Jumbo General December 17, 2022 Answers

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Description: SPOT THE CONNECTION What connects 16 Across, 20 Across and 52 Across? Connection from #702 Winston Churchill, Thomas Mann and T S Eliot won the Nobel prize in Literature

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Crossword GK Jumbo 703 by Eimi posted on Saturday, December 17, 2022

Across Clues

• Branch of law dealing with the transfer of ownership of property
• In optics, a defect in a lens or mirror that causes the formation of either a distorted image or one with coloured fringes
• Electric/steel Pokémon that evolves from Magnemite
• The historic capital city of Normandy on the River Seine
• Best Actor Oscar nominee for his portrayal of Fagin in Oliver!
• 1968 novel by Philip K Dick on which the 1982 film Blade Runner is based
• A long woollen tunic worn in ancient Greece
• Greek-born British entrepreneur best known for setting up the low-cost airline EasyJet
• Member of The Goodies whose wildlife programmes for the BBC have included Springwatch and Autumnwatch
• 1976 disco hit single by The O’Jays
• 2004 Mike Nichols film written by Patrick Marber, based on his award-winning 1997 play
• The constitutional capital of Bolivia
• Department of SE France created in 1793 out of parts of the departments of Bouches-du-Rhône, Drôme and Basses-Alpes
• Tall finger-like spire that was a common feature of Khmer religious architecture
• Song that gave Blink 182 a Top 10 hit in 2004
• See 43
• Spa town in West Yorkshire whose moor is the subject of a folk song
• Disc jockey on Capital Radio from its launch in 1973 until 1988, when he joined Radio 1
• The brightest star in the constellation Lyra
• Conway Twitty single that topped both the US and UK charts in 1958
• Branch of the US Army founded by Major Albert J Myer in 1860
• See 17
• County whose administrative centre is Taunton
• See 24
• Site of the earliest settlement of Salisbury, on a hill about two miles north of the modern city
• Lead singer of the Rolling Stones
• Winner of the women’s 200m at the 2012 Olympic Games

Down Clues

• Country whose capital is Warsaw
• Nobel prize-winning Russian physiologist best known for his classical conditioning experiments with dogs
• Swedish town that gave its name to the last peace treaty of the Great Northern War of 1700–1721
• In Genesis and the Books of Chronicles, the son of Cush, great-grandson of Noah
• The figure of a lamb bearing a cross or banner, emblematic of Christ
• In the Old Testament, the first son of Adam and Eve
• Division of the constituencies of a voting area to give one party an unfair advantage
• French regional wine classification that designates a vineyard known for its favourable reputation in producing wine
• US ice hockey team named after a famous song by W C Handy
• Religious cult associated with Haiti
• The forest pest Lymantria monacha
• American actress best known for playing Gabrielle Solis in Desperate Housewives
• The county town of Offaly
• Very hard brittle bluish-white metal with the atomic number 76
• Best Supporting Actor Oscar-winner for City Slickers
• Mikhail ___, Russian Romantic writer, poet and painter who wrote the novel A Hero of Our Time
• Mare that won the Grand National in 1948
• Song written by Willie Nelson in 1961 and covered by Patsy Cline
• The capital of South Dakota
• Poem by Jeremy Lloyd that gave actor Keith Michell a Top 10 hit in 1980
• Australian critic and TV presenter whose first book of autobiography was Unreliable Memoirs
• Surname of Julio and Enrique, father and son Spanish singers
• Ratio used to assess whether an equity is over or under priced as compared to a bond
• Group whose albums include The Back Room and An End Has a Start
• 1996 single by Alanis Morissette from the album Jagged Little Pill
• 1958 sci-fi/horror film with a screenplay by James Clavell, based on a short story by George Langelaan
• City in Arizona famous for its red rocks
• 1998 film about a parakeet starring Jay Mohr and Gena Rowlands
• The annual malvaceous plant Hibiscus esculentus, also known as ladies’ fingers