Category: The Independents Jumbo General Crossword Answers
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- 1.Children's story by Roald Dahl featuring the characters Mr Hoppy and Mrs Silver
- 2.Grass of the genus Triticum, widely cultivated for food
- 3.German town associated with the 1870 dispatch from Bismarck that led to the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War
- 4.The main antagonist in the Super Mario video game franchise
- 5.Cud-chewing South American mammal closely related to the llama
- 6.Arabic stringed musical instrument resembling a lute
- 7.Garment worn around the waist in Bangladesh and other Asian countries
- 8.The capital of Zimbabwe, known as Salisbury until 1982
- 9.1968 biopic starring Vanessa Redgrave in the title role
- 10.An imperial measure of capacity, equal to four hogsheads
- 11.Ancient city on the coast of Asia Minor whose modern name is Izmir
- 12.Soldiers serving with the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps
- 13.Bright metallic element whose atomic number is 72
- 14.Primate found in Madagascar and surrounding islands
- 15.British prime minister, 1940-45 and 1951-55
- 16.1998 novel by Nick Hornby featuring the character Will Freeman
- 17.Insect with stinging larvae, named after a character in Greek mythology
- 18.In Greek mythology, a king of Thessaly, one of the Argonauts, who was married to Alcestis
- 19.Son of King Laius and Queen Jocasta of Thebes who killed his father and married his mother
- 20.Syncopated dance in duple time that originated in Cuba
- 21.British aristocrat and novelist who described Lord Byron as "mad, bad, and dangerous to know"
- 22.A group of languages of East Africa including Luo, Dinka and Masai
- 23.1957 film by David Lean based on a novel by Pierre Boulle
- 24.Burmese diplomat who was secretary-general of the United Nations from 1961 to 1971
- 25.US state whose capital is Topeka
- 26.The capital of Afghanistan
- 27.Nigerian city that is capital of Oyo state
- 28.Asif ___, cricketer who captained Pakistan and Kent and went on to become a match referee
- 29.Thick dark liquid mixture prepared from coal tar, used as a preservative for wood
- 30.Game in which one throws and catches a spinning top on a cord fastened to two sticks held in the hands
- 31.American rapper who died as a result of a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas in 1996
- 32.Constellation which contains the stars Betelgeuse and Rigel
- 33.1941 Walt Disney film based on a children's story by Helen Aberson and Harold Perl
- 34.Italian dumplings made with semolina pasta or potatoes
- 35.American multinational technology corporation founded in 1911 as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company
- 36.West Yorkshire city that is the birthplace of Frederick Delius and David Hockney
- 37.Single by Kylie Minogue that topped the UK singles chart in 1988
- 38.Sir Arthur ___, composer who was Master of the Queen's Musick from 1953 to 1975
- 39.1920 novel by Colette whose title character's real name is Fred Peloux
- 40.A light yellow semi-hard smear-ripened cheese
- 41.Woodwind instrument that is the tenor of the oboe family
- 42.Scottish architect and artist who designed the Glasgow School of Art
- 43.Mountain in the Bernese Alps, rising to a height of 3970m
- 44.Australian port that is the capital of Queensland
- 45.The world's largest monolith, formerly known as Ayers Rock
- 46.Fungal infection of the skin or nails also called tinea
- 47.Raft used by Norwegian explorer and writer Thor Heyerdahl in his 1947 expedition across the Pacific Ocean
- 48.1982 song by Toto that reached number three in the UK singles chart
- 49.Miguel ___, Spanish cyclist who was the first rider to win the Tour de France five times in a row
- 50.A calculus in the urinary tract
- 51.One-movement orchestral work by Maurice Ravel used in Torvill and Dean's gold medal-winning performance at the 1984 Winter Olympics
- 52.The traditional county town of Northumberland
- 53.Name adopted by the boxer born Walker Smith Jr