Category: The Independents Jumbo General Crossword Answers
16-May-2020 | Page 1 of 1 | Crossword Buzz Answers
- 1.The very large plankton-eating fish Cetorhinus maximus, also called a sailfish
- 2.Jean ___, 17th-century French poet and dramatist whose plays include Andromaque and Phèdre
- 3.A dry brown brandy distilled in the French district of Gers
- 4.Roman emperor born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus
- 5.The largest US state
- 6.The main vessel in the arterial network
- 7.1956 song written by Jay Hawkins that has been covered by artists such as Nina Simone, The Alan Price Set, Creedence Clearwater Revival and Bryan Ferry
- 8.American actor who died of a drug overdose in 1993
- 9.A literary or archaic name for China
- 10.Inflammation of small masses of lymphatic tissue situated on each side of the back of the mouth
- 11.River in central Canada that rises in Saskatchewan and flows east through several lakes to Hudson Bay
- 12.Alberto ___, pen name of Italian novelist and short-story writer Alberto Pincherle
- 13.1984 debut album by Nik Kershaw
- 14.Emblem that symbolises Judaism
- 15.Old World songbird with a long pointed bill and a mostly yellow-and-black plumage
- 16.Right-handed knuckleball pitcher who spent his entire Major League Baseball playing career, 1920-32, with the Philadelphia Athletics
- 17.Singer who had a top ten hit with Stop! in 1989
- 18.Village in Berkshire that was the starting point of marches organised by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
- 19.1959 Top Ten hit for Neil Sedaka, co-written with Howard Greenfield
- 20.Small port in NE Libya taken from the Italians by the British in January 1941
- 21.A hot gaseous mass that radiates energy
- 22.The legal alias of the Archbishops of York
- 23.The testis of a male fish filled with mature sperm
- 24.Leader of Solidarity who won the 1983 Nobel peace prize
- 25.The first of Slades six UK number one singles
- 26.Female forename that comes from the Greek word for goddess
- 27.The state capital of Minnesota
- 28.English writer best known for The Darling Buds of May
- 29.A mollusc of the class Pelecypoda, which includes clams, cockles, oysters and mussels
- 30.The fifth studio album by King Crimson, released in 1973
- 31.Richard Brinsley ___, Irish dramatist whose works include The Rivals and School for Scandal
- 32.Asiatic tree of the genus Pogostemon, the leaves of which yield a fragrant oil
- 33.Author who created James Bond
- 34.In J R R Tolkiens Lord of the Rings, a horse of Rohan that no one except Gandalf could ride
- 35.English actor whose TV series include Only Fools and Horses, The Darling Buds of May and A Touch of Frost
- 36.English comedian associated with Emu
- 37.David ___, Welsh show jumper who was BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 1960
- 38.1963 Robert Wise horror film starring Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson and Russ Tamblyn
- 39.The capital of Croatia
- 40.1985 Peter Weir film starring Harrison Ford and Kelly McGillis
- 41.Legendary Persian queen who was the storyteller in the One Thousand and One Nights
- 42.Sue ___, widow of Leonard Cheshire who established a Foundation for the Sick and Disabled
- 43.Winter Olympic event that combines rifle shooting and cross-country skiing
- 44.1975 David Bowie single that appeared on the Station to Station album the following year
- 45.A school of whales
- 46.Former LibDem MP for Montgomeryshire, from 1983 to 1997, created a life peer in 1999
- 47.In Norse mythology, a dwarf who possessed a treasure hoard, which was stolen by Loki
- 48.1983 Billy Bragg song that became a hit single when covered by Kirsty MacColl the next year
- 49.___ of the North, a seminal 1922 feature-length documentary film by Robert Flaherty
- 50.1980s TV series starring Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd
- 51.2008 winner of the BBCs Helen Rollason Award who played rugby for Bristol and England and cricket for Gloucestershire
- 52.Body part to which the adjective labial relates
- 53.The spring term at Oxford University, the Inns of Court and some other educational establishments
- 54.The capital of Jordan
- 55.Bettino ___, Prime Minister of Italy from 1983 to 1987
- 56.The capital of Colombia