The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2005 09 23

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Manipulative character in old-hat novel SVENGALI
French writer spotted carnivore GENET
Marketplace, part of long-ago rallying point AGORA
Depart as new writers of screen versions ADAPTERS
Composer's rumoured finish SIBELIUS
Eulogy for terribly pricey nag (possibly racing? Yep!) PANEGYRIC
Current unit greeting at playhouse arena AMPHITHEATRE
Borne by Noyes and Kelly characters TORCH
Big girl from Uranus TITANESS
As in company by John Ash CASINO
Trouble in French literature as part of token nuisance ENNUI
Anonymous writers of classic drama? GHOSTS
An attractive medium for Frank Richards MAGNET
A pious impression by Thomas a Kempis IMITATION
'Then, then (methinks) how sweetly flows / That - of her clothes' (Herrick) LIQUEFACTION
French artist and prime minister get together to produce kidnap victim - one of Shaws DAVIDBALFOUR
Possibly in Dauphin's sacred book UPANISHAD
For example, Coppard's The Black Dog, Jameson's The Green Man and Iain Banks's The Bridge INNSIGNS
Retired policeman indicates disturbance out of hand on river POIROT
Where Coventry Blaze are at home ICERINK
Washington author who wrote is Life IRVING
It gives cover, for Middle Eastern flight CARPET
What all rugby teams set out to do SCOREATRY
Pre-season football tournament that you might expect to be played in Milan INTERTOTO
Michael Owen's latest squad number TEN
Matching the record EQUALLING
They inter George, the literary scholar and critic SAINTS
Welsh knight appears in Dallas PERCIVAL
'The lily maid of Astolat' ELAINE
Goad the opponent TAUNT
Delahoya, a true prize fighter OSCAR
As made by the over-confident comp-etitor, perhaps BOAST
Poet seen in Eastern port with a sample of his work MACAULAY
Lean appearance of Lancaster? GAUNTNESS
Team ones are delivered at half-time TALKS
Illuminating feature of Patrick Hamilton play GASLAMPS
Full figure achieved by Yeats THEHOURGLASS
Mariners who netted Spurs GRIMSBY
Ten second finishes KNOCKOUTS
It's often raised in triumph THUMB
Historic boxing organisation founded by the Marquis of Queensbury in eighteen ninety one NSC