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The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2019 04 14
The Times Specialist
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
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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