Jumbo General February 15, 2020 Answers

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Description: SPOT THE CONNECTION What connects 11, 32 and 52 Across? Connection from #555 Theron, Ladon and Tigris are three of the dogs who devoured Actaeon, according to Ovid

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Crossword GK Jumbo 556 by Eimi posted on Saturday, February 15, 2020

Across Clues

• Character who marries Estella in the novel Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
• Ero e ___, 1707 cantata by Handel also known after its first line as Qual ti reveggio, oh Dio
• 1965 Walt Disney film starring Hayley Mills and Dean Jones
• 1995 film starring Matt McCoy and Kelly LeBrock
• Ludwig Ritter von ___, Austrian musicologist best known for cataloguing the works of Mozart
• A dish of leftover boiled cabbage, potatoes and sometimes cooked meat fried together
• The period of time permitted by commercial usage for the redemption of foreign bills of exchange
• Andrés ___, Colombian footballer who was shot and killed after scoring an own goal in the 1994 FIFA World Cup
• The ___, TV programme whose first series centred on Dr David Keel, played by Ian Hendry
• City in Nevada famous for luxury hotels and casinos
• An old measure, the length of the arm from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger
• The proportional share or part of a whole that is due to a person or group
• A handsome youth in Greek mythology killed by a wild boar
• Lecherous old merchant who is one of the most important principal characters in commedia dell’arte
• In Greek mythology, a Phoenician princess abducted by Zeus in the form of a white bull
• The largest island of Greece
• Chicago’s primary airport
• The capital of Chad
• 1904 novel by Joseph Conrad set in the fictitious South American republic of Costaguana
• Belgian port on the River Scheldt
• Saint who was an early Christian martyr with his twin brother Cosmos
• Composer whose works include Peter and the Wolf and the opera The Love for Three Oranges
• Game that starts with a bully-off
• Actor played the title role in the 1990 film Edward Scissorhands
• Mirage in the Strait of Messina
• Edward ___, actor whose roles include Sheik Hosein in the film The Spy Who Loved Me and Colin Grimshaw in Coronation Street
• Knighted British diplomat, politician and author married to Vita Sackville-West

Down Clues

• The debut album by Heaven 17, released in 1981
• See 44
• City on the River Neckar whose university is the oldest in Germany
• 1933 American musical comedy film starring Janet Gaynor that is a remake of the 1931 German romantic comedy Her Grace Commands
• A person with an abnormal convex curvature of the thoracic spine
• An explosive mixture of ammonium nitrate and TNT, used in shells and bombs
• King of Wessex from 871 to 899, known as “the Great”
• Country whose capital is Seoul
• Sounding vase used in ancient Greek theatres to enhance the voices of performers by resonance
• The most populous city in New Mexico
• A fleshy fruit with thin skin and a central stone, such as a plum or an olive
• The capital of Romania
• 1995 Michael Caton-Jones film starring Liam Neeson and Jessica Lange
• In Greek mythology, a hunter of Boeotia who was turned into a stag and torn apart by his own hounds
• A coarse fabric, often stiffened with gum, formerly used for clothing
• 1972 UK number one single by Don McLean
• Japanese city that hosted the first Winter Olympics held in Asia
• The capital of Turkey
• The Beatles’ best-selling single in the UK
• A 15-sided, 15-angled polygon
• Long-running ITV soap opera that was set in a fictional motel in the Midlands
• American actor who played Alex Rieger in the TV series Taxi
• A colonnade that surrounds a court or building
• See 1
• TV presenter whose programmes have included The Hitman and Her and The Really Wild Show
• Characters of an ancient Germanic alphabet believed to have a magical significance
• Trader met by Simple Simon in a traditional nursery rhyme
• The daughter-in-law of Naomi and wife of Chilion, mentioned in the Book of Ruth
• English city at the confluence of the Rivers Thames and Cherwell