The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2016 07 03

crossword answers
Clue Answer
THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE ZEITGEIST
Stage name of guitarist Saul Hudson SLASH
Members of an association responsible for upkeep of lighthouses, buoys etc Trinity Brethren
Person who takes impromptu photographs snap-shooter
Dutch football club whose arch rivals are Feyenoord AJAX
THE FRENCH FROM NOT LONG PAST PUBLISH AS BEFORE DELATE
ANTI-TRINITARIAN BELIEF IN MINNESOTA I FANCY noetianism
Lawyer’s authenticating memo coming up in report NOTARISING
No new option in play, they’re stock themes topoi
Oppose switching last two for second exams RESITS
Term for Oscar Wilde wasn’t wicked — bent maybe WINDLESTRAW
Travel with writers, more than a handful from Scotland gowpens
Where actress Meryl keeps on being together IN STEP
“Very” as a musical instruction ASSAI
American version of clay pigeon shooting SKEET
Ancient Greek coin, one sixth of a drachma OBOL
Cloth garment worn by Roman soldiers SAGUM
Comedian voted Wales’s Sexiest Male in 2010 Rhod Gilbert
Gaelic word for cotton grass cannach
Important prop in Wagner’s Ring and Parsifal SPEAR
Lowest layer of a thermally stratified lake hypolimnion
Mohamed Elshorbagy is ranked world number 1 in this sport SQUASH
Poem that could be Pindaric or Horatian ODE
Presenter of Mock the Week DARA O BRIAIN
Ravines or valleys (singularly, often used in northwestern place names) cloughs
Taxonomic groups of closely related species GENERA
Terence ____ wrote The Browning Version and Separate Tables RATTIGAN
TEST OF LITTLE IMPORTANCE AFTER SIX SHOT TRIAL
ECHO IN MUSIC, POSSIBLY IN RHYTHM AND BLUES REVERB
WEAPON FROM PESSIMIST, WHICHEVER WAY YOU LOOK AT IT SIMI
TENSE GENTLEMAN WAS VERY HOT IN REVOLUTION? COULD BE THIS RUSSIAN DEKABRIST
Successful British reggae band of the 1970s MATUMBI
FANCY SILVER IMPORTED BY INDEPENDENT RICH SOURCE IMAGINE
ONE STRAPPING BEAR TAKEN UP BY HUNTER CHASTISER
VAST AGE OF ONE POWERLESS INDIAN MESSENGER AEON
In The Blues Brothers, nickname of Jake Blues JOLIET
Considers mode adopted by French composer DELIBERATES
Cuckoos nest mostly in bases of another species ANIS
Face packs are good for a heathen PAGAN
Mean old Doctor looks down on flipping bloody nose! WHORESON
Rose and Doris somehow connected in a sisterly way sororised
Some resistance shown by the Queen in note rejected OHMS
Tax cut on Queen I’d enforce IMPOSER
Fictional fishing village of Under Milk Wood LLAREGGUB
1991 single by Nirvana Smells Like Teen Spirit
Actor and politician nicknamed The Governator ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER
Almost nobody clearing border litter Norimon
A hand tool, also a cocktail GIMLET
A type of carry-all TOTE BAG
Have contracted a little rock salt HALITE
Author whose most famous creation was Simon Templar Leslie Charteris
Bee Gees song covered by Steps in 1998 TRAGEDY
Cumbrian town at the mouth of the River Derwent workington
CHINK COMING FROM EDGE AND CENTRE OF GLASS RIMA
Governor of Massachusetts 2003-2007 MITT ROMNEY
Having eyes or markings resembling them oculate
International theatre company founded by Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod CHEEK BY JOWL
Mexican music traditionally performed by strolling players MARIACHI
Neil Young and Crazy Horse album of 2012 AMERICANA
Number 1 single of 1984 with prominent saxophone played by Steve Gregory CARELESS WHISPER
Recently reinstated coach of Andy Murray IVAN LENDL
Roughly horseshoe-shaped loop in a river OXBOW
Seaside town of North Yorkshire strongly associated with Dracula WHITBY
Singer known as Alf during her time with Yazoo Alison Moyet
Sprinkled with cheese and/or breadcrumbs AU GRATIN
The ____, nickname of NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt INTIMIDATOR
Wild oxen extinct since 1627 aurochses
____ title, absolute ownership of land ALLODIAL
A couple of diamonds beginning to fade, mounted back to back ADDORSED
Poor resolution rejected in secret chamber SERDAB
According to Chambers dictionary, “an improbable source of improbable benefits” SANTA CLAUS
Pen name of Mary Ann Evans GEORGE ELIOT
Welsh lad composed poem for his country AWDL
Lots of scenery — different kinds under wraps LANDSKIPS
Actress who played Edie Pegden in Last of the Summer Wine THORA HIRD
TEXAN CITY ON THE RIO GRANDE EL PASO
The only F1 Grand Prix circuit whose track crosses over itself SUZUKA
Epistle to Dr ____, Pope poem which introduced the phrase “damn with faint praise” ARBUTHNOT
Unknown lyric once gone yode
Volunteers holding pen for an African TSWANA
A strong NE wind overturned Asian carriage AROBA
The northern tabloid mostly wrong — huge current dangers at sea TSUNAMIS
1994 film starring 20 TRUE LIES
1994 film whose star Brandon Lee died in an accident while filming THE CROW
Actress who portrayed Miss Marple Geraldine McEwan
Evening activities at resorts such as Verbier apres-ski
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF KENYA AND TANZANIA SWAHILI
Very good Eastern plantation? TOPE
Chippies knocked out seat around lake EATERIES
Motorsport which was created at Lydden Hill RALLYCROSS
Japanese art depicting everyday life ukiyo-e
____ Stark, actress who had a relationship with Prince Andrew KOO
The foxglove or a heart stimulant derived from it DIGITALIS
Publication launched on February 29, 2016 and closed on May 6 NEW DAY
Edna ____, author of The Country Girls O'Brien
FISH, ESPECIALLY A FLATFISH WITHOUT TAIL ESPADA