The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2018 07 08

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