Jumbo General July 18, 2020 Answers

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Description: SPOT THE CONNECTION What connects 11, 28 and 52 Across? Connection from #577 Gracie Fields, Wilson Pickett and Little Richard sang about Sally

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Crossword GK Jumbo 578 by Eimi posted on Saturday, July 18, 2020

Across Clues

• A centrifugal compressor which boosts the intake pressure of an internal-combustion engine
• Empress of France as wife of Napoleon Bonaparte from 1796 to 1809
• The Plantagenet kings of England, especially those who were also counts of Anjou
• 1984 novel by J G Ballard that draws extensively on his experiences in World War II
• Market town in Monmouthshire whose name derives from the Brythonic word Gobannia
• The administrative centre of Kent, on the River Medway
• Edmondo ___, head coach of the Italian football team that lost to North Korea at the 1966 World Cup
• 1989 Joe Dante film starring Tom Hanks, Bruce Dern and Carrie Fisher
• Small, faint constellation between Cygnus and Andromeda whose name is Latin for “Lizard”
• The capital of Togo
• 1979 chart-topping single by The Police
• 13th-century queen of Scotland called the ‘Maid of Norway’
• German name for the River Morava
• Dog breed banned in the UK by the 1991 Dangerous Dogs Act
• State of Germany whose capital is Stuttgart
• The chief coalmining and industrial region of Germany
• Roman historian whose works include a biography of his father-in-law Agricola
• 1996 Barry Levinson film starring Kevin Bacon, Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman, Jason Patric and Brad Pitt
• The capital of the former province of West Pakistan
• Market town in South Gloucestershire that was a UK Parliament constituency from 1885 to 1950
• Novel by Louisa May Alcott originally published in two volumes in 1868 and 1869
• See 32
• Moving mechanical devices made in imitation of human beings
• 1998 film starring Cate Blanchett and Geoffrey Rush
• The first ten amendments to the US Constitution, added in 1791, which guarantee the liberty of the individual

Down Clues

• Site of a US naval base in Cuba at which a detention camp was established in January 2002
• Double-reed treble woodwind instrument with a penetrating tone
• John ___, actor whose films include Rosemary’s Baby and The Dirty Dozen
• Raven in Charles Dickens’ novel Barnaby Rudge
• Dog puppet associated with Bob Carolgees
• American athlete who broke Bob Beamon’s 22-year-old long jump world record by 5cm at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo
• 1924 adventure novel by P C Wren featuring the French Foreign Legion
• Useful product known as Saran wrap in North America and glad wrap in Australia and New Zealand
• Dame Evelyn ___, Scottish virtuoso percussionist who has been profoundly deaf since the age of 12
• English philosopher regarded as the founder of utilitarianism
• A rough heavy mass of solidified lava containing many cavities
• Denmark’s chief fishing port, on the North Sea in Jutland
• 1972 chart-topping single by Rod Stewart
• The largest city in Washington
• Pop group that won the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest
• Landmark building in London between The Mall and Trafalgar Square
• English comedienne, actress and writer who played Donna Noble in Doctor Who
• Anna ___, agony aunt who co-wrote the TV series Agony, starring Maureen Lipman
• River in South Wales that flows from the western Brecon Beacons to the Bristol Channel at Swansea
• Abdullah ___, South African pianist and composer formerly known as Dollar Brand
• American actress whose roles include Trudy Campbell in Mad Men
• Republic in Central America whose currency was the colón, divided into 100 centavos, between 1892 and 2001
• Barry ___, Republican Party nominee who lost the 1964 presidential election to Lyndon B Johnson
• Final prayers and ministrations given shortly before death
• Portuguese resort whose motor racing circuit was formerly used for Formula One races
• Framework formerly worn by women to expand a skirt
• Metallic element with the chemical symbol Pb
• Abbreviation for a unique numeric commercial book identifier created in 1966
• The Zoroastrian priests of the ancient Medes and Persians