The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2024 05 26

crossword answers
Clue Answer
1978 war film which won Michael Cimino a Best Director Oscar The Deer Hunter
Old name for an emperor of Japan MIKADO
1996 Alex Garland novel featuring Daffy and Bugs The Beach
Unit of power equal to 1 joule per second WATT
ITV’s alternative to Blue Peter, which ran from 1968 to 1980 MAGPIE
1922 film in which Max Schreck played Count Orlok NOSFERATU
Log-growing mushroom often used in oriental cuisine SHIITAKE
Nationality of 800m runner world record holder David Rudisha KENYAN
A shield-shaped insect emitting a pungent spray stink bug
Petula Clarke’s signature song DOWNTOWN
Subject written about by Discipline writer Alain De Botton PHILOSOPHY
Trojan leader and protagonist of a Virgil epic AENEAS
Type of Pacific food fish or type of screwdriver FLATHEAD
In computing, supplementary browser components add-ons
African state once led by a self-proclaimed king of Scotland UGANDA
DA Pennebaker documentary which follows Bob Dylan’s 1965 tour of England Don't Look Back
The nearest city to Europe in any African country TANGIER
The legendary long-standing status of Atlantis SUBMERGED
Country in which Tikal National Park is located GUATEMALA
English band fronted by a co-organizer of Band Aid ULTRAVOX
The increase in drag as a plane approaches 770 mph Sound Barrier