The Times Specialist 2018 10 07 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
Silk straight dress with stand-up collar and a slit in one side, worn by Chinese women	CHEONGSAM
Drum-like machine for hauling in heavy ropes	CAPSTAN
AUTHOR OF LE GRAND MEAULNES	Alain-Fournier
Mont Cervin, to the French, first climbed by Edward Whymper in 1865	MATTERHORN
Deep blue semi-precious stone, the original source of ultramarine pigment	LAPIS LAZULI
Cricketing fielding position on the off-side	EXTRA COVER
“When the Honours List is full of ____s, millionaires, and—er—chumps, you may be quite sure that the Government is seriously ill” (Arnold Bennett)	RASCAL
Former large naval base and dockyard town in Fife	ROSYTH
The Mock Turtle said it consists of Ambition, Distraction, Uglification and Derision	ARITHMETIC
British driver who was Formula 1 world champion in 1976	JAMES HUNT
Trademark for thin transparent wrapping material, made from viscose	CELLOPHANE
A light or westerly wind, also a large Ford car replaced by the Granada in 1972	ZEPHYR
Martin ____ directed Taxi Driver and Raging Bull	SCORSESE
Part of the brain which co-ordinates voluntary movements and maintains equilibrium	CEREBELLUM
Outcomes, which in the original meaning of the word, could be bad as well as good	SUCCESSES
Actress, anti-nuclear and feminist activist, who won an Academy Award for her role in Klute in 1971	JANE FONDA
____ Bay railway station incorporates the Caledonian MacBrayne terminal for ferries to Rothesay on the Isle of Bute	wemyss
Author of Haroun and the Sea of Stories	SALMAN RUSHDIE
The ____ Girl in the School started a series by Enid Blyton	NAUGHTIEST
Chinese province, capital Chengdu	SZECHUAN
Add explanations to text	ANNOTATE
& 28 Down: Bill Forsyth’s 1983 film about a Texan oil baron wishing to buy a Scottish village for his firm	LOCAL
Town in southeastern France, where nougat is made	MONTELIMAR
Rich, fashionable young people	Jeunesse doree
Warwickshire-born novelist who wrote Romola	GEORGE ELIOT
Village near Criccieth where David Lloyd George was brought up and is buried	llanystumdwy
Muse of lyric poetry and music	EUTERPE
Location of the US Congress, and a residential area of Washington DC	CAPITOL HILL
Buzz ____, a Space Ranger superhero in the Toy Story films	LIGHTYEAR
____ crunch, a sit-up	ABDOMINAL
Methodist orator who is not an ordained clergyman	LAY PREACHER
Italian opera house opened in 1778	LA SCALA
THE LILY MAID OF ASTOLAT	ELAINE
Yorkshire’s smallest city	RIPON
A product available in only one chain of stores	OWN BRAND
Juan Manuel ___, Formula 1 world champion from 1954 to 1957	FANGIO
Brittle silvery-grey metallic element, used in steel-making	MANGANESE
The ability to use language proficiently	LITERACY
In English, a decorative coating for the outside of buildings, though simply “plaster” in its original language	STUCCO
Volcanic island in the Atlantic discovered by Joao da Nova Castella in 1502	ST HELENA
Portable organs furnished only with reed-pipes	REGALS
International yachting trophy currently held by the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron	America's Cup
An alternative name for the “Athens of the North”	AULD REEKIE
1930s film star such as Errol Flynn, Clark Gable or Rudolph Valentino	MATINEE IDOL
Lorenz ____, lyricist of Pal Joey	HART
German cipher machine used in the Second World War	ENIGMA
SEE 33 ACROSS	HERO
Town in Umbria whose historic sites were damaged by an earthquake in 1997	ASSISI
Piece of armour, covering the chest and back	CUIRASS
EXCESSIVE SENTIMENTALITY	SCHMALTZ
Type of lift with no floor selection buttons, rare in the UK	PATERNOSTER
Actor who won a best actor Golden Globe for his portrayal of General Patton	GEORGE C SCOTT
The use of severely tailored suits by women in business, intended to project an image of efficiency	POWER DRESSING
Berkeley Square songbird	NIGHTINGALE
Solicitors or barristers appointed as a part-time judges in the Crown Court	RECORDERS
Domestic fowls which lay white eggs	LEGHORNS
Prestigious London shopping location, planned by John Nash	REGENT STREET
Regular presenter of Newsnight	Emily Maitlis