The Times Specialist 2019 07 07 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
Magnetic field measurement unit in the CGS system	OERSTED
SUPPOSEDLY A SPIRIT, OFTEN IN ANIMAL FORM, ASSISTING A WITCH	FAMILIAR
Ironic alternative to “Purity of Essence” as the explanation for the POE recall code identified by Captain Mandrake in Doctor Strangelove	PEACE ON EARTH
Eventual winner Octave Lapize’s description of the 30A’s organisers as murderers, shouted at them as he led its first ascent of the Col d’Aubisque in 1910	ASSASSINS
Doris Day’s first film role was in Romance ____, about a cruise to Rio	ON THE HIGH SEAS
2002 animated film featuring a sloth called Sid and a mammoth called Manny	ICE AGE
Egyptian hydrological project	ASWAN DAM
Event first held in 1903 to boost the sales of a sporting newspaper	TOUR DE FRANCE
French transport vehicle, or a group riding together to beat the elimination time for a 30A mountain stage	AUTOBUS
Hindi term for a long stick used as a weapon	LATHI
China’s currency since 1948	RENMINBI
Comedy film starring Paul Newman as a rogue whose long-neglected son returns for Thanksgiving	Nobody's Fool
HOWARD ____ COMPOSED MUSIC FOR TV PROGRAMMES INCLUDING RED DWARF AND THE VICAR OF DIBLEY	GOODALL
SAINT ____ IS TRADITIONALLY REGARDED AS THE FOUNDER OF GLASGOW	MUNGO
INFORMALLY, A PARTY CURRENTLY ELECTING A NEW LEADER	LIB DEMS
MATTER THROWN OUT, ESPECIALLY BY VOLCANOES	EJECTA
FRENCH WINNER OF THE 30A IN 1983 AND 1984	laurent Fignon
See 7A	eight seconds
Thalictrum flavum is the “common” version of this ranunculaceous plant with clusters of small flowers	MEADOW RUE
To ____ something is to do it enthusiastically	go to town on
French painter Antoine ____ transformed the baroque style to the more naturalistic rococo	WATTEAU
THE USE OF ____S BY THE POLICE IS CONTROLLED BY THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT PASSED IN 2000	NOTEBOOK
The roller of a typewriter	PLATEN
A CELL WITH AN AXON AND DENDRITES	NEURONE
Attire for the most special occasions	formal clothes
Musical instrument once sold as the Clarke London Flageolet	TIN WHISTLE
FAIRGROUND THROWING GAME	HOOPLA
Neutral, in relation to government	APOLITICAL
John ____ illustrated Lewis Carroll’s Alice books	TENNIEL
Wavered between possible choices	OSCILLATED
You cannot use this plant to make textiles	BOG COTTON
In 1949, Fausto ___ was the first person to win the 30A and Giro d’Italia in the same year	COPPI
Jeremy ____ was Channel 4’s first chief executive, and later the Royal Opera House’s general director	ISAACS
____ Fame’s first No 1 hit was Yeh, Yeh in 1964	GEORGIE
Another name for the meat product kielbasa	POLISH SAUSAGE
Anthropomorphic bovine seen on a TV game show, 1981-95	BULLY
An English version of the “pois rouges” on the jersey of the 30A’s leading climber	POLKA DOTS
____ won the 1989 30A, beating 6D by 16A after a final 5D	GREG LEMOND
____ won the 30A for the fifth time in 1985	bernard Hinault
“Against the watch” — a French name for a time trial	CONTRE LA MONTRE
A “penny bun” or similar mushroom	BOLETE
Another name for a lapwing	PEEWIT
Capital city of China’s Hubei province	WUHAN
Cattle herded together for a journey	DROVE
An ironical description of decision-making	in one's wisdom
SMELLY	ODORIFEROUS
A primate formerly called “pygmy chimpanzee”	BONOBO
“He is very foolish who aims at ____ all the world and his father” (Jean de la Fontaine)	SATISFYING