Jumbo General October 16, 2021 Answers

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Description: SPOT THE CONNECTION What connects 9, 48 and 57 Across? Connection from #642 Gary Lineker, Denis Healey and John Lennon share the middle name Winston

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Crossword GK Jumbo 643 by Eimi posted on Saturday, October 16, 2021

Across Clues

• England defender who joined Manchester United from Leeds United in 2002
• A wind instrument such as the harmonium, accordion or harmonica
• See 34
• 1932 film starring Spencer Tracy as Jack Doray
• Guitarist in Free who died from drug-related heart problems at the age of 25
• 1950 novel by Mervyn Peake which was the sequel to Titus Groan
• A German count, often used as a title
• King of the Jews who rebuilt the Second Temple in Jerusalem around 19 BC
• Group whose chart-topping albums include Rumours and Tusk
• The second largest planet in the Solar System
• The fish Tinca tinca
• 1967 hit single by Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston
• American clothing brand whose symbol is a red triangle patch
• Best Actress Oscar-winner for As Good As It Gets
• French author whose novels include Une vie and Bel-Ami
• South African-born actor and TV presenter best known for the game show Blockbusters
• Electronic memory game invented by Ralph H Baer and Howard J Morrison and launched in 1978
• 1938 novel by Jean-Paul Sartre
• Italian boxer, nicknamed the Ambling Alp, who became world heavyweight champion in 1933
• Class of single-handed, one-design sailing dinghies designed by Bruce Kirby in 1970
• 1977 Top 10 hit by The Commodores
• Canadian actor whose films include Crazy, Stupid, Love and La La Land
• 1981 top ten hit single by Kool & the Gang
• The bird Streptopelia decaocto
• Lady Worplesdon, as she is known by Bertie Wooster in the Jeeves stories of P G Wodehouse
• A cleansing agent, especially a surface-active chemical such as an alkyl sulphonate
• Best Actor Oscar-winner for Raging Bull

Down Clues

• Comic playwright of ancient Athens whose works include The Clouds, The Wasps and The Frogs
• The sons and daughters of Uranus and Gaea in Greek mythology
• 1952 novel by John Steinbeck featuring the Trasks and the Hamiltons
• Tuesday 6 June 1944
• First name of the Italian composer and conductor Toscanini
• Citrus fruit used in Earl Grey tea
• Fatboy Slim’s real name
• Character in the 1974 film Young Frankenstein played by Marty Feldman
• Tablet launched by Apple Inc in 2013
• An end-blown musical instrument such as the recorder or flageolet
• Cypriot city known locally as Lefkosia
• The ancient Greek underworld
• Country whose capital is Kabul
• Guy ___, director whose films include Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch
• Friend of Job whose speech is recounted in chapters 32 to 37 of the Book of Job
• Horse that won the 1966 Grand National at Aintree
• Acute infectious disease marked by sustained muscular spasm, contraction and convulsion
• The fourth of the Five Ws in journalism
• Type of cotton fabric with a smooth finish
• American actress whose films include The Notebook, directed by her son, Nick Cassavetes, and starring “48 Across”
• Carly Simon hit single reputedly inspired by Warren Beatty
• Rag’n’Bone Man song that won the Brit Award for British Single of the Year in 2018
• The second largest city in Panama
• Frans Hals painting also known as The Witch of Haarlem
• Member and co-founder of the Move, Electric Light Orchestra and Wizzard
• British grime crew who had two number one singles, Good Times and Green Light
• 1973 comedy film starring James Caan
• Bruno ___, French international centre-back whose English clubs included Bolton Wanderers, Birmingham City and Leicester City
• Commune in Brittany called the “Cannes of the North”
• Figure skating jump named after the Austrian skater who first performed it in 1913
• The second largest river in Spain