The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2019 04 14

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Plectrum used by guitarists PICK
STORAGE FOR CIGARS OR OTHER TOBACCO HUMIDOR
A route for award nominees RED CARPET
1979 LEGAL DRAMA FILM STARRING DUSTIN HOFFMAN AND MERYL STREEP KRAMER VS KRAMER
A ____ NOSE MAY BE THE RESULT OF A FIGHT BLOODIED
A LACK OF RED BLOOD CELLS ANAEMIA
TILT TIP OVER
“It’s the tobacco that counts” was the slogan for Player’s ____ navy cut
TORN SKIN NEAR THE END OF A FINGER HANGNAIL
In the shape of a letter S or its Greek equivalent SIGMATE
TV COMEDY SET IN ROYSTON VASEY THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN
“‘gh’ ____ ‘cough’” begins a creative respelling of “fish” often attributed to George Bernard Shaw AS IN
1A REACHED MANY ____ SUMMITS
Joseph ____ built Chatsworth’s Emperor Fountain and Conservative Wall (a long greenhouse) PAXTON
A North American name for the 24-hour clock military time
Peter the Great, Benjamin Franklin and Oscar Wilde could have been described as ____ pro-French
A pink pig floats above ____ on the cover of the Pink Floyd’s album Animals BATTERSEA POWER STATION
To ____ someone’s heels is to compete intensely with a slightly superior rival NIP AT
____ WON OSCARS FOR HIS ROLES IN MYSTIC RIVER AND MILK SEAN PENN
Substance obtained by distilling wood or coal TAR
IN 1975 ____ LED THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL ASCENT OF EVEREST BY A FACE RATHER THAN A RIDGE Chris Bonington
IN HUMAN BEINGS, AN ARM FORELIMB
Fungal disease of plants, especially cereals, causing black sooty marks on leaves SMUT
THE FIRST PERIOD OF THE MESOZOIC ERA, IN WHICH DINOSAURS FIRST APPEARED TRIASSIC
In music, “with spirit” CON BRIO
A SYMPTOM USED TO IDENTIFY A DISEASE DIAGNOSTIC
AN OLD NAME FOR IRON SULPHATE green vitriol
A TECHNICAL NAME FOR A PUN PARONOMASIA
The world’s oldest rowing race, held annually on the River Thames since 1715 Doggett's Coat and Badge
“Do not waste your time with music that is trite or ____. Life is too short to spend it wandering in the barren Saharas of musical trash” (Sergei Rachmaninov) IGNOBLE
COM1 OR COM2 ON A 20TH-CENTURY PC-COMPATIBLE COMPUTER SERIAL PORT
From agricultural production, a nickname for Tasmania APPLE ISLE
Italian for “witch”, also a brand of herbal liqueur STREGA
FUSS OR COMMOTION hoo-ha
Press Ctrl+Shift+N to get such a window in Google Chrome INCOGNITO
BROTHERS OR SISTERS, OR OTHER RELATIVES SIBS
A disguised identification, especially for military purposes or in espionage CRYPTONYM
COMPUTER LANGUAGE NAMED AFTER A 19TH-CENTURY FEMALE MATHEMATICIAN ADA
At the 1948 Olympics, 25,000 cups of ____ were served to competitors OVALTINE
ALEXEI ____ WON ALL-AROUND GYMNASTICS GOLD AT THE SYDNEY SUPER DOME IN 2000 nemov
Bjorn Borg’s playing style included heavy ____ on both wings TOPSPIN
A VERY COLD OR RESERVED MANNER ICINESS
THE MAIN LANGUAGE SPOKEN IN TASHKENT UZBEK
CALCULATING THE AREA UNDER A CURVE IN MATHS INTEGRATING
Tony ____ was England captain until it was known that he had recruited players for Kerry Packer’s World Series Cricket GREIG
Region along the Nile, between Aswan and Khartoum NUBIA
Speaking or writing a language, but not very well non-fluent
Cadair Idris and Tryfan are mountains located in ____ Snowdonia National Park