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The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2017 12 03
The Times Specialist
Clue
Answer
Founder of London’s Royal Exchange in the 16th century
GRESHAM
“It is the business of the ____ man / To give employment to the artisan”
WEALTHY
Solo instrument which starts The Saucy Arethusa in Henry Wood’s Sea Songs Fantasia at the Last Night of the Proms
EUPHONIUM
PERSON WHO RUNS FOR PUBLIC OFFICE
NOMINEE
IN CONFUCIANISM, RIGHT OR PROPER CONDUCT
TAO
Cigar whose ends are both cut square
CHEROOT
COMEDIAN WHOSE GOOD NEWS SHOWS APPEARED ON BBC THREE
RUSSELL HOWARD
FINE DRESS MATERIAL WITH CRISP TEXTURE
TAFFETA
Author of the Just William stories
RICHMAL CROMPTON
FOUR-DIMENSIONAL HYPERCUBE, SOMETIMES REPRESENTED AS A CUBE WITHIN A CUBE IN THREE DIMENSIONS
TESSERACT
From German, a flower’s unopened bud or an architectural feature resembling it
KNOSP
RESEARCH UNIVERSITY IN CAMBRIDGE, MASSACUSETTS
MIT
Writer noted for his open letter J’Accuse…!
EMILE ZOLA
Greek temple whose name comes from a word for “virgin”
PARTHENON
Largest city of the Canadian province between Alberta and Manitoba
SASKATOON
Snake which is one letter short of a former airline
BOA
A personification of death
THE GRIM REAPER
This Shakespeare play’s title identifies Antonio
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
PERTAINING TO TISSUE AND AREAS AROUND THE TOOTH
PERIODONTAL
Online abbreviation with a meaning similar to “frankly”
TBH
GREEK WARRIOR WHO FOOLED THE TROJANS INTO ACCEPTING THE GIFT HORSE
SINON
Round Table knight seen by some as King Arthur’s rightful successor
GAWAIN
Hitchcock film based on a 1942 short story It Had to Be Murder
REAR WINDOW
TO SHARPEN AN IMPLEMENT, ESPECIALLY ON A STONE
WHET
Survival horror game which made its console debut on the PlayStation 4 in 2014
OUTLAST
Member of the organisation whose main motto is Service Above Self
ROTARIAN
TOXIC ALKALOID DERIVED FROM TOBACCO LEAVES
NICOTINE
Manufacturer of the Camaro “muscle” car
CHEVROLET
FRENCH CITY WHERE THE CANAL DU MIDI CONNECTS WITH THE CANAL DE GARONNE
TOULOUSE
INITIALLY ORAL TRADITION ABOUT MUHAMMAD
HADITH
In prosody, consisting of one long and two short syllables
DACTYLIC
Striker sold by Southampton to Liverpool in 2016
Sadio Mane
Author of Thumbelina
HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
From Latin, an archaic version of “in the first place”
IMPRIMIS
Belfast-born “Pocket Rocket” who held the WBC bantamweight title from 1995 to 1997
Wayne McCullough
Gangsta’s Paradise (1995) was performed by ____
COOLIO
Members of Coventry ____ Harriers finished second and fourth in the 1964 Olympic marathon
GODIVA
Fictional captain also known as Prince Dakkar
NEMO
Afrikaans for “night monkey” — a bushbaby in South Africa
NAGAPIE
The last words of Anna Pavlova, according to her manager and companion Victor Dandré
Get my swan costume ready
FROM FRENCH, A DISAGREEMENT OR UNFORTUNATE INCIDENT
CONTRETEMPS
A STEWARD OR MAJOR-DOMO
SENESCHAL
Podgorica is the capital of this east European country
MONTENEGRO
ANOTHER NAME FOR RINGWORM, A SKIN DISEASE, AND A CLOTHES MOTH
TINEA
Potion that may supposedly inspire love or prolong life
ELIXIR
Clair de Lune is one of this composer’s most popular pieces
DEBUSSY
The innermost sanctuary of an ancient Greek temple
ADYTUM
In 1982, Five Go Mad in Dorset launched this comedian’s TV career
DAWN FRENCH
Roots and shoots grow from this underground plant stem
RHIZOME
Victorian actress famed for her Shakespearean roles
ELLEN TERRY
Family surname in Only Fools and Horses
TROTTER
Eminem album, the best-selling worldwide of 2010
RECOVERY
KING ____ WAS NOMINATED FOR THE BEST DIRECTOR OSCAR FIVE TIMES BUT NEVER WON
VIDOR
CHRIS ____ IS A REGULAR MOCK THE WEEK PANELLIST
ADDISON
MISS
bad shot
The “media city” of the Netherlands
HILVERSUM
1989 Disney movie involving the accidental use of a “molecular reducer”
HONEY I SHRUNK THE KIDS
Singer who played Foxxy Cleopatra in Austin Powers in Goldmember
BEYONCE
The ____, 1960 play by Harold Pinter featuring Mick, Aston, and Davies
CARETAKER
Edith Piaf song of 1960
MON DIEU