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The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2018 05 20
The Times Specialist
Clue
Answer
Biblical figure depicted on film by Hedy Lamarr and Liz Hurley
DELILAH
ACTRESS WHO PLAYED NORA CHARLES IN THE THIN MAN
MYRNA LOY
TO APPROACH AND SPEAK TO, OFTEN MENACINGLY
ACCOST
CUB SCOUT LEADER, FROM A JUNGLE BOOK CHARACTER
AKELA
'Or have we eaten on the ____ / That takes the reason prisoner?' (Macbeth)
insane root
Part of Australia's Northern Territory, an aboriginal reserve since 1931
ARNHEM LAND
PLANT OF THE GINGER FAMILY USED IN MAKING CURRY POWDER
TURMERIC
FLIGHTLESS INSECT OF THE ORDER SIPHONAPTERA
FLEA
Runner-up to Steffi Graf in the 1991 ladies' singles final at Wimbledon
GABRIELA SABATINI
ARTILLERY FIRE AIMED AT AIRCRAFT
ack-ack
Aggressively carnivorous freshwater fish
PIRANHA
The man who took responsibility for the burial of Jesus after his crucifixion
Joseph of Arimathea
COMMON SENSE
NOUS
RESISTANCE TO MOTION THROUGH A FLUID
DRAG
Colloquial name for the throat
Red Lane
SIX ____ CAN BE SEEN IN THE PIT IN A PERFORMANCE OF WAGNER'S RING CYCLE
HARPISTS
Priest who wrote the Summa Theologiae
THOMAS AQUINAS
1993 COMEDY DRAMA STARRING TOM HANKS AND MEG RYAN
SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE
Title of plays by Aeschylus and Percy Bysshe Shelley
PROMETHEUS UNBOUND
SOMEONE WHO MAY CARRY NUTS AND HEXES
ROCK CLIMBER
In architecture, a cross-rib used in vaulting
LIERNE
Arboreal lizard with spiny back
IGUANA
PHILOSOPHER WHO INFLUENCED RICHARD WAGNER'S LATER OPERAS
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER
The 'a' of p.a. as applied to a salary
ANNUM
____ WON THE TS ELIOT PRIZE FOR POETRY FOR HER COLLECTION STAG'S LEAP
Sharon Olds
The wife of Rupert Murdoch
JERRY HALL
NURSIE'S REAL NAME IN BLACKADDER II
BERNARD
English rock band and the name of a 2010 arcade racing game
BLUR
Sulphide of mercury, used to make the pigment vermilion
CINNABAR
____ SUBSTANCES TURN LITMUS PAPER RED
ACIDIC
With strength and durability
SOLIDLY
Grammatical change to a word, often via a prefix or suffix
INFLECTION
SITE OF THE HOUSE BUILT BY SOAMES FORSYTE IN A MAN OF PROPERTY
Robin Hill
Four inches
HAND
TRIGONOMETRICAL FUNCTION WHOSE ABBREVIATION IS A TYPE OF LETTUCE
COSINE
FORMERLY, ONE SIXTEENTH OF A RUPEE
ANNA
WATERWAY WHICH LINKS THE PACIFIC AND ATLANTIC OCEANS
PANAMA CANAL
FORMER HEAVY METAL BAND FRONTED BY BASS GUITARIST IAN KILMISTER
MOTORHEAD
US EQUIVALENT OF BSI OR DIN
ANSI
FRANCOIS ____ WROTE GARGANTUA AND PANTAGRUEL
RABELAIS
A SANSKRIT RELIGIOUS OR PHILOSOPHICAL TEXT
UPANISHAD
First name of the actor who starred in The King and I and The Magnificent Seven
YUL
Spherical winner of the 'Great sweet revival' poll held by Waitrose in 2009
ANISEED BALL
MERCHANT SAILING SHIP, SUCH AS A TEA CLIPPER
INDIAMAN
THAT WHICH A CREDITOR MAY CHASE
DEBT
THE ____'S LONDON BASE IS THE BARBICAN THEATRE
Royal Shakespeare Company
TYPE OF BOW TIE OR SUNGLASSES
clip-on
'I awoke one morning and found myself famous' (Lord Byron, about the instantaneous success of ____)
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage
Robert Burns was born in what is now a suburb of this Scottish town
AYR
Informally, what happened yesterday at Windsor and Wembley
big match
HOLLOW LOWER PART OF A FEATHER'S SHAFT
CALAMUS
A pharmacologically inactive drug
PLACEBO
For the time being, briefly (Latin)
PRO TEM
THE ____ MOUNTAINS RUN FROM NEWFOUNDLAND TO ALABAMA
APPALACHIAN
City where Sweden's oldest university is based
UPPSALA
Chef whose three UK restaurants currently have six Michelin stars between them
HESTON BLUMENTHAL
The radiating gills of certain mushrooms
LAMELLAE
WILLIE GARVIN IS THE SIDEKICK OF THIS COMIC STRIP CHARACTER
MODESTY BLAISE