The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2017 11 12

crossword answers
Clue Answer
From a New Testament bible story, involving a headlong rush to do something GADARENE
Synthetic polymer accidentally created in 1872 by Eugen Baumann PVC
The only member of the NATO phonetic alphabet which is the reversal of another (English) word GOLF
The first Archbishop of Canterbury AUGUSTINE
South African province whose capital is Pietermaritzburg KwaZulu-Natal
A CHEAP CIGAR STOGIE
PAUL ____ WAS THE BEST-KNOWN MEMBER OF A FAMILY OF 19TH-CENTURY GERMAN GUNSMITHS MAUSER
CHRISTINA ____ PLAYED WEDNESDAY ADDAMS AND LIZZIE BORDEN, EACH IN MORE THAN ONE FILM RICCI
THE EVE OF A HOLY DAY VIGIL
Former footballer who recently announced his intention to become a professional boxer RIO FERDINAND
French writer who said, 'One is not born a woman, one becomes one' SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR
Gaming console launched by Nintendo in 1983 NES
THE RIGHT TO VOTE SUFFRAGE
TO SEND A FILE TO AN INTERNET LOCATION UPLOAD
1995 comedy film loosely based on Jane Austen’s Emma CLUELESS
Stage name of Brian Duffy, drummer of The Stranglers JET BLACK
1944 novella by Colette GIGI
Approximately 4.18 joules CALORIE
1967 single by Jeff Beck combining catchphrase and proverb in its title HI HO SILVER LINING
“Beauty is the first test: there is no permanent place in the world for ____ mathematics” (GH Hardy) UGLY
A LEAF BUG, OR THE PROTEIN SHELL OF A VIRUS CAPSID
INHABITANT OF THE SCOTTISH REGION WHICH FORMERLY CONSISTED OF WIGTOWNSHIRE AND KIRKCUDBRIGHTSHIRE GALLOVIDIAN
The American equivalent of an exit slip road off-ramp
Loss of voice APHONIA
Former choreographer and artistic director of Birmingham Royal Ballet SIR PETER WRIGHT
Italian town, formerly host of the San Marino Grand Prix IMOLA
Historical novelist whose works include Restoration and The Road Home ROSE TREMAIN
Hungarian composer of a Concerto for Orchestra BELA BARTOK
Joko Widodo is the president of this republic in the 17 INDONESIA
ITV game show originally hosted by Jimmy Tarbuck Winner Takes All
Launched in 1933, the first synthetic detergent DREFT
A NOMADIC SAHARAN PEOPLE OR THEIR BERBER LANGUAGE TUAREG
Sticky poison-treated material used to trap insects FLYPAPER
Texan city to the west of Dallas FORT WORTH
CLARISSA DICKSON WRIGHT AND JENNIFER PATERSON TWO FAT LADIES
THE ONLY PERSON BORN OUTSIDE THE USA TO WIN THE OLYMPIC DECATHLON TITLE TWICE IN A ROW DALEY THOMPSON
SMALL HOUSE, OR A SEPARATELY OCCUPIED PART OF ONE MAISONETTE
METAL STUD PLACED IN THE SOLE OF A SHOE TO PREVENT WEAR SEG
FIRST WORDS OF PSALM 23 THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD
SHAKESPEARE COMEDY DEPICTING THE COURTSHIP OF PETRUCHIO AND KATHERINA THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
ISLANDS FORMERLY CALLED THE EAST INDIES Malay Archipelago
AUSTRIAN F1 DRIVER WHOSE FINAL WIN WAS THE 1997 GERMAN GRAND PRIX Gerhard Berger
NICKNAME FOR SADDAM HUSSEIN, COINED BY GEORGE BUSH Butcher of Baghdad
In The Tempest, the rightful Duke of Milan PROSPERO
In French, unique or unequalled SANS PAREIL
Michael Douglas character in Wall Street and its 2010 sequel GORDON GEKKO
DELICATESSEN WHICH SPECIALISES IN MEATS CHARCUTERIE
LEADER OF A WOLF PACK IN THE JUNGLE BOOK AKELA
GEAR TRAIN WHICH ALLOWS WHEELS ON THE SAME AXLE TO ROTATE INDEPENDENTLY DIFFERENTIAL
ADMINISTRATIVE CENTRE OF CLACKMANNANSHIRE ALLOA
Birthplace of comedian Robbie Coltrane and impressionist Janet Brown RUTHERGLEN
Currency with yuan, jiao and fen as units RENMINBI
Coarse fibre from coconut husk COIR
Carl ____’s fourth symphony, 'The Inextinguishable', includes a 'battle' between two timpanists NIELSEN
Alias of Thomas Anderson in The Matrix films NEO
BOTH SEXES OF THESE ANTELOPES HAVE SPIRALLY TWISTED HORNS ELANDS
SOUTHWESTERN COUNTY OF NORTHERN IRELAND FERMANAGH
Cultivated plant meant to attract pests from another trap crop