The Independent Jumbo-general-knowledge for 2016-05-21 Solution - Crossword Answers.

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1 Across : 1957 film by David Lean based on a novel by Pierre Boulle
13 Across : 1982 song by Toto that reached number three in the UK singles chart
14 Across : Son of King Laius and Queen Jocasta of Thebes who killed his father and married his mother
15 Across : Terminal part of a peripheral motor or sensory nerve
16 Across : British prime minister, 1940-45 and 1951-55
19 Across : Another name for the cockchafer
20 Across : Ancient city on the coast of Asia Minor whose modern name is Izmir
22 Across : Single by Kylie Minogue that topped the UK singles chart in 1988
26 Across : German novelist whose works include the novella Death in Venice
30 Across : The capital of Zimbabwe, known as Salisbury until 1982
31 Across : 1941 Walt Disney film based on a children's story by Helen Aberson and Harold Perl
34 Across : Cud-chewing South American mammal closely related to the llama
35 Across : Character in the TV series Cheers known as "Coach", played by Nicholas Colasanto until his death in 1985
37 Across : American psychedelic rock group whose 1968 album In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida has sold more than 25 million copies
40 Across : Game in which one throws and catches a spinning top on a cord fastened to two sticks held in the hands
43 Across : Grass of the genus Triticum, widely cultivated for food
44 Across : Nigerian city that is capital of Oyo state
45 Across : 1943 Luchino Visconti film based on James M Cain's novel The Postman Always Rings Twice
47 Across : Name adopted by the boxer born Walker Smith Jr
50 Across : US state whose capital is Topeka
52 Across : One-movement orchestral work by Maurice Ravel used in Torvill and Dean's gold medal-winning performance at the 1984 Winter Olympics
54 Across : British aristocrat and novelist, best known for her affair with Lord Byron, whom she described him as "mad, bad, and dangerous to know"
57 Across : Fungal infection of the skin or nails also called tinea
58 Across : Poet and playwright whose works include The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock, The Waste Land and Murder in the Cathedral
60 Across : Insect with stinging larvae, named after a character in Greek mythology
61 Across : Scottish architect and artist who designed the Glasgow School of Art

All Down Clues and Answers:

2 Down : Bright metallic element whose atomic number is 72
4 Down : 1968 biopic starring Vanessa Redgrave in the title role
5 Down : Italian dumplings made with semolina pasta or potatoes
6 Down : Chris ___, England bowler nicknamed "Chilly" who played in 46 Tests between 1973 and 1981
7 Down : American rapper who died as a result of a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas in 1996
8 Down : German town associated with the 1870 dispatch from Bismarck that led to the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War
9 Down : An ___ Husband, 1895 play by Oscar Wilde in which Lord Goring claims that "to love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance"
10 Down : Poem by John Keats that begins with the line "A thing of beauty is a joy forever"
11 Down : Kathy ___, singer who came second in the 1965 European Song Contest with I Belong
12 Down : Surname given to Mustafa Kemal when surnames were introduced in Turkey in 1935
17 Down : Burmese diplomat who was secretary-general of the United Nations from 1961 to 1971
18 Down : Miguel ___, Spanish cyclist who was the first rider to win the Tour de France five times in a row
21 Down : Syncopated dance in duple time that originated in Cuba
23 Down : American R&B singer whose albums include My Way and Confessions
24 Down : Greek tragic dramatist whose plays include Hippolytus and The Trojan Women
25 Down : The world's largest monolith, formerly known as Ayers Rock
27 Down : William ___, English artist whose works include the Marriage à-la-mode series of paintings
28 Down : See 7
29 Down : 1998 novel by Nick Hornby featuring the character Will Freeman
32 Down : Woodwind instrument that is the tenor of the oboe family
33 Down : Soldiers serving with the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps
36 Down : West Yorkshire city that is the birthplace of Frederick Delius and David Hockney
38 Down : The spiral-horned antelope Tragelaphus angasi
39 Down : Garment worn around the waist in Bangladesh and other Asian countries
41 Down : Constellation which contains the stars Betelgeuse and Rigel
42 Down : The main antagonist in the Mario video game franchise
46 Down : Thick dark liquid mixture prepared from coal tar, used as a preservative for wood
48 Down : A calculus in the urinary tract
49 Down : A group of languages of East Africa including Luo, Dinka and Masai
50 Down : Raft used by Norwegian explorer and writer Thor Heyerdahl in his 1947 expedition across the Pacific Ocean from South America to the Polynesian islands
51 Down : In Greek mythology, a king of Thessaly, one of the Argonauts, who was married to Alcestis
53 Down : Mountain in the Bernese Alps, rising to a height of 3970m
54 Down : Primate found in Madagascar and surrounding islands
55 Down : 1920 novel by Colette whose title character's real name is Fred Peloux
56 Down : Take It to the ___, the third single from the Eagles' fourth album One of These Nights, released in 1975
58 Down : Imperial unit of weight equal to 2240 pounds
59 Down : Album title shared by Pete Townshend, Earth, Wind & Fire and Leona Lewis

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