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The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2017 08 20
The Times Specialist
Clue
Answer
Jamaican music style of the 1950s, a precursor to reggae
SKA
____ Magwitch is a leading character in Great Expectations
ABEL
This country’s capital became Harare
RHODESIA
Greek deity who fathered the Muses, among others
ZEUS
A person who displays obsessional fears and anxiety
NEUROTIC
Bowed string instrument of medieval times
REBEC
Stannum is the Latin name for this metal
TIN
A Spanish earthenware vessel, used to keep water cool
alcarraza
Whoopi Goldberg played Laurel Ayres in this 1996 film
The Associate
1986 Prince song covered by Art of Noise (with Tom Jones) in 1988
KISS
A straight downhill ski run
SCHUSS
American word-based game show, first shown in 1964
JEOPARDY
Farewell, from the Latin imperative meaning “be well”
VALE
Indian-born businessman and CEO of Vodafone, 2003-2008
Arun Sarin
Jamaican religion centred on Haile Selassie
RASTAFARI
Poet who wrote collections called (in English) the Art of Love and Cures of Love
OVID
Roger ____ has set crosswords for all five UK daily “quality” papers, and at age 85, still does so for three of them
SQUIRES
Sport whose Formula 1 and 2 categories are governed by BriSCA
stock-car racing
The first British music magazine to publish a singles chart
NME
Longstanding team captain on the comedy panel game 8 Out of 10 Cats
SEAN LOCK
Anglicised version of the Olympic motto 'citius, altius, fortius'
Faster Higher Stronger
US banking company, also a 1937 Western film
WELLS FARGO
The affected West Country accent used by actors
MUMMERSET
Toy Story films cowgirl character, voiced by Joan Cusack
JESSIE
A light and sweet bread roll
BRIOCHE
Producing or being a medium of light
LUMINIFEROUS
Major biological work by Charles Darwin
ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES
An excerpt from this Saint-Saëns tone poem was used as the theme tune for the detective series Jonathan Creek
DANSE MACABRE
2006 film starring Jason Statham as Chev Chelios
CRANK
A stew formerly eaten by sailors
LOBSCOUSE
Doctrine of increasing the territory or influence of a country
EXPANSIONISM
The Song of ____, a poem by Longfellow
HIAWATHA
Slang word for underwear
TROLLEYS
Sporting event won by Argentina for the first time in 2016
DAVIS CUP
One who pleads causes in courts or, in the US, any lawyer
ADVOCATE
Measuring device attached to an inverted spirits bottle
OPTIC
Current teammate of Kevin Magnussen for the Haas F1 team
Romain Grosjean
In medieval times, land granted in return for a vassal’s service
FIEF
The edible non-meat parts of a carcase
OFFAL
Dean ____, rugby union player who won 48 England caps
RICHARDS
ABBA’s “farewell” song, actually recorded in 1977
Thank You for the Music
Surname shared by a French impressionist and a film director
RENOIR
Winner of the Wimbledon women’s singles title in 1977
VIRGINIA WADE
French slang term for an English person
ROSBIF
Manufacturer of the P08 pistol widely used in the Second World War
LUGER
“We are now in the Me ____” (Tom Wolfe, writing in 1978)
DECADE
An ant or, to Cornwall residents, a tourist
EMMET
First pair of mouth parts in some insects
MANDIBLES
An original EastEnders character who had a long affair with Phil Mitchell
Kathy Beale
2010 Muse single which references George Orwell’s 1984
RESISTANCE
Male voice between tenor and bass
BARITONE
To soak something, to extract its flavour or scent
INFUSE
Town which hosts the Scottish Grand National
AYR
Reheated leftover food
RECHAUFFE
Norwegian figure skater who became a Hollywood film star
SONJA HENIE
Stronghold on the southwest coast of Sri Lanka, first built by the Portuguese in 1588
Galle Fort
Current manager of Manchester City FC
PEP GUARDIOLA
In Robert Rankin’s ____ Trilogy, two drunken middle-aged layabouts confront dark forces in West London
BRENTFORD
1978 debut film of Jamie Lee Curtis
HALLOWEEN
Film studio whose iconic fanfare was composed by Alfred Newman in 1933
Twentieth Century Fox