Jumbo General May 21, 2022 Answers

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Description: SPOT THE CONNECTION What connects 16, 25 and 51 Across? Connection from #672 Tony Wilding, François Faber and Sandy Turnbull died in action in WWI

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Crossword GK Jumbo 673 by Eimi posted on Saturday, May 21, 2022

Across Clues

• American TV series created by former police reporter David Simon
• Sultanate in SE Arabia whose capital is Muscat
• The state capital of Louisiana
• American singer-songwriter who received Grammy nominations for Shy, Glass House and Jukebox
• Walled seaside town in Pembrokeshire whose Welsh name is Dinbych-y-pysgod
• 2019 Michael Winterbottom film starring Steve Coogan as a character loosely based on Arcadia Group chairman Philip Green
• 1996 film starring Michelle Pfeiffer and George Clooney
• Novel by Muriel Spark published in 1959
• American actor whose films include Ghostbusters, Groundhog Day and Lost in Translation
• American singer-songwriter whose hit singles include Life Story and Wish I Didn’t Miss You
• Roman emperor who was the adopted son and successor of Trajan
• 1971 Bill Withers song inspired by the 1962 film Days of Wine and Roses
• Irish county named after the of Kingdom of Uí Failghe
• Name of the actress who played the title role in the film Juno before coming out as transgender in December 2020
• The capital of the former province of West Pakistan
• 1971 number one single by Diana Ross
• The umbelliferous plant Pastinaca sativa, cultivated for its long whitish root
• Laryngeal prominence in the human neck
• 1930 song by George and Ira Gershwin which became a jazz standard
• Lead singer of Blondie whose biggest solo hit is French Kissin’ (in the USA)
• Drummer of Atomic Rooster who formed a supergroup with Keith Emerson and Greg Lake
• London Underground station that, until its closure in 1994, held the distinction of being the furthest from Central London
• A church council
• Barrow-born England international footballer who was a team captain on A Question of Sport
• American singer-songwriter best known for the single You’re So Vain
• Russian port on the Kama River known as Molotov between 1940 and 1962
• Porridge ingredient combined with milk or water

Down Clues

• The technical name for alcohol
• Disease caused by dietary deficiency of thiamine
• A port and resort in Emilia-Romagna on Italy’s Adriatic coast
• American film producer, screenwriter and director who created Star Wars and Indiana Jones
• English composer whose award-winning film scores include Dances with Wolves and Out of Africa
• African country whose capital is Libreville
• Wine bottle holding the equivalent of two normal bottles
• Northern Irish golfer whose first major win was the the 2011 US Open
• The usual North American name for a dinner jacket
• A specialised threadlike leaf or stem that attaches climbing plants to a support by twining or adhering
• Plant of the genus Senecio with yellow daisy-like flowers
• 1765 law that was a cause of unrest in the colonies
• Any congenital growth or pigmented blemish on the skin
• Billy Joel hit single from his 1978 album 52nd Street
• In German legend, a siren said to lure boatmen to destruction
• The only person in United States history to have attained the rank of Admiral of the Navy
• The capital of Kenya
• See 26
• Small family car manufactured by Alfa Romeo from 1971 to 1989
• See 33
• Russian chess player who was world champion from 1969 to 1972
• American cartoonist and humorist best known for the satirical comic strip Li’l Abner
• Nickname of the main antagonist in Graham Greene’s 1938 novel Brighton Rock
• A dilute solution of sodium hypochlorite
• 1975 film written, directed and produced by Stanley Kubrick
• American rock band whose 1960s hit singles include Mr Tambourine Man and Turn! Turn! Turn!
• Rugby union player who scored 37 tries in 63 matches for New Zealand
• See 8
• Best Actor Oscar-winner for The African Queen
• Scorer of the first run for Ireland in Test cricket as he became the oldest Test debutant this century
• Cartilage in meat
• See 48
• The release of captured prisoners, property, etc, on payment of a stipulated price
• See 58
• German Shepherd dog in the TV series Champion the Wonder Horse
• Moroccan runner who won the 5000m at the 1984 Olympics