The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2018 10 21

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Two-humped beast of burden native to the steppes of Central Asia BACTRIAN CAMEL
Wolfsbane, or the poison derived from it ACONITE
Type of mirage, its name derived from Arthurian legend FATA MORGANA
Vague knowledge or suspicion INKLING
Wilhelm ____ discovered X-rays ROENTGEN
The Night Watch is one of ____’s best-known paintings REMBRANDT
The act of rowing, or associated equipment OARAGE
The clerk of Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol BOB CRATCHIT
Player of a kind of saxophone often used by beginners ALTOIST
Old name for a domestic bovine animal NEAT
Six of the poems used in Schubert’s Schwanengesang are by Heinrich ____ HEINE
Russian historian and philosopher who championed reforms by Alexander II, including the emancipation of the serfs Boris Chicherin
Formerly, a European who made a fortune in India NABOB
Music magazine which ceased publication in 2000 and was incorporated into NME Melody Maker
Named after the Latin name for Copenhagen, the last of the stable elements to be discovered HAFNIUM
Masculine given name in both Welsh and Japanese DAI
Former Hull City midfielder who joined Derby County for a second time in 2017 Tom Huddlestone
Clothing retailer known as Penneys in the Republic of Ireland primark
Crème de ____ is a liqueur made from blackcurrants CASSIS
Country bordered by Nicaragua and Panama COSTA RICA
Derived from a Latin word meaning white, a blank book for the collecting of photographs etc ALBUM
AARDVARKS ANTBEARS
British First World War equivalent of one of the two dances in the Nato phonetic alphabet TOC
Budget flight operator based in Swords, Dublin RYANAIR
Substance used in baking, and to treat indigestion BICARBONATE OF SODA
Samurai with no master; 1998 film starring Robert De Niro RONIN
Technical expert advising in a trial or inquiry ASSESSOR
MORE SHY TIMIDER
Type of read-only memory which can be erased and overwritten EPROM
In Greek myth, a son of Temenus, and the eponymous subject of a play by Euripides ARCHELAUS
Informal description of “duple time” IN TWO
Humanitarian sometimes called the “British Schindler” Sir Nicholas Winton
Feminist whose second daughter wrote Frankenstein Mary Wollstonecraft
Edible mushroom with honeycombed cap MOREL
Labour MP for Hartlepool, 1992-2004 Peter Mandelson
In this Oscar Wilde play, Mrs Erlynne is revealed to be the main protagonist’s mother, not a love rival Lady Windermere's Fan
Taoiseach of Ireland from 1997 to 2008 Bertie Ahern
Sitcom in which the often mimicked “Ooh, Betty” was only said once Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
A dolphin’s flipper or a duck’s wing FORELIMB
Barbadian singer with hits including Umbrella and Only Girl (In the World) RIHANNA
Author of the Bryant & May detective stories Christopher Fowler
2009 historical novel by Hilary Mantel WOLF HALL
“Every artist was first an ____” (Ralph Waldo Emerson) AMATEUR
“Well ____! … / There’s little comfort in the wise” (Rupert Brooke, in Tiare Tahiti) This Side of Paradise
Administers a drug, perhaps to enhance athletic performance DOPES
Philip Schofield played Thomas More in stage and film versions of Robert Bolt’s ____ A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS
The orbital cavity EYE SOCKET
“And every time I see you ____ / I’m such a happy individual” (You Make Me Feel So Young lyrics) GRIN
Alternative to “stock” as a name for the undealt part of the pack in card games TALON
Ancient route from Rome to Brindisi VIA APPIA
Former long-distance runner who founded the Great North Run BRENDAN FOSTER
First two words of the hymn usually sung to the tune Eventide abide with
Electrically charged particles emitted by very hot material thermions
Former company which made enamel paints used with model kits humbrol
Captain Charles Edstaston is the central character of ____: Whom Glory Still Adores by George Bernard Shaw Great Catherine
Formed a luminous electrical discharge ARCED