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The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2017 12 24
The Times Specialist
Clue
Answer
Seaweeds and similar plants
ALGAE
WINE PRODUCTION METHOD OFTEN USED FOR PROSECCO
CHARMAT
INSTRUMENT WHICH MEASURES THE VELOCITY OF BLOOD FLOW
RHEOMETER
One thing you can do with an unwanted Christmas present
REGIFT
South Bank attraction whose ceremonial opening was on New Year’s Eve 1999
LONDON EYE
Storage medium whose single-layer format holds 4.7 GB of data
DVD
CEREAL HYBRID OF WHEAT AND RYE
TRITICALE
Outward movement of the tide
EBB
MOST WEIRD
EERIEST
Holly or ivy, for example
EVERGREEN
Required by etiquette or custom
DE RIGUEUR
Cancellation of a bad debt
write-off
What some winter birds are noted for
red breasts
TO LINK A BOOK OR SONG WITH A PERSON, AS A SIGN OF AFFECTION OR RESPECT
DEDICATE
A student of ancient Greek culture
HELLENIST
“SUCCESS FOUR FLIGHTS THURSDAY MORNING […] LONGEST 59 SECONDS INFORM PRESS HOME ____” (Telegram sent by Wright brothers on December 17, 1903)
CHRISTMAS
Something to take for indigestion
ANTACID
Two Aramaic words as a single word in 1 Corinthians, meaning “O Lord, come” or “Our Lord has come”
MARANATHA
Sesame seed condiment used in making hummus
TAHINI
Popular seasonal song written by James Pierpont
JINGLE BELLS
Author who created Lord Peter Wimsey
Dorothy Sayers
Electronic percussion instruments
drum pads
Carol telling the story of a Bohemian ruler’s journey to give alms
Good King Wenceslas
1982 snooker tournament in which Steve Davis made the first televised maximum break
Lada Classic
Location of the final battle of the English Civil War
WORCESTER
Second in a series of five Christmas books by Charles Dickens
THE CHIMES
Originally the main dish of a meal, now something dramatic like a flambéed Christmas pudding
PIECE DE RESISTANCE
To convert into vinegar
ACETIFY
French writer and dramatist, fictionalised in an 1897 play by Edmond Rostand
CYRANO DE BERGERAC
HAT, GLOVES, SCARF, COAT ETC
winter clothing
A LOVE AFFAIR, ESPECIALLY A SECRET ONE
LIAISON
____ broadcast his observations on American life, for the BBC, for 58 years
ALISTAIR COOKE
From Afrikaans, a tree formerly used to make cartwheels
WAGENBOOM
People who created a kingdom in northern Italy in AD493
OSTROGOTHS
One thing to do when preparing the festive meal?
LAY THE TABLE
Distress call which comes from the pronunciation of “help me” in French
MAYDAY
Canadian prime minister born on Christmas Day 1971
JUSTIN TRUDEAU
African river, reportedly one of the ten accounting for 90% of the plastic entering the world’s oceans
NIGER
OLD-FASHIONED GOLF CLUB WITH A SLIGHTLY HOLLOWED FACE
SPOON
THE EXCHANGE OF DIGITAL DATA OVER NETWORKS
DATACOM
Spartan naval commander whose capture of Athens ended the Peloponnesian War
LYSANDER
Small present, not traditionally placed under the tree
STOCKING FILLER
THE TWO MAIN INGREDIENTS OF TRADITIONAL TURKEY STUFFING
sage and onions
Substance formerly used to make gramophone records
SHELLAC
Abbreviated, the address of a web page
URL
____ Nesbit wrote The Railway Children
EDITH
MULTI-PRONGED SPEAR USED FOR FISHING
LEISTER
King who ordered the killing of the infant Jesus
HEROD
WINE SHOP, OR WAREHOUSE IN WHICH WINE IS STORED AND AGED
BODEGA
London district which hosted the 2012 Summer Olympics
STRATFORD
Festive-sounding final song on Van Morrison’s 1970 album Moondance
Glad Tidings
Name by which Rangifer tarandus has popular yuletide connotations
REINDEER
MATHEMATICAL SET COMPRISING ALL THE ELEMENTS OF TWO OR MORE OTHERS
UNION
Operation name for the Second World War invasion of Normandy
OVERLORD
Bethlehem visitors, mentioned in only one gospel
Wise Men of the East
RELATING TO THE BACK OF THE HEAD
OCCIPITAL
FLORIA ____ IS A FAMOUS SINGER IN A PUCCINI OPERA
TOSCA
The home of Santa and his elves
NORTH POLE
DRAGON IN THE IVOR THE ENGINE TV SERIES
IDRIS
Adult offshoot of the children’s TV show Tiswas
OTT