The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2019 02 17

crossword answers
Clue Answer
A self-taught person AUTODIDACT
MUHAMMAD'S BIRTHPLACE MECCA
English philosopher and author of Leviathan THOMAS HOBBES
IN NORTH AMERICAN SLANG, TALL AND SKINNY slab-sided
1981 comedy film starring Dudley Moore ARTHUR
Informal name for various ulcerative skin diseases LUPUS
Former company making batteries, torches and bicycle lamps EVER READY
Relating to a government whose leader has absolute power MONOCRATIC
Town near 14, best known for carpet making WILTON
Current president of the FIA Jean Todt
'A ____ helps the medicine go down' SPOONFUL OF SUGAR
Actor whose breakout role was as Joey Tribbiani in Friends MATT LEBLANC
Religious system based on the teachings of Lao-tzu TAOISM
FOOTBALLER WHOSE PARTNERSHIP WITH ALAN SHEARER LED TO THEM BEING REFERRED TO AS THE SAS Teddy Sheringham
City whose official name was New Sarum until 2009 SALISBURY
Winner of the English fillies' triple crown in 1985 OH SO SHARP
Capital of Asturias, in northern Spain OVIEDO
Oil company, now merged with Chevron, which makes Havoline oils TEXACO
ROMANIAN DICTATOR NICOLAE ____ WAS EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD IN 1989 CEAUSESCU
Mahatma Gandhi’s policy of passive resistance to British rule SATYAGRAHA
Yellow brick road destination EMERALD CITY
Brazilian footballer who scored 21 goals for Chelsea, 2012-2017 OSCAR
American dish made from maize and lima beans SUCCOTASH
HE WAS DESPISED, IN HANDEL'S MESSIAH, IS A DA CAPO ____ ARIA
Informally, a practitioner of psychological therapy ANALYST
'Teflon don' John Gotti was convicted when 'Sammy the Bull' Gravano turned ____ state's evidence
The front of a ship PROW
'Secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an ____' (A Christmas Carol) OYSTER
The ____, a 1952 nautical swashbuckler starring Burt Lancaster CRIMSON PIRATE
Seventh-century Northumbrian king and saint; given name meaning 'rich friend' EDWIN
With Trinny Woodall, co-author of What Not to Wear Susannah Constantine
The backing band of John ____ was the Bluesbreakers MAYALL
Dull or lifeless, from the Latin for 'blunt' HEBETUDINOUS
A light cavalry soldier HUSSAR
Another name for the hazelnut FILBERT
Hello stranger! LONG TIME NO SEE
Tragic hero of Greek mythology whose name means 'swollen foot' OEDIPUS
Rock band formed in 1994 by former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl FOO FIGHTERS
A term for drunkenness, which may seem to mean the opposite EBRIETY
ONE OLD NAME FOR THE DAY BEFORE PANCAKE DAY SHROVE MONDAY
Comedian who appeared several times as Professor Proton in The Big Bang Theory BOB NEWHART
FAST DOWNHILL SKI RUNS SCHUSSES
Catchphrase of the History Today sketches of David Baddiel and Rob Newman That's you that is
Author of Les Propheties NOSTRADAMUS
From a number of organs, the Italian for 'face to face' a quattr'occhi