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The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2017 10 29
The Times Specialist
Clue
Answer
EMPLOYED AGAIN
REUTILISED
Candid Camera is regarded by some as the first of this entertainment format
reality TV
Discontinue a session of a parliament without dissolving it
PROROGUE
English post-punk band fronted by Matt Johnson
THE THE
Environmental Organisation which evolved from the Don’t Make a Wave Committee
GREENPEACE
Fencing sword with a button on the tip
FOIL
Canonised Archbishop of Seville, regarded as the last of the Fathers of the Church
ISIDORE
Grace before or after a meal
BENEDICTION
Life ____: The World View That Makes the Underclass — 2001 essay collection by Theodore Dalrymple
AT THE BOTTOM
Clothing brand identified by three parallel bars
ADIDAS
In the pantomime version of Cinderella, Baron ____ is her father
HARDUP
Italian name for an ATM
bancomat
Gap is the largest town of this French department
Hautes-Alpes
Location of Smeaton’s Tower, most of the third Eddystone Lighthouse
Plymouth Hoe
Historical novel with characters including Louis XIII, Cardinal Richelieu, and George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham
The Three Musketeers
'It is sometimes fiction. It is sometimes ____' (Macaulay on history)
THEORY
PERSISTENTLY PAINFUL
ACHY
Stage surname of musician Gary Webb
NUMAN
Swedish word for “and”
OCH
Sammy ___ wrote the lyrics for Jule Steyn’s Three Coins in the Fountain and Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
CAHN
The butt of a marijuana cigarette
ROACH
Those involved in (usually) small-scale business
TRADESPEOPLE
Tottenham Hotspur manager who replaced Tim Sherwood in 2014
Mauricio Pochettino
Moonraker baddie who is thrown through a clockface by James Bond
CHANG
Party leader whose current deputy is Tom Watson
JEREMY CORBYN
One who has an excessive liking for a particular food
OPSOMANIAC
In climbing, a roughly horizontal route across a rock face
TRAVERSE
Of a wound, to discharge liquid
SUPPURATE
One of the two British Classic races restricted to fillies
One Thousand Guineas
Ornamental shrub also called rosebay
OLEANDER
Snooker World Champion in 1972 and 1982
Alex Higgins
US state between Nevada and Colorado
UTAH
Walkway in a formal garden, bordered by trees or bushes
ALLEE
Willow used for basket-making
OSIER
LONG-NECKED WADING BIRD
CRANE
Plant glucoside which produces a soapy lather
SAPONIN
Pseudo-archaic diction used in historical fiction — from a London area once known for 'antique' furniture
Wardour Street English
Relating to blisters or other fluid-filled sacs
VESICULAR
Shakespearean king betrayed by two of his daughters
LEAR
“The curfew tolls ____” (Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard)
The knell of parting day
1969 satirical novel by Kurt Vonnegut
Slaughterhouse-Five
1974 single by Maria Muldaur, covered by Brand New Heavies in 1994
Midnight at the Oasis
Abu Dhabi is this country’s capital
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
____ Forest in Sussex is the setting for the Winne-the-Pooh stories
ASHDOWN
An attractive social companion is sometimes called ____ candy
ARM
“Popliteal” refers to the area behind this joint
KNEE
Applicable
PERTINENT
A poetic name for a songbird
THROSTLE
A white wine from the Rhine valley
HOCK
Another name for Troy
ILIUM
A 410 error message means a web page is ____ and will remain so
UNAVAILABLE
Ancient Roman divinator who inspected entrails
HARUSPEX
____ Breton is recognised as the founder of Surrealism
ANDRE
A short high-pitched sound, usually from a living thing
CHIRRUP
Actress who played Rita Rawlins in Till Death Us Do Part
UNA STUBBS
Actor who played Davy Jones in the Pirates of the Caribbean films
BILL NIGHY
A starter in Greek and Turkish cuisine
MEZE
A double at Fenway Park
two-base hit