The Times Specialist 2019 06 23 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
IN ANCIENT GREECE, A RELIGIOUS SANCTUARY DEDICATED TO ZEUS	OLYMPIA
SUSTAINED, AS A MUSICAL DIRECTION	TENUTO
DOCUMENT OR OTHER ITEM WHICH IS LEGALLY VOID	NULLITY
Town near Stockport whose railway station is said to have led to the naming of an iconic Agatha Christie character	MARPLE
1947 novel by Compton Mackenzie	WHISKY GALORE
INNER CHAMBER OF A KILN USED TO FIRE POTTERY	MUFFLE
Deformation which turns a rectangle into a parallelogram	SHEAR
AN ABSURD PRETENCE; AN EPISODE IN A WORD GAME	CHARADE
A LARGE BREAD ROLL	BAP
DIRECTOR OF THE NOIR FILMS LAURA (1944) AND FALLEN ANGEL	OTTO PREMINGER
CITY SERVED BY SANGSTER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT; A 1970 HIT FOR BOBBY BLOOM	MONTEGO BAY
A TYPE OF CHICORY WITH REDDISH-PURPLE LEAVES	RADICCHIO
SATURDAY MORNING TV SHOW WHICH AIRED FROM 1974-1982	TISWAS
INFORMATION GATHERED BUT NOT YET ANALYSED OR PROCESSED	RAW DATA
Member of the Nicaraguan rebel group which deposed President Somoza in 1979	SANDINISTA
Plants of the sedge family, once a source of writing material	PAPYRI
AGONY AUNT ONCE KNOWN AS REBECCA RAYLE	Marjorie Proops
IN AN ____ KISS, THE LIPS DO NOT TOUCH	AIR
SATELLITE WHICH HAS BEEN CONTINUOUSLY INHABITED SINCE 2000	ISS
COLD DISH OF VARIOUS MEATS AND GREENS INCLUDING AVOCADO	COBB SALAD
JAPANESE COMPANY CREATED IN 1939 BY THE MERGER OF TOKYO DENKI AND SHIBAURA SEISAKU-SHO	TOSHIBA
BRIEFLY	IN SHORT
A ____ latte uses low-fat or non-fat milk	SKINNY
City where the Trans-Siberian railway crosses the river Ob	NOVOSIBIRSK
____ played Viola de Lesseps in Shakespeare in Love	GWYNETH PALTROW
Online name of Brighton-based YouTuber Felix Kjellberg	pewdiepie
US television series created by Earl Hanmer Jr, based on his book Spencer’s Mountain	THE WALTONS
Thomas Keneally novel that won the 1982 Booker Prize	Schindler's Ark
The world’s largest freshwater lake by volume	BAIKAL
The UK version of this game show was hosted by Paul Daniels and Bob Monkhouse	WIPEOUT
The 13th or 15th day of months in the Roman calendar	IDES
Scottish crime novelist who sometimes writes as Jack Harvey	IAN RANKIN
Partnered by Helen Glover, rower who won two Olympic gold medals in the women’s coxless pairs	HEATHER STANNING
The “wise men” of Matthew 2:1	MAGI
Motto abbreviated on Bénédictine liqueur bottle labels	DEO OPTIMO MAXIMO
Nickname given to the Labour party’s former chief fundraiser Baron Levy	Lord Cashpoint
Felt hat apparently named after a play by Victorien Sardou	FEDORA
Dark red resin used in varnishes and dyes	LAC
Catlike carnivore, source of a strong musky perfume	CIVET
“Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real ____” (William Penn)	BENEFIT
For many years Judith ____’s paintings were attributed to Frans Hals, or her husband Jan Molenaer	LEYSTER
Slave of Marcus and Stylax in the sitcom Plebs	GRUMIO
Hat named after a George du Maurier novel of 1894	TRILBY
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy character, also called Ix	FORD PREFECT
Movement of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, subtitled With the Dead in a Dead Language	CATACOMBS
Northamptonshire town formerly called Lactodurum	TOWCESTER
In the Bible, the first son of Abraham	ISHMAEL
Jazz standard from the 1930 musical Girl Crazy	I GOT RHYTHM
Island where England and France’s first Caribbean colonies were located	ST KITTS
Lady Macbeth’s second line in Act 5 of Macbeth	OUT DAMNED SPOT
Island whose largest settlement is St John’s	NEWFOUNDLAND
DEFRAYAL	PAYMENT

IN ANCIENT GREECE, A RELIGIOUS SANCTUARY DEDICATED TO ZEUS

OLYMPIA

SUSTAINED, AS A MUSICAL DIRECTION

TENUTO

DOCUMENT OR OTHER ITEM WHICH IS LEGALLY VOID

NULLITY

Town near Stockport whose railway station is said to have led to the naming of an iconic Agatha Christie character

MARPLE

1947 novel by Compton Mackenzie

WHISKY GALORE

INNER CHAMBER OF A KILN USED TO FIRE POTTERY

MUFFLE