Jumbo General February 05, 2022 Answers

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Description: SPOT THE CONNECTION What connects 12, 22 and 57 Across? Connection from #657 Trajan, Hadrian and Marcus Aurelius died of natural causes

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Crossword GK Jumbo 658 by Eimi posted on Saturday, February 05, 2022

Across Clues

• Hard white sugary paste traditionally used for wedding cakes
• American actress and comedian who eloped with Cuban bandleader Desi Arnaz in 1940
• Officers assigned to advise commanders in the planning and execution of military operations
• Man whose beating by LAPD officers in 1991 led to riots in Los Angeles
• Country whose capital is Podgorica
• English actor whose TV series include The Wire and Luther
• English author whose novels include Mrs Dalloway and To the Lighthouse
• Robert ___, English poet who was poet laureate from 1813 to 1843
• Least-populated city in Northern Ireland, that gives its name to the county it’s located in
• A Mexican agave plant cultivated for its large fleshy leaves, which yield a stiff fibre used for making rope
• Professor in the 1759 novel Candide by Voltaire
• Member of Boyzone who had a solo number one with When You Say Nothing at All
• In the Old Testament, the Son of Jephunneh, one of the twelve spies sent by Moses into Canaan
• River on which Kidderminster stands
• US state whose nickname is The Gem State
• South Korean film that won four Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director for Bong Joon-ho
• The cruellest month, according to T S Eliot’s poem The Waste Land
• Song written by Mack Gordon and Harry Warren for the film Orchestra Wives, famously covered by blues singer Etta James in 1960
• See 31
• Home of Tottenham Hotspur from 1899 to 2017
• Point on the earth’s axis at a latitude of 90 degrees North
• A diplomatic minister of the highest rank
• 1974 David Bowie single that was his first hit since 1969 not to feature lead guitarist Mick Ronson
• Rock band founded by Peter Green in 1967
• Canadian actor and musician best known for playing Ben Cartwright in the TV series Bonanza
• American actress who became Princess consort of Monaco in 1956

Down Clues

• Town on the Isle of Wight famous for its annual regatta
• 2004 hit single by Scissor Sisters
• American actress, singer, songwriter and producer born Margarita Ibrahimoff in 1956
• Snowman in the 2013 Disney film Frozen voiced by Josh Gad
• An island off the west coast of France near La Rochelle, on the northern side of the Pertuis d’Antioche strait
• Finnish winner of the 1982 Formula One World Championship
• Large painted curtains hanging at the rear of a stage set
• Actor who played the writer Basil in the 1964 film Zorba the Greek
• The largest city in Scotland
• The capital of Wales
• Chinese system of exercise and self-defence, using balance and co-ordination with minimum effort
• See 29
• See 54
• Football team nicknamed “the Toffees”
• Oscar-nominated song written by Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn for Doris Day in her Warner Brothers film debut Romance on the High Seas
• British overseas territory in the Caribbean whose capital is The Valley
• EastEnders character played by Martin Kemp
• Actor who holds the record for the most Oscar nominations for acting without a win
• City of NW England, its Roman name Deva
• Australian singer-songwriter and actress who played Nina Tucker in Neighbours
• The mother of the prophet Samuel in the Old Testament
• Daughter of Mohammed who married Ali
• Italian city in Lombardy that was the birthplace of Virgil
• British radio and TV sitcom written by Simon Brett, starring Prunella Scales and Joan Sanderson
• Irish cyclist who won the 1988 Vuelta a España
• Manoeuvre on a bicycle or motorbike in which the front wheel is raised off the ground
• Denmark’s chief fishing port, on the North Sea in Jutland
• See 7
• A provincial governor in ancient Persia
• A score of two under par for a hole in golf
• Large fast-running flightless bird inhabiting the open plains of South America
• The only male tennis player in history to lose his first five Grand Slam singles finals
• See 28