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The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2019 07 07
The Times Specialist
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Answer
Hindi term for a long stick used as a weapon
LATHI
SMELLY
ODORIFEROUS
FRENCH WINNER OF THE 30A IN 1983 AND 1984
laurent Fignon
Cattle herded together for a journey
DROVE
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
The roller of a typewriter
PLATEN
Thalictrum flavum is the “common” version of this ranunculaceous plant with clusters of small flowers
MEADOW RUE
Attire for the most special occasions
formal clothes
Jeremy ____ was Channel 4’s first chief executive, and later the Royal Opera House’s general director
ISAACS
SAINT ____ IS TRADITIONALLY REGARDED AS THE FOUNDER OF GLASGOW
MUNGO
China’s currency since 1948
RENMINBI
“Against the watch” — a French name for a time trial
CONTRE LA MONTRE
2002 animated film featuring a sloth called Sid and a mammoth called Manny
ICE AGE
Another name for the meat product kielbasa
POLISH SAUSAGE
THE USE OF ____S BY THE POLICE IS CONTROLLED BY THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT PASSED IN 2000
NOTEBOOK
Capital city of China’s Hubei province
WUHAN
John ____ illustrated Lewis Carroll’s Alice books
TENNIEL
Doris Day’s first film role was in Romance ____, about a cruise to Rio
ON THE HIGH SEAS
Event first held in 1903 to boost the sales of a sporting newspaper
TOUR DE FRANCE
Anthropomorphic bovine seen on a TV game show, 1981-95
BULLY
A primate formerly called “pygmy chimpanzee”
BONOBO
French painter Antoine ____ transformed the baroque style to the more naturalistic rococo
WATTEAU
INFORMALLY, A PARTY CURRENTLY ELECTING A NEW LEADER
LIB DEMS
To ____ something is to do it enthusiastically
go to town on
HOWARD ____ COMPOSED MUSIC FOR TV PROGRAMMES INCLUDING RED DWARF AND THE VICAR OF DIBLEY
GOODALL
FAIRGROUND THROWING GAME
HOOPLA
Wavered between possible choices
OSCILLATED
An ironical description of decision-making
in one's wisdom
An English version of the “pois rouges” on the jersey of the 30A’s leading climber
POLKA DOTS
____ won the 30A for the fifth time in 1985
bernard Hinault
You cannot use this plant to make textiles
BOG COTTON
Egyptian hydrological project
ASWAN DAM
MATTER THROWN OUT, ESPECIALLY BY VOLCANOES
EJECTA
Another name for a lapwing
PEEWIT
A “penny bun” or similar mushroom
BOLETE
Comedy film starring Paul Newman as a rogue whose long-neglected son returns for Thanksgiving
Nobody's Fool
See 7A
eight seconds
____ Fame’s first No 1 hit was Yeh, Yeh in 1964
GEORGIE
Neutral, in relation to government
APOLITICAL
Magnetic field measurement unit in the CGS system
OERSTED
A CELL WITH AN AXON AND DENDRITES
NEURONE
French transport vehicle, or a group riding together to beat the elimination time for a 30A mountain stage
AUTOBUS
In 1949, Fausto ___ was the first person to win the 30A and Giro d’Italia in the same year
COPPI
“He is very foolish who aims at ____ all the world and his father” (Jean de la Fontaine)
SATISFYING
Musical instrument once sold as the Clarke London Flageolet
TIN WHISTLE
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
____ won the 1989 30A, beating 6D by 16A after a final 5D
GREG LEMOND