The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2017 08 20

crossword answers
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