Snodger Sunday Giant Crossword
No. 853
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1 Whilst serving as the Kapellmeister at the court at AnhaltCothen in 1721, which set of six
compositions for solo instrument
and orchestra was sent by J. S.
Bach to M. C. Ludwig? (11,9)
10 What informal alliance existed
between Britain, France, and
Russia in the late 19th and 20th
century as a counterbalance to an
alliance between Germany, Austro-Hungary, and Italy? (6,7)
12 What name is given to a member of the Jewish religious brotherhood, located around the Dead
Sea from the 2nd century BC, of
4,000 members who were the first
to condemn slavery? (6)
13 In music, what term is applied
to the composing, scoring, or
arranging of music for orchestral
performance? (11)
14 ‘More skilful in self-knowledge, even more pure, As
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tempted more; more able to …,
As more exposed to suffering and
distress.’ Wordsworth, Character of
the Happy Wanderer. (6)
15 Beginning her working life
in the touring company of her
father, Roger Kemble, which fine
English tragic actor made her final performance as Lady Macbeth
in Macbeth of 1812? (7)
16 Author of a treatise on geography, which astronomer of ancient
Greece determined the circumference of the earth by finding the
difference in latitude of the cities
of Syene and Alexandria? (12)
17 Derived from the Vulgar Latin
word for ‘round body’, what is
the Italian form of bowls called?
(5)
18 In zoology, what term describes an animal shamming
death or with a sudden paralysis
due to fright? (11)
20 What is the 16th letter of the
Greek alphabet? (2)
21 Also sometimes known as the
sweet potato, what is a tuberous
root of the climbing vines of the
genus Dioscorea called? (3)
22 Founded around 12 BC as the
Roman fortress of Novaesium,
which German canal port city features a large gatehouse containing
the Clemens-Sels Museum? (5)
23 Which former minister of
defence under Prince Norodom
Sihanouk headed Cambodia’s
last regime before the communist
takeover? (3,3)
24 Author of The Plough and the
Stars (1926) which incited a riot
due to its honest depiction of the
Irish, which Irish dramatist also
wrote Juno and the Paycock (1924)?
(1’5)
25 Divided up between India
and Pakistan in 1947, what name
was given to British India, ruled
by princes under indirect British
control? (6,6)
26 Winner of an Oscar for Lifetime Achievement, which French
film director made La Grande
Illusion (1937) and also wrote a biography of his painter father? (6)
28 Coming from the Latin word
for ‘desire’, what name is given in
Roman mythology to the son of
Venus? (5)
30 Working his way up from
clapper boy, which British film
director was director of photography for Fahrenheit 451 (1966) and
directed his first film, Performance,
in 1970? (4)
32 Sometimes identified with the
prince of demons, Beelzebub,
which demon in Hebrew demonology is said to possess great lust
and be the chief of the demons?
(8)
34 And in the Old Testament,
who became the first murderer
by slaying his younger brother,
Abel? (4)
37 Sometimes called Lake Lario
from its ancient Roman name,
which lake in northern Italy
is principally fed by the Adda
River? (4)
38 A Seventh-day Baptist and
keeper of a boarding school in
Stepney, which 18th century
English lexicographer compiled
A Universal Etymological English
Dictionary in 1721? (9,6)
39 ‘My heart is like a singing bird
Whose … is in a watered shoot.’
Christina Rossetti, A Birthday. (4)
40 Thrown into prison for bankruptcy in 1821, which English
engineer and inventor went on to
design the Thames Tunnel from
Rotherhithe to Wapping (18251843)? (8,6)
Down
1 In 1899 and also called Cyclone
Mahina, which violent storm
caused coastal waters to rise 15m
to sweep into an area of Qld after
which it is named, drowning 300
people? (8,3,9)
2 Composed mainly of Precambrian rock, which range of peaks
in the US with Mount Marcy as
its highest point are part of the
Appalachian system? (10,9)
3 Opposing the term brachycephalism, what medical term
applies to the condition of longheadedness? (16)
4 With Hanover as its capital,
what do the Germans call their
state known to us as Lower
Saxony? (13)
5 Leader of the International Style
in his country, which Swedish
architect was influenced by Greek
Classicism in his design for the
Woodland Crematorium chapel
in Stockholm? (6,7)
6 Mostly lying in a national
wildlife refuge of the same name,
which piece of waterlogged
ground in south-eastern Georgia,
USA, is drained by the St Marys
and Suwannee Rivers? (10,5)
7 Instituting the National Health
Service while in power, which
British politician was prime minister of his country from 1945 to
1951? (7,6)
8 Of Indian descent, which British
novelist had a fatwa or sentence
of death placed on him by Iran’s
Ayatollah Khomeini after he
published his The Satanic Verses in
1988? (7)
9 Which US film director went on
from his early film Amblin’ (1969)
to direct the TV feature film Duel
(1971) for Universal Pictures? (6,9)
11 Born in England, which Australian nuclear physicist who
worked on the Manhattan Project
and the Maralinga Tests was
professor of nuclear physics at the
ANU from 1950? (9)
19 ‘Open-eyed …. His time doth
take.’ Shakespeare, The Tempest.
(10)
25 In botany, what term refers to a
membranous shield covering the
fruit-clusters of a fern? (8)
27 Which US social reformer and
Nobel laureate joined Ellen Starr
in 1899 to establish Hull House in
Chicago, one of the first examples
of social housing in the US? (6)
29 Which English counter-tenor
and pioneer of the 20th century
revival of interest in that art created the role of Oberon in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream
(1960)? (6)
31 Author of The Appreciation of
Poetry (1933), which Australian
poet and professor of English at
the University of Oregon from
1928 wrote Sedge Fire (1927)?
(1,1,4)
33 Of uncertain origin, which
unusual term refers to the shaft or
handle of a scythe? (5)
35 Born Alfonso D’Abruzzo, Jr.,
which US actor starred in the TV
series M.A.S.H. as well as the film
Same Time, Next Year (1978)? (4)
36 And born with the surname
Stoppelmoor, which US actor
starred in the films Now and Forever (1983), Purple Hearts (1984),
and Millennium (1989)? (4)
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