Jumbo General August 24, 2019 Answers

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Description: SPOT THE CONNECTION What connects 12, 29 and 53 Across? Connection from #530 Marbles, Spike and Olaf are brothers of Snoopy

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Crossword GK Jumbo 531 by Eimi posted on Saturday, August 24, 2019

Across Clues

• A cross section of an aileron, wing, tailplane or rotor blade
• The greyish-brown larva of certain craneflies, especially of the genus Tipula
• The North American plant Polemonium caeruleum
• The garden in Jerusalem where Christ was betrayed on the night before his Crucifixion
• In Greek mythology, an Athenian architect who made wings for himself and his son Icarus to flee Crete
• City in California near Los Angeles famous for film stars’ homes
• Country whose capital is Bogotá
• 1964 Richard Lester film featuring The Beatles
• Real surname of the children’s author Dr Seuss
• In the British Army, a member of the senior regiment of infantry in the Household Brigade
• F R ___, English literary critic whose books include The Great Tradition and The Common Pursuit
• Industrial city in NW France that is the prefecture of the Calvados department and the capital of the Basse-Normandie region
• French historical novel by Victor Hugo, first published in 1862
• The original matter from which the basic elements are said to have been formed in the big bang theory
• A port and resort in Emilia-Romagna on Italy’s Adriatic coast
• In imperial Rome, the academy of learning established near the Forum in about 135 AD by Hadrian
• Play by Alfred Jarry that opened and closed in Paris on December 10, 1896
• Poem by William Shakespeare, written in 1592-93, with a plot based on passages from Ovid’s Metamorphoses
• The first feature-length computer animated film
• 1970 comedy war film starring Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Don Rickles, Carroll O’Connor and Donald Sutherland
• Yellow mineral that is an ore of arsenic
• A coarse cut of beef below the aitchbone and above the leg
• 1999 Tim Burton film starring Johnny Depp, loosely based on an 1820 short story by Washington Irving
• Neil Diamond song inspired by John F Kennedy’s daughter
• American actor best known for his performances in 12 Angry Men, On the Waterfront and The Exorcist

Down Clues

• City in Afghanistan on the Hari Rud River
• US state whose capital is Denver
• The secret intelligence service of Israel
• A heavy powerful breed of carthorse, originally from Scotland
• The capital of Croatia
• A sacred Hindu text composed around 200 BC whose name means ‘song of the Blessed One’
• The administrative capital of South Africa
• The second largest town on Isle of Man
• Eminem song that topped the UK charts in December 2000
• John ___, manager of West Ham United from 1974 to 1989, and of Ipswich Town from 1990 to 1994
• Novel by Rudyard Kipling about the orphaned son of an Irish soldier
• 1928 jazz standard recorded by Nat King Cole, Bing Crosby, Judy Garland, Stéphane Grappelli, Frank Sinatra and many more
• 1874 play by Victorien Sardou for which Jacques Offenbach wrote incidental music
• The capital of Togo
• Plucked musical instrument, usually with a triangular body and three strings, used chiefly for Russian folk music
• The state capital of Maine
• King of Mycenae who led the Greeks at the siege of Troy
• The former name, until 1982, of Harare
• District of Manila that gives its name to one of Spain’s best-selling beers
• Item of camping equipment often placed under a sleeping bag for comfort and insulation
• City in Kansas of which Wild Bill Hickok was marshal from April to December in 1871
• 1924 song performed by, among others, Dooley Wilson in the 1942 film Casablanca and Diane Keaton in the 1977 film Annie Hall
• 1952 novel by John Steinbeck featuring the Trasks and the Hamiltons
• The annual malvaceous plant Hibiscus esculentus, also known as ladies’ fingers
• Latin hymn of the 13th century, describing the Last Judgment, used in the Mass for the dead
• Left-arm spinner who took 174 wickets in 49 Tests for England
• A wine-based cocktail commonly served as an aperitif in Northeast Italy, often made with Aperol, Campari or Cynar
• The yellow-and-black Eurasian finch Carduelis spinus
• The dark circular aperture at the centre of the iris of the eye, through which light enters
• Gustav ___, Austrian composer and conductor whose works include Das Lied von der Erde and the song cycle Kindertotenlieder
• American pop singer whose 60s hits included Rubber Ball, Take Good Care Of My Baby and The Night Has A Thousand Eyes
• First name of Ingrid Bergman’s character in the film Casablanca
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