Jumbo General May 06, 2023 Answers

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Description: SPOT THE CONNECTION What connects 16 Across, 38 Across and 60 Across? Connection from #722 Shannon, Fair Isle and Trafalgar are shipping forecast areas

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Crossword GK Jumbo 723 by Eimi posted on Saturday, May 06, 2023

Across Clues

• Nigerian footballer who joined Everton from Arsenal in 2019
• Dorset town that has the largest natural harbour in Europe
• Former name, until 1976, of Ho Chi Minh City
• The capital of Hungary
• Irish actor who had a top ten hit in 1968 with MacArthur Park
• Small vascularised growths arising from the surface of a mucous membrane
• The point on the celestial sphere directly below an observer and diametrically opposite the zenith
• English town and port founded in the 7th century AD around a Northumbrian monastery
• See 49
• A freshwater carnivorous musteline mammal such as Lutra lutra
• The venomous African viper Bitis arietans, which inflates its body when alarmed
• Gian Francesco ___, Italian composer whose operas include Giulio Cesare and Antonio e Cleopatra
• 1979 semi-autobiographical fantasy film directed by Bob Fosse
• French commune on the river Charente that gives its name to one of the world’s best-known types of brandy
• The capital of Scotland
• Spanish city in which Pablo Picasso was born
• Best Supporting Actor Oscar-winner for The Untouchables
• Richard ___, English comic actor who played Robin Tripp in the 1970s sitcoms Man About the House and Robin’s Nest
• Fictional country in central Europe which forms the setting for three books by Anthony Hope
• Large sea duck of the genus Somateria
• The second-largest city in Austria
• England left-back who joined Chelsea from Arsenal in 2006
• American actor whose films include The Godfather, Rollerball and Misery
• Constellation that contains the first magnitude star Capella
• Irish actor who played Professor Albus Dumbledore in the last six Harry Potter films, replacing the late “16 Across”
• A ball or perforated container of mixed aromatic substances formerly carried as a supposed protection against infection
• Town in Northern Ireland that is the seat of Roman Catholic and Protestant archbishops
• In Norse mythology, the god of earth’s fertility and dispenser of prosperity
• English actor who made his name playing the lead in the ITV series Chancer

Down Clues

• Capital and largest city of Azerbaijan
• An abnormal increase in the excitability of nerves and muscles, caused by a deficiency of parathyroid secretion
• See 42
• See 55
• German for ‘four’
• 2015 James Bond film
• Another name for potassium carbonate
• Cabinet position held by Penny Mordaunt from September 2022
• City in north-east Egypt known as “The City of Beauty and Enchantment”
• Christian ___, French fashion designer associated with the New Look
• A wedge-shaped stone or brick used with others to construct an arch or vault
• See 8
• Mexican painter married to Frida Kahlo
• Italian city on the Bacchiglione River
• Harold ___, American composer who wrote the songs for The Wizard of Oz
• 1983 film by the Monty Python team
• Genus of flowering plants commonly known as scented geraniums or storksbills
• Syrup derived from a Brazilian plant that is used as an emetic
• 1995 film starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence
• London Underground station on the Circle and District lines between Embankment and Blackfriars
• Irish puppet duo performed by Mick O’Hara and Ciaran Morrison who joined the team of Channel 4’s Big Breakfast in 1992
• Organ to which the adjective hepatic relates
• The cruellest month, according to T S Eliot’s The Waste Land
• Aromatic European shrub that is the traditional flower of remembrance
• Genetic disorder also known as GM2 gangliosidosis or Hexosaminidase A deficiency
• Patrik ___, Swedish high jumper who won the gold medal at the World Championships in Rome in 1987
• A fortified Madeira wine of the sweetest type
• The hard white substance that covers the crown of each tooth
• First name of the Duchess of Edinburgh
• HMS ___, name of eight ships of the Royal Navy, the last of which was a Resolution-class submarine launched in 1967 and paid off in 1996
• African country whose capital is Ndjamena
• Character in EastEnders played by John Altman
• Another name for the European sea eagle