The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2021 11 28

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Biblically, a descendant of Jacob ISRAELITE
Dr Johnson’s essay series The ____ included Sleep and Robbery of Time IDLER
Victorian art critic John ____ wrote Modern Painters RUSKIN
Term for Edward VIII following December 10, 1936 abdicant
Jazz trumpeter whose nicknames included “Pops” Louis Armstrong
“Soy un perdedor, / I’m a ____ baby, so why don’t you kill me?” (Beck) LOSER
Soprano Nellie ____ appears on Australia’s 100 dollar note MELBA
London Zoo’s Snowdon ____ is being repurposed to house colobus monkeys AVIARY
“Pretentious? ____?” (Fawlty Towers) MOI
English football team whose ground is Selhurst Park CRYSTAL PALACE
An irrational or extreme fear of confined spaces CLAUSTROPHOBIA
1980s fashion items originally worn by cheerleaders ra-ra skirts
Informally, Crambe maritima, a coastal plant sometimes used as a vegetable sea kale
The ____ (1972) is Pier Paolo Pasolini’s version of some Middle English literature Canterbury Tales
Central feature of Vietnam’s flag STAR
Fruit produced by hybridisation of mandarin orange and grapefruit trees TANGELO
Actress who played Princess Leia in Star Wars Carrie Fisher
“Mamma mia, here I go again. / My my, how can I ____ you?” (Abba) RESIST
Musical category into which Blur, Oasis and Pulp fit BRITPOP
Nationality of Red Cross co-founder Henri Dunant SWISS