lincolnshire and Norfolk
• Swedish port on the Sound that was part of Denmark until 1658
• North American Mennonite sect known for simple living, plain dress and reluctance to adopt modern technology
• 2001 biopic starring Will Smith in the title role
• See 33
• Large lighthouse built on an island off Alexandria included among the Seven Wonders of the World
• Country formerly known as the Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd
• In medieval Scotland, a person of rank, often the chief of a clan, holding land from the king
• Fernando ___, Spanish classical guitarist and composer whose works include the ballet Cendrillon
• Widely-cultivated lawn grass with stiff narrow leaves
• The last James Bond film to feature Lois Maxwell as Miss Moneypenny
• 1868 novel by Wilkie Collins
• Pop band whose lead singer was born George Alan O’Dowd
• DIY product developed by Dr Saloman Neumann in 1954
• Experimental German rock band whose albums included Future Days
• Australian rock band best known for their 1981 hit Down Under
• A twining Asian convolvulus plant from whose roots a purgative juice is derived
• An imaginary flower that never fades, an emblem of immortality
• A metal ring, tube or cap placed over the end of a stick, handle or post
• Plant of the borage family with rough hairy stems and bright, typically blue, flowers
• In astrology, a twelfth division of the celestial sphere
• Irish county whose county town is Tralee
• The formal transliteration of the kanji symbol for Japan