The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2018 08 19

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Canopied seat on an elephant’s back HOWDAH
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
Flapping IN A PANIC
Binary code used to represent font characters ASCII
Using a rod and line ANGLING
____ won 52 titles as John McEnroe’s doubles partner Peter Fleming
TO TAKE AWAY ENTHUSIASM OR COURAGE DISHEARTEN
The superhero alter ego of Peter Parker Spider-Man
Published in 1920, F Scott Fitzgerald’s debut novel This Side of Paradise
Where it is allowed, a plea of nolo ____ is often part of a plea bargain CONTENDERE
1997 action thriller starring Nicolas Cage and John Cusack CON AIR
The “raving ones”, females who took part in the orgiastic rites of Dionysus MAENADS
Colombia’s second largest city MEDELLIN
Shakespeare play, more fully ____, King of Britain CYMBELINE
Cadbury Roses chocolate in a pink wrapper Strawberry Dream
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
18th-century composer Thomas ____ wrote Rule Britannia ARNE
The Roman god of death MORS
Author of Nana and Germinal EMILE ZOLA
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
Fictional character besotted with classmate Becky Thatcher TOM SAWYER
Measurement or datum derived from an experiment OBSERVATION
An Indian game hunter SHIKARI
In drama, Aristotle’s three unities are those of ____, time and place ACTION
Surname shared by male and female British comedians BRAND
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
Famously soft-voiced snooker commentator who died in 2011 Ted Lowe
Andrew ____ was George Michael’s partner in Wham! RIDGELEY
“Il serenissimo principe” was a name for the ____ of Venice DOGE
L Frank ____ wrote The Wonderful Wizard of Oz BAUM
Henry VIII’s almoner and later Archbishop of York THOMAS WOLSEY
“It is better to have a permanent ____ than to be fascinating” (Oscar Wilde) INCOME
Frozen dew, hoarfrost RIME
Central defender for Benfica in the 1980s and 1990s who won five caps for Portugal SAMUEL QUINA
Artist who said “I don’t do drugs. I am drugs” DALI
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
Herring-like fish, its name sometimes extended to ____ shad TWAITE
English adaptation of Jacques Brel’s Le Moribond, a hit for Terry Jacks in 1973 and Westlife in 1999 SEASONS IN THE SUN
The Hunchback of Notre Dame QUASIMODO
Journal-like posting on a platform such as YouTube VLOG
1933 Fannie Hurst novel, filmed in 1934 and 1959 IMITATION OF LIFE
____’s Decathlon was a computer game released in 1984 DALEY THOMPSON
Polish biochemist noted for his work on, and naming of, vitamins Casimir Funk