The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2017 10 01

crossword answers
Clue Answer
BILLY ____ IS THE STAGE NAME OF SINGER WILLIAM BROAD IDOL
One of only two US states not divided into counties ALASKA
Deep Blue beat this game’s world champion in 1997 CHESS
Casino card game based on red and black diamonds rouge-et-noir
The Winter’s Tale’s “snapper-up of unconsidered trifles” AUTOLYCUS
THE QUEEN CELEBRATED HER 91ST BIRTHDAY AT ____ RACECOURSE NEWBURY
Political satire novel originally subtitled A Fairy Story ANIMAL FARM
THE H OF HRT HORMONE
An alarm signal, often sounded on a bell TOCSIN
A LOCATION, SOMETIMES NOTIONAL, FOR A SPORTING OFFENDER SIN BIN
THE 1942-3 ____ CAMPAIGN WAS NAMED AFTER THE LARGEST OF THE INDEPENDENT SOLOMON ISLANDS GUADALCANAL
Graphical symbol often loosely referred to as a smiley EMOTICON
Musical comedy drama series set in William McKinley High School GLEE
Self-declared king of Israel, killed at the wood of Ephraim ABSALOM
___ IS DESCRIBED AS THE OLDEST CITY IN THE NETHERLANDS NIJMEGEN
The German customs union founded in 1834 ZOLLVEREIN
Elias ____’s collection of rarities formed the basis of an Oxford museum ASHMOLE
PSEUDONYM OF LOUIS MARIE-JULIEN VIAUD, AN AUTHOR OF EXOTIC NOVELS BASED ON HIS LIFE AS A NAVAL OFFICER Pierre Loti
A JILL OR GILL, OR A HOB FERRET
Nascar, drag and dirt racing venue in Concord, North Carolina Charlotte Motor Speedway
The “Kritik der Politischen Oekonomie” of Karl Marx DAS KAPITAL
Measure of energy available for mechanical use ENTROPY
Alternative to “emersion” as the reappearance of a celestial body following an eclipse EGRESS
PERSONIFICATION, GIVEN THE NAME ARTEMIS, OF LIBERTY IN ANCIENT GREECE ELEUTHERIA
AN ORTHODOX SCHOOL OF HINDUISM, WHICH SEES THE UNIVERSE AS CONSISTING OF CONSCIOUSNESS AND MATTER SANKHYA
Shakespeare character whose final line is “Now go thy ways, thou hast tamed a curst shrew” HORTENSIO
Exercise equipment used for several disciplines MULTIGYM
1966 SINGLE BY MARVIN GAYE AND KIM WESTON IT TAKES TWO
Substance used for cleaning leather SADDLE SOAP
The tower of a church STEEPLE
The traditional head-dress of a bishop MITRE
GULFWEED, OR A FLOATING MASS OF IT SARGASSO
Christians who do not celebrate Christmas or Easter Jehovah's Witnesses
Poet who wrote How Do I Love Thee? elizabeth Browning
Hyundai model known in some countries as Verna and Solaris ACCENT
Folklore figure played by Kate Moss in Blackadder: Back & Forth MAID MARIAN
Type of light which flashes on and off very quickly STROBE
POUCH USED FOR SENDING OF DOCUMENTS OVERSEAS, FREE FROM CUSTOMS INSPECTION DIPLOMATIC BAG
Actress who hosted the religious programme Praise Be! THORA HIRD
Singer and actress who gained fame as mechanic Charlene Robinson KYLIE MINOGUE
South African vultures AASVOGELS
THOSE WHO WERE IN FAVOUR OF THE END OF SLAVERY ABOLITIONISTS
FABRIC MADE WITH WASTE SILK SCHAPPE
ANY OF VARIOUS PROPHESYING WOMEN OF CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY SIBYL
The national anthem of this island republic is La Bayamesa CUBA
NATION WITH TERRITORY IN BOTH ASIA AND EUROPE TURKEY
Harry Potter’s aunt and uncle live in Little Whinging in this English county SURREY
Strong solution of sodium or potassium hydroxide LYE
The first US secretary of state chosen by Donald Trump Rex Tillerson
Strong demands for action clarion calls
“Mankind are an ____ race. Give them but bugbears and idols — it is all that they ask; the distinctions of right and wrong […] are worse than indifferent to them” (William Hazlitt) INCORRIGIBLE
A direction-finding instrument COMPASS
RETIRED PROFESSORS WHO RETAIN THEIR TITLES EMERITI
SHORT NAME FOR A WILD OR HALF-TAMED HORSE BRONC
Fritz ____’s Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry, first published in German in 1914, is now in its seventh edition ULLMANN
The killing of a god DEICIDE
TOOL TYPICALLY USED TO CREATE A SMALL HOLE FOR A NAIL OR SCREW AWL
THAT BEING THE CASE IF SO
FORMER NAME OF THE CITY REGARDED AS THE CULTURAL CAPITAL OF KARNATAKA, INDIA MYSORE
2007 FILM BASED ON A 1998 NOVEL BY GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ Love in the Time of Cholera