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The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2018 05 13
The Times Specialist
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WINDSOR DAVIES AND DONALD SINDEN PLAYED RIVAL ANTIQUE DEALERS IN THE SITCOM NEVER THE ____
TWAIN
Apfelwein is the German version of this drink
CIDER
Apocryphal book about a religious Israelite and (mostly) his son
TOBIT
In boxing, a wild swinging punch
HAYMAKER
IN FRENCH, A FLASH OF LIGHTNING; IN ENGLISH, A CAKE FILLED WITH CREAM
ECLAIR
The oldest living former world chess champion
Boris Spassky
'His ____ is easy' is the chorus ending part one of Handel’s Messiah
YOKE
German dramatist Frank ____’s best-known plays were the basis of Alban Berg’s opera Lulu
WEDEKIND
VITAMIN B3
NIACIN
NARGHILE AND SHEESHA ARE OTHER NAMES FOR THIS PIPE
HOOKAH
William ____ is best known for the book Rural Rides
COBBETT
The enemy of 'Billy Yank' in the American civil war
JOHNNY REB
A meat and vegetable stew, especially one with sauce added just before cooking ends
RAGOUT
A tractor unit and multiple trailers
ROAD TRAIN
A rugby union team’s ____ flanker usually wears number 7
OPENSIDE
ENGLISH MONARCH WHO MET FRANCIS I OF FRANCE AT THE FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD IN 1520
HENRY THE EIGHTH
THE POET AMONG THE THREE FOUNDERS OF THE PRE-RAPHAELITE BROTHERHOOD
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Synthetic polymer patented by DuPont in September 1938
NYLON
Island where British-style pillar and telephone boxes are painted blue
GUERNSEY
'Winning is a ____. Unfortunately so is losing.' (Vince Lombardi)
HABIT
A description of most trees at this time of year
IN LEAF
Dry white wine from Italy’s Veneto region
SOAVE
Athyrium filix-femina, a plant found in shady woodlands
LADY FERN
'Paddy’s milestone' off the coast of South Ayrshire
AILSA CRAIG
Of a statistical distribution, asymmetrical
SKEWED
EastEnders character from October 1994 until he was killed off in August 2008
wellard
A manoeuvre placing someone wrongly in the blame
stitch-up
PESTO INGREDIENT
PINE NUTS
Proverbial warning about unnecessary investigation
CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT
Precocious 18th-century poet who committed suicide aged 17
Thomas Chatterton
Game usually played with 144 tiles
mah-jongg
The 1970 England World Cup squad’s No 1 hit
Back Home
HOST CITY OF THE 1952 WINTER OLYMPICS
OSLO
A haddock as prepared in Arbroath
SMOKIE
Hero of Greek myth, transformed into a stag and killed by his own hounds after seeing Artemis naked
ACTAEON
EMPEROR OF JAPAN FOR MORE THAN HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY
HIROHITO
French poet born Wilhelm Apollinaris de Kostrowitzky
Guillaume Apollinaire
North American equivalent of 'grill'
BROIL
Instrument with tuned metal bars and resonating tubes
VIBRAPHONE
The three-tiered version of this item is often used for afternoon tea
CAKE STAND
Bird with distinctive ear tufts
EAGLE OWL
The parasite that causes scabies
ITCH MITE
Nation bordered by Ghana, Burkina Faso and Benin
TOGO
'____, I die a little' (Cole Porter song lyric)
Every Time We Say Goodbye
London shopping centre which opened in 1819
Burlington Arcade
Corsica’s largest city, where Napoleon was born
AJACCIO
SELECTED AS A MEMBER OF A JURY
EMPANELLED
First Soviet space station programme, 1971-86
SALYUT
Overseas department of France consisting mainly of the islands Basse-Terre and Grand-Terre
GUADELOUPE
A London market, or profane language
BILLINGSGATE
A policeman, informally in France
FLIC
William Jennings ____ was the losing Democratic candidate in three US presidential elections
BRYAN
Euphemistically, reprobate
no angel
The 'black box' which is actually orange
FLIGHT RECORDER
Just after the boycotted 1980 Olympics, 100m winner Allan ____ beat the best Americans at a meeting in Koblenz
WELLS
Medium-sized antelope of eastern and southern Africa
IMPALA
Officer ____ was the main human character in Top Cat
DIBBLE
Richard Doddridge ____ wrote Lorna Doone
BLACKMORE
BENIGN TUMOUR OF EPITHELIAL TISSUE WITH GLANDULAR ORIGIN AND/OR CHARACTERISTICS
ADENOMA
Terry ____ was both captain and manager of Arsenal
NEILL