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The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2018 08 19
The Times Specialist
Clue
Answer
Measurement or datum derived from an experiment
OBSERVATION
Surname shared by male and female British comedians
BRAND
An Indian game hunter
SHIKARI
In drama, Aristotle’s three unities are those of ____, time and place
ACTION
1997 action thriller starring Nicolas Cage and John Cusack
CON AIR
Using a rod and line
ANGLING
Where it is allowed, a plea of nolo ____ is often part of a plea bargain
CONTENDERE
TO TAKE AWAY ENTHUSIASM OR COURAGE
DISHEARTEN
____ won 52 titles as John McEnroe’s doubles partner
Peter Fleming
The superhero alter ego of Peter Parker
Spider-Man
Published in 1920, F Scott Fitzgerald’s debut novel
This Side of Paradise
Cadbury Roses chocolate in a pink wrapper
Strawberry Dream
____’s Decathlon was a computer game released in 1984
DALEY THOMPSON
“Il serenissimo principe” was a name for the ____ of Venice
DOGE
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
QUASIMODO
L Frank ____ wrote The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
BAUM
Henry VIII’s almoner and later Archbishop of York
THOMAS WOLSEY
Herring-like fish, its name sometimes extended to ____ shad
TWAITE
“It is better to have a permanent ____ than to be fascinating” (Oscar Wilde)
INCOME
English adaptation of Jacques Brel’s Le Moribond, a hit for Terry Jacks in 1973 and Westlife in 1999
SEASONS IN THE SUN
Andrew ____ was George Michael’s partner in Wham!
RIDGELEY
Journal-like posting on a platform such as YouTube
VLOG
1933 Fannie Hurst novel, filmed in 1934 and 1959
IMITATION OF LIFE
Polish biochemist noted for his work on, and naming of, vitamins
Casimir Funk
Thick Japanese noodles
UDON
A heroic poem, or modern retail technology
EPOS
Known as Baby Face Nelson, the criminal partner of John Dillinger
Lester Gillis
____ Lee is the central character in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
LORELEI
The only recording artist to have had (US) No 1 albums in each of the past six decades
BARBRA STREISAND
French philosopher and priest who took part in the discovery of Peking Man
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Construction toy invented by Joel Glickman in 1992
K'Nex
Cheapside watering hole frequented by Elizabethan literary figures in the Fraternity of Sireniacal Gentlemen
Mermaid Tavern
Canopied seat on an elephant’s back
HOWDAH
British rock band led by Ritchie Blackmore
RAINBOW
Heavy metal band whose albums include Master of Puppets
METALLICA
Fee paid to secure professional services; a household servant
RETAINER
Frozen dew, hoarfrost
RIME
Artist who said “I don’t do drugs. I am drugs”
DALI
Central defender for Benfica in the 1980s and 1990s who won five caps for Portugal
SAMUEL QUINA
Alcoholic drink, consumed in the Second World War US navy, which included grain alcohol fuel
TORPEDO JUICE
Rank held by a warrant officer class 1 in the army or Royal Marines
regimental sergeant major
Famously soft-voiced snooker commentator who died in 2011
Ted Lowe
Shakespeare play, more fully ____, King of Britain
CYMBELINE
The “raving ones”, females who took part in the orgiastic rites of Dionysus
MAENADS
Binary code used to represent font characters
ASCII
The United States Army Special Forces
GREEN BERETS
Treasurer of, typically, a college or university
BURSAR
“The Brain—is wider than the Sky— / For—put them side by side— / The one the other will ____” (Emily Dickinson)
CONTAIN
Author of Nana and Germinal
EMILE ZOLA
The Roman god of death
MORS
18th-century composer Thomas ____ wrote Rule Britannia
ARNE
Full name of the character played by Hannah Murray in Skins
CASSANDRA AINSWORTH
The epiploon or greater ___ is a fold of membrane supporting the viscera
OMENTUM
Flapping
IN A PANIC
Colombia’s second largest city
MEDELLIN
Fictional character besotted with classmate Becky Thatcher
TOM SAWYER