The Times Specialist 2017 10 01 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
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
Type of light which flashes on and off very quickly	STROBE
POUCH USED FOR SENDING OF DOCUMENTS OVERSEAS, FREE FROM CUSTOMS INSPECTION	DIPLOMATIC BAG
NATION WITH TERRITORY IN BOTH ASIA AND EUROPE	TURKEY
Harry Potter’s aunt and uncle live in Little Whinging in this English county	SURREY
RETIRED PROFESSORS WHO RETAIN THEIR TITLES	EMERITI
SHORT NAME FOR A WILD OR HALF-TAMED HORSE	BRONC
The first US secretary of state chosen by Donald Trump	Rex Tillerson
“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
Strong demands for action	clarion calls
Strong solution of sodium or potassium hydroxide	LYE
Actress who hosted the religious programme Praise Be!	THORA HIRD
Singer and actress who gained fame as mechanic Charlene Robinson	KYLIE MINOGUE
Folklore figure played by Kate Moss in Blackadder: Back & Forth	MAID MARIAN
South African vultures	AASVOGELS
THOSE WHO WERE IN FAVOUR OF THE END OF SLAVERY	ABOLITIONISTS
FABRIC MADE WITH WASTE SILK	SCHAPPE
Fritz ____’s Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry, first published in German in 1914, is now in its seventh edition	ULLMANN
1966 SINGLE BY MARVIN GAYE AND KIM WESTON	IT TAKES TWO
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
Measure of energy available for mechanical use	ENTROPY
Exercise equipment used for several disciplines	MULTIGYM
Substance used for cleaning leather	SADDLE SOAP
Shakespeare character whose final line is “Now go thy ways, thou hast tamed a curst shrew”	HORTENSIO
The “Kritik der Politischen Oekonomie” of Karl Marx	DAS KAPITAL
The killing of a god	DEICIDE
BILLY ____ IS THE STAGE NAME OF SINGER WILLIAM BROAD	IDOL
Deep Blue beat this game’s world champion in 1997	CHESS
Alternative to “emersion” as the reappearance of a celestial body following an eclipse	EGRESS
The tower of a church	STEEPLE
AN ORTHODOX SCHOOL OF HINDUISM, WHICH SEES THE UNIVERSE AS CONSISTING OF CONSCIOUSNESS AND MATTER	SANKHYA
PERSONIFICATION, GIVEN THE NAME ARTEMIS, OF LIBERTY IN ANCIENT GREECE	ELEUTHERIA
THE QUEEN CELEBRATED HER 91ST BIRTHDAY AT ____ RACECOURSE	NEWBURY
Casino card game based on red and black diamonds	rouge-et-noir
Political satire novel originally subtitled A Fairy Story	ANIMAL FARM
The Winter’s Tale’s “snapper-up of unconsidered trifles”	AUTOLYCUS
One of only two US states not divided into counties	ALASKA
The national anthem of this island republic is La Bayamesa	CUBA
ANY OF VARIOUS PROPHESYING WOMEN OF CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY	SIBYL
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
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
Graphical symbol often loosely referred to as a smiley	EMOTICON
Musical comedy drama series set in William McKinley High School	GLEE
FORMER NAME OF THE CITY REGARDED AS THE CULTURAL CAPITAL OF KARNATAKA, INDIA	MYSORE
TOOL TYPICALLY USED TO CREATE A SMALL HOLE FOR A NAIL OR SCREW	AWL
2007 FILM BASED ON A 1998 NOVEL BY GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ	Love in the Time of Cholera
THAT BEING THE CASE	IF SO