The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2018 11 18

crossword answers
Clue Answer
CONDITIONS OR STIPULATIONS IFS AND BUTS
Working for regular pay STIPENDIARY
THE ROMAN NAME FOR THE GREEK GOD OF MEDICINE AND HEALING, A SON OF APOLLO AESCULAPIUS
A chief god of ancient Egypt, the brother of Set OSIRIS
STEWED VEGETABLES, USUALLY INCLUDING TOMATOES, AUBERGINES, COURGETTES AND PEPPERS RATATOUILLE
JACKIE ____ WROTE THE LYRICS FOR THE NEIGHBOURS SIGNATURE TUNE TRENT
After the Danube, the second-longest river in central or western Europe RHINE
A delicate or potentially embarrassing situation THIN ICE
Comedian who appeared with his father in the 1930s as “Bert Carson and his Little Wonder” ERNIE WISE
Complicated bow which is hard to untie, thus symbolizing deep affection True lovers' knot
Composer of the ragtime opera Treemonisha SCOTT JOPLIN
Corona discharge sometimes seen around ships’ masts St Elmo's fire
Equipment used in much commercial marine fishing TRAWL NET
Final active stage or last possible moment THE LAST GASP
Folded tortilla filled with minced beef, chicken, cheese or beans BURRITO
Hairstyle popularised by the Ronettes BEEHIVE
Housay, Grunay and Bruray, once home of the smallest secondary school in Britain Out Skerries
In Greek myth, a shepherd and the nymph he loved Acis and Galatea
In Greek myth, an outlaw who Zeus punished for eternity IXION
In the USA, property comprising land and or buildings REAL ESTATE
Location of the G20 Summit later this year BUENOS AIRES
Lynda ____wrote the TV series Widows and Prime Suspect LA PLANTE
Poet who wrote Illustrated Excursions in Italy EDWARD LEAR
Preliminary version of a film ROUGH CUT
Reflective moment which once ended Sundays on the BBC EPILOGUE
Retain composure, when provoked Keep one's cool
Retired professors, say, who retain their titles on an honorary basis EMERITI
Stone coffin with carvings SARCOPHAGUS
The darker inner region of a sunspot UMBRA
A VOLUNTEER ROLE IN ANIMAL TRAINING puppy walker
ARCHANGEL OFTEN NAMED WITH GABRIEL, MICHAEL AND RAPHAEL URIEL
Second John Buchan novel featuring Richard Hannay GREENMANTLE
Sideboard with shelves above drawers and cupboards WELSH DRESSER
“The last hundred years has seen a general ____ the democratic idea” (GK Chesterton) decline in
Playwright who wrote about working-class Dubliners Sean O'Casey
People working on the California Zephyr or Coast Starlight RAILROADERS
Pantomime character whose first words are often “Master! Your wish is my command!” Genie of the lamp
Outer Hebridean island from which Bonnie Prince Charlie headed “over the sea to Skye” BENBECULA
Northern coniferous forests, just south of the tundra TAIGA
“In life, in death, o Lord, ____” (HF Lyte, usually to music by WH Monk) ABIDE WITH ME
The “Queen of Soul” who died in August this year ARETHA FRANKLIN
The McIlhenny Company’s contribution to a cocktail bar TABASCO SAUCE
The multi-headed monster killed by Hercules in the second of his 12 labours HYDRA
Words first used by Shakespeare in Henry VI, Part 3 rather than Julius Caesar ET TU BRUTE
Winner of the Swiss Indoor tennis title in October — his 99th professional singles tournament win ROGER FEDERER
Where Lincoln delivered an address at the dedication of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery in 1863 GETTYSBURG
US soul singer whose Shout Bamalama was strongly influenced by Little Richard’s frantic jump-blues style OTIS REDDING
To ____ on something is to endorse it or to mark it with your distinctive character Set one's seal
To show someone’s involvement in a crime IMPLICATE
As a musical direction, “becoming slower” RALLENTANDO
Home town of comedian Peter Kay BOLTON
According to its website, ____ has the biggest university campus in the UK KEELE
Of a robust traditional or rural character, informally TWEEDY
The Indian cricketer “Ranji” was called the “maharajah of ____” after buying Ballynahinch Castle in County Galway CONNEMARA
Suffolk town on the River Gipping associated with poets John Milton and George Crabbe STOWMARKET
South Africa’s third largest city, once called Port Natal DURBAN