The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2019 01 27

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