The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2021 12 05

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Departing from a place or subject wandering off
The English equivalent of quatre-vingt-dix NINETY
Jocular local name for native of Hobart or Launceston taswegian
The puffin, in Scotland Tammie Norie
1987 Percy Aldon film, released in Germany as Out of Rosenheim Bagdad Cafe
The satanic nations mentioned in Revelation 20 Gog and Magog
Actress who played “Hot Lips” in MASH on TV Loretta Swit
Nickname currently on new Alaskan license plates Last Frontier
The ____ of most 1990s computer monitors was 4:3 aspect ratio
Usually bicoloured confection, made from grated palm fruit and sugar syrup coconut ice
Literary assistant who takes dictation or copies manuscript AMANUENSIS
____ elatior was a popular house plant in late Victorian Britain ASPIDISTRA
A decorative flourish in calligraphy CURLICUE
Greek writer of Parallel Lives PLUTARCH
Rugby union international whose tally of 38 tries for France remains a record Serge Blanco
Britain’s smallest falcon MERLIN
A fairly cheap Italian restaurant OSTERIA
Forename of Channel 5’s newest Egghead, who writes quizzes for The Times OLAV
The opposite of what a martinet would be LENIENT
Konrad ____ shared a 1973 Nobel prize for his work on animal behaviour LORENZ
Description not currently applying to many deciduous trees in Britain IN LEAF
To appear after a long spell of invisibility RESURFACE
Powder which can be made from cassava, chestnuts or chickpeas FLOUR
Apparatus used to maintain a constant low temperature CRYOSTAT
A horse or rider in a race over hurdles STEEPLECHASER
A piece of equipment: more specifically, a fire engine APPLIANCE
Alloy of nickel and titanium, which has shape memory NITINOL
Military expedition advancing to a territory’s interior, notably by Xenophon in Asia Minor ANABASIS