The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2018 01 14

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Italian for “plaster” STUCCO
MUSICAL INSTRUCTION TO PLAY A NOTE WITH STRONG ATTACK SFORZANDO
PUZZLE IN WHICH SEVEN PIECES ARE ARRANGED IN VARIOUS SHAPES TANGRAM
In blackjack, the option given to a player if the dealer’s first card is an ace INSURANCE
Author of Tales of the Unexpected ROALD DAHL
JAMAICAN-BORN SPRINTER WHO WON NINE OLYMPIC MEDALS, THOUGH NO GOLDS Merlene Ottey
IN CRICKET, THE AREA WITHIN 15 YARDS OF A LINE BETWEEN THE WICKETS INFIELD
An expanding muscle DILATATOR
Main division of a long poem CANTO
COMPOSER OF SONGS WITHOUT WORDS, FOR PIANO Felix Mendelssohn
IN RHETORIC, ANTICIPATION AND ANSWERING OF OBJECTIONS PROLEPSIS
PLANT WHOSE FIBRE IS USED IN ROPE-MAKING SISAL
Strong alcoholic drink resembling gin SCHNAPPS
____ Hill is the eastern continuation of London’s Fleet Street LUDGATE
Iowa city, setting of the musical The Pajama Game CEDAR RAPIDS
Actor who played Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything EDDIE REDMAYNE
____ DI ROMA IS A LOW-LYING AREA OF ITALY CAMPAGNA
1969 techno-thriller novel by Michael Crichton The Andromeda Strain
Ajax, Feyenoord, and ____ are regarded as the “big three” of Dutch football PSV Eindhoven
Drug used in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease L-dopa
“Find New Roads” is the slogan of this American car manufacturer CHEVROLET
SAUCE BASE OF FAT AND FLOUR ROUX
TO PROTRUDE OR CAUSE TO PROTRUDE EXSERT
Serving to alleviate rather than cure a problem PALLIATIVE
A bike or other vehicle designed for use on rough terrain off-roader
NEW YORK, NEW YORK IS A SONG FEATURED IN THIS MUSICAL ON THE TOWN
A WOODY CLIMBING PLANT, ESPECIALLY IN A TROPICAL RAIN FOREST LIANA
LIGHTWEIGHT FABRIC OFTEN USED FOR NIGHTCLOTHES WINCEYETTE
INDIAN STATE AND A VARIETY OF BLACK TEA ASSAM
To soften fibre by soaking it RET
Film director who won an Oscar for Oliver! CAROL REED
CHEESE FROM CORNWALL, WRAPPED IN NETTLE LEAVES YARG
Cheek, lip and ____ are all forms of impudence NECK
Sonny ____ is the only boxer on the Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover LISTON
Dish of lettuce, croutons, Parmesan cheese, and dressing CAESAR SALAD
ARM OR LEG CRAMP AS A RESULT OF EXERCISE CHARLEY HORSE
The type of consonant ending “buzz”, “hiss” and “puff” FRICATIVE
Early alphabet using parallel strokes and a continuous line OGHAM
MEXICAN REVOLUTIONARY WHO STARRED AS HIMSELF IN HOLLYWOOD FILMS PANCHO VILLA
____ WATER WAS THE SITE OF FIVE SUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS AT THE WORLD WATER SPEED RECORD CONISTON
TV quiz launched in 1988, now hosted by Sandi Toksvig FIFTEEN TO ONE
BOLT USED TO FASTEN A FRENCH WINDOW ESPAGNOLETTE
ANOTHER NAME FOR THE STAR POLARIS STELLA MARIS
EXERCISE SYSTEM COMBINING ELEMENTS OF AEROBICS AND MARTIAL ARTS TAE BO
Gary ____ is the only non-American male golfer to achieve a career grand slam PLAYER
THE BIGGEST UK HIT FOR HAIRCUT ONE HUNDRED Love Plus One
CHIYO SAKAMOTO IS THE PROTAGONIST OF THIS ARTHUR GOLDEN NOVEL Memoirs of a Geisha
Legal proviso or condition CAVEAT
NOM DE PLUME OF HABLOT KNIGHT BROWNE, ILLUSTRATOR OF DICKENS BOOKS PHIZ
Historically, a synonym for “trombone”, now meaning one from before about 1700, or a replica SACKBUT
A FORMER REGULAR PANELLIST ON MOCK THE WEEK RUSSELL HOWARD
A cheap variety of rum TAFIA
A hermit in Saint Augustine’s order Austin friar
AN OLD INFORMAL NAME FOR THE SPEAKING CLOCK TIM
Female sidekick of Lord Voldemort in the Harry Potter books Bellatrix Lestrange
Historically, the chief Muslim civil and religious ruler, regarded as the successor of Muhammad CALIPH
____ RELIEF WAS GIVEN TO WORKHOUSE PAUPERS INDOOR
Peru’s chief sea port, close to Lima CALLAO
Company which operates the UK’s second largest chain of motorway service areas WELCOME BREAK
AN ACCOUNT OF THE LINEAGE OF GODS THEOGONY