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FOUR SEASONS GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD 2
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MURDER MYSTERY COMPETITION: WEEK 2, THE PLACE
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Accomplished musicians (8)
Place of gladiatorial combat (5)
Treble melody (7)
Disease-causing organisms (7)
Kiln (4)
Rock garden plant (9)
Licence, leeway (8)
Group of six musicians (6)
Martial art (6)
Microscopic organisms (8)
Correct answers to every question (4,5)
Without delay (4)
Recites with slightly changing pitch (7)
Artist’s studio (7)
Boils slowly (5)
Saturates (with) (8)
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High-ranking police officer (9)
Shallow receptacle (4)
Away from the centre (8)
Absorb, assimilate (6)
Building designers (10)
Brilliant or conspicuous success (5)
Person who coaches tigers, lions etc (6,7)
Die in large numbers (4,4,5)
Bank balance documents (10)
Lord it over (9)
Pub workers (3,5)
Comes about, crops up (6)
Machine for turning wood or metal (5)
Choice of dishes in a restaurant (4)
Solve every Sunday Times special murder mystery
puzzle (below left) this month for a chance to win one of
ten Nexus tablets. Once we’ve printed all four
murder mystery puzzles and you’ve collected all
four clues, see The Sunday Times on May 25, 2014, for
full details on how to enter. Terms and conditions below.
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This standard crossword has
highlighted squares. When
you have completed the
puzzle, rearrange the letters
in the highlighted squares to
find out where the murder
took place.
Next week, a wordsearch
puzzle will reveal the motive.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Competition closes at 23:59 on May 31, 2014. Over 18,
residents of the UK only. One entry per person. Winners
will be selected at random from all correct entries on June
2, 2014 and will be notified within seven days, by phone or
email. The murder mystery puzzles will be published on
May 4, May 11, May 18 and May 25. No cash alternative to
prize in whole or in part. Prize is non-transferable. There
will be ten winners, each winner will win one Nexus 7 32gb
wifi enabled tablet. Your information will only be used for
the purposes of this competition. Promoter is Times
Newspapers Ltd. Not open to staff of the Promoter and
promotional partner or their families.
ACROSS
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1 A season (6)
5 Japanese electronics company whose name means
“sunrise” (7)
9 Vehicle which collects household refuse (8)
13 Data storage device which provides only sequential
access (4,5)
14 City which hosted the 1 Olympic games in 1996 (7)
15 Explorer who was first to reach the north magnetic
pole (4)
16 Former England cricketer noted for his often fidgety
demeanour (5,7)
17 North American songbird of the Sturnella genus (10)
18 Dutch pop group whose major hit was “Mississippi” (8)
20 Informal name of TV show hosted by Ant & Dec since
2002 (2,1,9)
23 Dish of breaded Norway lobsters (6)
25 1924 adventure novel by P C Wren (4,5)
27 Surname of Patrick Stewart's character in the film
X-Men (6)
29 TV quiz show relaunched in 2014, hosted by Sandi
Toksvig (7,2,3)
30 50 ___, biographical 2000 film for which Julia Roberts
won an Oscar (10)
33 That which, proverbially, does not make a 1 (3,7)
34 Small bats, the most common in the UK (12)
35 Composed of or resembling bones (6)
38 Scottish band known for their 1987 hit “Labour of
Love” (3,3,3)
39 Tropical sand flea whose name is sometimes spelt
“jigger” (6)
40 Handheld console discontinued in 1997 (4,4,4)
43 Footballer who made 35 appearances for Republic of
Ireland (1994-2002) (4,4)
46 Member of a Sri Lankan guerrilla group (5,5)
48 Alcoholic drink taken as a hangover remedy (4,2,3,3)
50 Poetic name for Ireland (4)
51 ___ BY SIR WALTER SCOTT is an anagram of A NOVEL
BY A SCOTTISH WRITER (7)
52 Song with which Ken Dodd is associated (9)
53 Organic compound molecularly similar to another but
atomically different (8)
54 Author of “The Faerie Queene” (7)
55 1999 hit for Sixpence None the Richer (4,2)
2 Squeeze song whose title is only sung as the final
line (2,3,8)
3 Group of characters created by Jim Henson (7)
4 ___ O’Reilly, a character in the TV series M*A*S*H (5)
5 Item of attire associated with the Coronation Street
character Ena Sharples (7)
6 Instrument used to excise bone from the skull (6)
7 “Emperor of the Romans”, crowned on Christmas Day
800 AD (11)
8 Relating to the religion followed by Muslims (7)
9 ___ 1, prominent disco singer and songwriter of the
1970s (5)
10 To spar against an imaginary opponent (6-3)
11 Arcangelo ___, baroque violinist and composer (7)
12 Group whose debut single was “Car Wash” (4,5)
19 Fire-breathing monster of Greek myth (7)
21 American musician who had UK success with “Working
in the Coal Mine” (3,6)
22 Welsh market town famed for its literary
festivals (3-2-3)
24 French painter, a leading figure in fauvism (7)
25 Palestinian city whose name may mean “house of bread”
or “house of meat” (9)
26 Fictional medium through which warp travel is
possible (8)
28 Composer of “The Four Seasons” (7)
31 Former capital of Pakistan (7)
32 Light pink flower of trees of the Prunus genus (6,7)
34 Competitor in a five-event sporting contest (11)
36 Member of the laurel family whose bark has a spicy
aroma (9)
37 1 ___, P G Wodehouse novel originally published in the
US as “Fish Preferred” (9)
41 French equivalent of Punch and Judy (7)
42 Nepalese soldiers associated with the British army (7)
43 Vulcan greeting, “Live long and ___” (7)
44 Name by which the trio of Gibb brothers were
known (3,4)
45 1 ___, a song from the 1978 film Grease (6)
47 Preserved by or coated with iced sugar (5)
49 In cards, a round of play; a prostitute’s customer (5)
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Solution to Four Seasons General Knowledge Crossword 1
Across: 1 Autumn, 5 Navajos, 9 Scarface, 13 Glendower, 14 Men of Harlech, 15 Liar, 16 Adrian Sutil, 17 Ostend, 18 Mother Teresa, 20 Silk moth, 23 Smidgeon, 25 Jewel Of The Nile, 27 Crocus,
28 Bevy, 29 Polyphagia, 32 Booyakasha, 33 Them, 34 Apathy, 36 Antilogarithms, 38 Aldaniti, 40 Transfer, 42 Iconoclastic, 46 Hi-De-Hi, 48 Metrosexual, 50 Bohr, 51 Toxteth Riots, 52 Perry
Como, 53 Veracruz, 54 Toys R US, 55 Leaves Down: 2 Unguiform, 3 Unearth, 4 Nadia, 5 New Orleans, 6 Versace, 7 James Galway, 8 Sonata, 9 Softly Softly, 10 Ayatollah, 11 Filet, 12 Coconut,
19 Roebuck, 21 Manhattan, 22 Flippers, 24 Dionysian, 25 Joe Davis, 26 Laity, 27 Crown, 30 Pop Idol, 31 Oscar Ramirez, 33 Tchaikovsky, 35 Manoeuvres, 37 Off kilter, 39 Thigh bone,
41 Rhizome, 43 Over par, 44 Sub rosa, 45 Utmost, 47 Extra, 49 Loyal
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