The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2013 03 15

crossword answers
Clue Answer
'— was at least seventy. She was wearing a sleeveless frock of green chiffon . . . it fitted like a bursting glove' (Somerset Maugham) ROSIE
It seems he wrote the kind of poetry he wanted MACDIARMID
26 found one in the desert LAMP
Strange siblings may change sides with writers WEIRDSISTERS
Switched-on character from Asimov ROBOT
Septenary of Robert of Gloucester's Chronicle HEPTAMETER
In painting is nervous reaction – but that's to lack appreciation of it INARTISTIC
Waste time revising German song IDLE
First impression may stand to be corrected PROOFSHEET
Orwell showed the way to a Lancashire one PIER
Defiant response to peasant's last goodnight EXCELSIOR
One at head of column may put editor's contribution in its place FILELEADER
Mercy's talent obscured in murderous queen CLYTEMNESTRA
Missionary characteristic of Byron's statues 'which climb to crush the imperial urn' APOSTOLICISM
Pretty pics may be made of mechanized handwriting TYPESCRIPT
Competitive gallery from Alison Lowrie? TATE
Henry IV felt Paris was worth one MASS
They stole from Schiller THEROBBERS
A sound signified, they say, that of Linton's Dundas ATONEMENT
Ibsen character richest in adversity CHRISTINE
Socialist in firm grip for statement of belief CREDO
Academic who includes archaic pronoun is most senior DOYEN
Bunch with antiquated item in Streatfield POSYFOSSIL
Tardy settlers, Raven thought RICH
Short news item, an American measure – it may be the limit PARAMETER
'If of my reign Prophetic — hath told, /That it shall never end' (Paradise Regained) WRIT
Valley of romantic novelist DELL
Cornered, it's marginal SHOULDERNOTE