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The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2018 07 08
The Times Specialist
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Michael ____ is the Mayor of Casterbridge in Hardy's novel
HENCHARD
Coronation Street character, played by Geoffrey Hinsliff, who married Ivy Tilsley in 1988
Don Brennan
FORM A MENTAL IMAGE OF SOMETHING NOT PRESENT OR FICTITIOUS
IDEATE
Actress who said 'A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous'
INGRID BERGMAN
General of the American Revolutionary War who was remembered as a traitor
BENEDICT ARNOLD
Therapeutic dance system developed by Emile Jaques-Dalcroze
eurhythmics
A CASCADE IN THE YOSEMITE VALLEY, SHARING ITS NAME WITH MANY OTHER CASCADES
Bridalveil Fall
The darts player currently ranked world number one
MICHAEL VAN GERWEN
HISTORICALLY, LAND ON THE EDGE OF A FOREST, EG IN DIBDEN ____, ON THE EDGE OF THE NEW FOREST
PURLIEU
A FUNERAL ORATION
EULOGY
ITALIAN FASHION DESIGNER, A RIVAL OF COCO CHANEL, WHOSE CLIENTS INCLUDED MAE WEST
ELSA SCHIAPARELLI
US ARMY GENERAL WHO RESIGNED FOLLOWING REMARKS IN A 2010 ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE ARTICLE
STANLEY MCCHRYSTAL
A clumsy person
LUBBER
Leg of eg mutton suitable for roasting
GIGOT
Location of the Top Gear studio and test track
Dunsfold Aerodrome
The son of iconic Neighbours couple Scott and Charlene
DANIEL ROBINSON
University Challenge catchphrase coined by Bamber Gascoigne
Your starter for ten
SMALL TUMOUR OF THE TEETH
ODONTOMA
Blue liqueur, which is also an orange liqueur
CURACAO
JOHN VON ____ MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO QUANTUM MECHANICS, ECONOMICS AND COMPUTING
NEUMANN
Oxford college whose alumni include Richard Burton and Roger Bannister
EXETER
JOHN MARSTON IS THE LEAD CHARACTER IN THIS ROCKSTAR VIDEO GAME
Red Dead Redemption
Invented past experiences, compensating for memory loss
CONFABULATIONS
THE OLD VIC AND YOUNG VIC THEATRES ARE IN THIS LONDON DISTRICT
WATERLOO
Named after a German chemist, an alkaline solution used to detect ammonia
Nessler's reagent
'I ____ my rival, but only to strangle him' (Nero, in Jean Racine's Britannicus)
EMBRACE
There’s ____ — a hit for Herman's Hermits in 1967 and the Carpenters in 1976
A KIND OF HUSH
Continue to play, eg as the winner of a pub pool game
STAY ON
____ Things, a novel by Stephen King
NEEDFUL
ISLAND, A REGION OF FRANCE, TO THE EAST OF MADAGASCAR
REUNION
Plant also known as columbine and granny's bonnet
AQUILEGIA
In Greek myth, the husband of Eurydice
ORPHEUS
Art movement pioneered by Picasso and Braque
CUBISM
Adhesive commonly used by actors to attach false hair
SPIRIT GUM
In the manner of a nobleman
ducally
Duck with common, velvet and surf species
SCOTER
IVY LEAGUE UNIVERSITY IN NEW JERSEY
PRINCETON
River on which Hamburg stands
ELBE
A puffy bulge below the eye
POUCH
Former boxer who won world titles in five weight divisions
SUGAR RAY LEONARD
Capital of the Campania region of Italy (anglicised spelling)
NAPLES
Labour Party leader who succeeded Clement Attlee
HUGH GAITSKELL
GUITARIST'S EFFECTS UNIT WHICH MIXES TWO SIGNALS, ONE WITH A VARYING DELAY
FLANGER
Spanish port from which one would sail to Algiers
ALICANTE
ARMOUR FOR THE HEAD, USED AROUND AD1500
ARMET
Fermented soya bean paste, used as a flavouring in Japanese cookery
MISO
John ____ played Mr Humphries in Are You Being Served?
INMAN
Singer of Puppet on a String, Britain’s first Eurovision Song Contest winner
SANDIE SHAW
FEMALE GAMETES
OVA
Hypothetical change in the brain, accounting for the existence of a memory
ENGRAM
IF YOU'RE STRUGGLING WITH A HARD PUZZLE, ____ DESPERANDUM
NIL
SWELLING ON A HAND OR FOOT, CAUSED BY EXPOSURE TO COLD AND HUMIDITY
CHILBLAIN
Robert Seymour ____ was poet laureate, 1913-30
BRIDGES
One of the five rivers of Hades, causing forgetfulness in those who drank from it
LETHE
Florida’s ____ International Speedway replaced a course including a local beach
DAYTONA
City which was the major Israelite place of worship before Jerusalem’s first temple was built
SHILOH
Henry David ____ wrote Walden
THOREAU
William of ____ gave his name to a famous methodological principle
OCCAM