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The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2018 09 09
The Times Specialist
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1964 single which became Ken Dodd’s signature song
HAPPINESS
The palpebra
EYELID
Partner of Jimmy Edwards in the BBC Radio series Take It From Here
Dick Bentley
Magical phrase associated with Ali Baba
OPEN SESAME
Analogue colour TV system developed in France, similar to PAL and NTSC
secam
Ridden by Bob Champion, winner of the 1981 Grand National
ALDANITI
In bridge, a ____ double invites partner to bid their best unbid suit
TAKEOUT
Traditional Scottish dish of swede and potato
NEEPS AND TATTIES
Former Benetton F1 director who recruited Michael Schumacher in 1991
Flavio Briatore
Narrator of On The Road by Jack Kerouac
SAL PARADISE
Fyodor Dostoevsky’s final novel
The Brothers Karamazov
Of a friar or nun, barefoot or wearing only sandals
DISCALCEATE
FROM THE BEGINNING (LATIN)
AB OVO
Artificial radioactive element, atomic number 99
EINSTEINIUM
A type of cactus or its intoxicant, mescal
PEYOTE
“The ____ of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen” (final verse of King James Bible)
GRACE
Singer regarded as the Queen of Disco
DONNA SUMMER
Jupiter is the Roman equivalent of this Greek deity
ZEUS
State of bondage, finally ended by Elizabeth I in 1574
SERFDOM
Nickname of the Burt Reynolds character Bo Darville in a 1977 comedy film
BANDIT
“I’m just a ____ prostitute, my dear” (Freddie Mercury)
MUSICAL
The 4 x 400m relay, at many track and field meetings
LAST EVENT
Mahler symphony in all but name, presented as an orchestral song cycle for alto and tenor
DAS LIED VON DER ERDE
River whose delta constitutes the Camargue region
RHONE
Main antagonist of the Resident Evil video games and films
Albert Wesker
A proverbially calm body of water
mill pond
David Bowie single whose video was, at the time, the most expensive ever made
ASHES TO ASHES
Goodbye to Berlin by ____ was adapted to make the play I Am a Camera
Christopher Isherwood
“Vulgarity is the ____ in the salad of charm” (Cyril Connolly)
GARLIC
Samuel Irving ____ founded Advance publications, whose subsidiaries include Condé Nast
NEWHOUSE
Actor who played Max Zorin in the James Bond film A View to a Kill
Christopher Walken
Of an antelope, to leap with an arched back
PRONK
1964 musical written by Jerry Herman
HELLO DOLLY
Capital of St James parish, served by Jamaica’s busiest airport
MONTEGO BAY
Bundle of fibrous tissue joining bones or cartilages
LIGAMENT
Where to find bees or their hives
APIARY
1773 legislation helping the East India Company, but not our North American colonies
TEA ACT
To be highly noticeable, or to stubbornly resist
STAND OUT
Musician who sang the “I want my MTV” backing vocal on Money for Nothing by Dire Straits
STING
____ of the Nine Hostages was a 5th-century Irish high king, who may possibly have millions of living descendants
NIALL
The oat genus
AVENA
The real middle name of 3 Down; first name of a fictional teen diarist
ADRIAN
London’s ____ was originally the Royal Coburg Theatre
OLD VIC
____ played Bubble in the sitcom Absolutely Fabulous
JANE HORROCKS
The pouches of kangaroos, wombats etc
MARSUPIA
Fictional corporation frequently used in cartoons, notably those of Looney Tunes
ACME
Of an instrument, played with a mute
con sordino
Allergic ____ is another name for hay fever
RHINITIS
Tree of the laurel family, traditionally used to make root beer and tea
SASSAFRAS
Stock pantomime character abandoned by Columbine in favour of Harlequin
PIERROT
A painter such as Thomas Cole or John Constable
LANDSCAPE ARTIST
The goatfish, a popular Mediterranean delicacy
RED MULLET
The composer of Boléro and La Valse
Maurice Ravel
Female tennis player, 2017 US Open champion
Sloane Stephens
Anaesthetic often administered during childbirth
EPIDURAL
American footballer who typically receives the ball to instigate a rush play
RUNNING BACK