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The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2018 01 14
The Times Specialist
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