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The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2019 01 27
The Times Specialist
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Author who said “What is an adult? A child blown up by age”
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR
PERTAINING TO THE PIGMENTED PART OF THE EYE
UVEAL
Former Haitian president known as Baby Doc
Jean-Claude Duvalier
Sudan’s second largest city, across the Nile from Khartoum
OMDURMAN
A LAMENT OR SLOW MUSICAL PIECE, FROM A TYPE OF UKRAINIAN FOLK MUSIC
DUMKA
One who studies aquatic plants and animals
hydrobiologist
Final name of a former game show hosted by Michael Barrymore
STRIKE IT RICH
Humulus lupulus, the fruit clusters of which are used in beer-making
HOP
Rastafarian first person plural
I AND I
Bowmore is on the coast of this Islay sea inlet
Loch Indaal
Travelling groups of dancers or other entertainers
TROUPES
Any plant of the Pisum genus
PEA
SEA SHELL SOMETIMES USED AS A WIND INSTRUMENT
CONCH
A Norse bard
SKALD
A sausage originally made in Bologna
MORTADELLA
A traditional “tagging” game of school playgrounds
BRITISH BULLDOG
Abnormally low count of a white blood cell
NEUTROPENIA
Amazon’s virtual assistant, since November 2014
ALEXA
Author of Crime and Punishment
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY
Cause something to happen suddenly
TOUCH OFF
Chris ____ won at least one grand slam singles title for 13 years in succession
EVERT
Greek letter which means “sum” in maths
SIGMA
Host of 23 Down, in two stints, for approximately nine years
Bob Monkhouse
In school slang, to be a lookout
KEEP CAVE
Inflammation of the optic disc
papillitis
Knead clay for use in making pottery
PUG
Material produced by erosion or decomposition
DETRITUS
Preparations made from this mushroom are credited with various stimulant and health-giving properties
REISHI
Relating to a sea or lake shore
LITTORAL
Simon ____ hosted the Radio 1 Breakfast Show, 1988-93
MAYO
Sitcom in which Chris Barrie played the manager of Whitbury Newtown leisure centre
The Brittas Empire
Stage name of English comic actor Arthur Jefferson
STAN LAUREL
To set up, or to demonstrate
ESTABLISH
Under Ramsay MacDonald, the first female cabinet minister
Margaret Bondfield
What Britannia had in her left hand on the original reverse of a 50p coin
OLIVE BRANCH
F1 DRIVER WHO BECAME THE YOUNGEST EVER WORLD CHAMPION IN 1972
EMERSON FITTIPALDI
The ____ was a 2000 crime thriller starring Ryan Phillippe and Benicio del Toro
WAY OF THE GUN
Amelia ____ was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic
EARHART
Matt ____ won eight swimming golds in the 1988, 1992 and 1996 Olympics
BIONDI
Piece of furniture whose name derives from an Arabic word for a raised platform
SOFA
The equivalent of a knockout in judo
IPPON
Chinese rice porridge
CONGEE
Charity whose motto is “Giving nature a home”
rspb
Capital city of Belarus
MINSK
The first Ukrainian woman to break into the top 10 rankings in tennis
Elina Svitolina
Main residence of French kings in the century before the revolution
PALACE OF VERSAILLES
THE REVERSE SOLIDUS OF TYPOGRAPHY
BACKSLASH
Too densely populated
OVERPEOPLED
American sports league in which the Toronto Raptors are the only Canadian team
NBA
Wrapped up like some larvae
COCOONED
Thinning agents
DILUENTS
That which a cereologist would study
CROP CIRCLE
The “bit in brackets” in the title of a No 1 hit for Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel
COME UP AND SEE ME
Mr ____ is Captain Hook’s bo’sun in Peter Pan
SMEE
Former game show based on noughts and crosses
CELEBRITY SQUARES
One seeking distraction from unpleasant reality
ESCAPIST
Anything that can go wrong will go wrong
Murphy's Law
____ passports were first issued to refugees from the Russian civil war, in 1922
NANSEN