The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2019 07 14

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Any element of the lanthanide series RARE EARTH
A POWERFUL EMBRACE, POSSIBLY AS A WRESTLING HOLD BEAR HUG
River which rises in North Yorkshire and flows through Clitheroe and Preston to the Irish Sea RIBBLE
GERMAN MEASLES RUBELLA
Title of Allen Bathurst, Conservative MP for Southampton 1922-29 LORD APSLEY
Nocturnal carnivore noted for its “laugh” HYENA
NUT FROM A TREE OF THE SAME GENUS AS CASHEW PISTACHIO
A LEGAL CONTRADICTION ANTINOMY
In a press release on June 7, the Financial Conduct Authority announced reforms to “fix a dysfunctional ____ market” OVERDRAFT
“A lot of people are afraid of heights; not me, I’m afraid of ____s” (Steven Wright) WIDTH
Region considered to include parts of six Balkan countries MACEDONIA
COMEDIAN SEEN ON MOCK THE WEEK FROM SERIES 3 TO 14 ANDY PARSONS
Women’s Olympic track and field event last held in 1980 PENTATHLON
1952 children’s novel by EB White, featuring a pig called Wilbur Charlotte's Web
Chemical compound first synthesised by Faraday in 1834 ETHANE
Agreement from which Albania withdrew in 1968, after the invasion of Czechoslovakia WARSAW PACT
The Oxford martyrs were Nicholas Ridley, Thomas Cranmer and ____ Hugh Latimer
In the ____; eventually LONG RUN
County town once called Colonia Glevum Nervensis GLOUCESTER
FOUNDER OF THE FIRST PERSIAN EMPIRE CYRUS THE GREAT
“History begins in novel and ends in ____” (Thomas Macaulay) ESSAY
Actress widely regarded as the first “Bond girl” Ursula Andress
The stopping of legal action by a judge, or voluntary withdrawal by the plaintiff NONSUIT
Tennis competition between UK and American women, last held in 1989 Wightman Cup
American band who had UK hits including Bring Me to Life and My Immortal EVANESCENCE
TO ENRICH WITH AN ABILITY OR QUALITY ENDOW
Chancellor of Germany 1982-98 HELMUT KOHL
AMERICAN ACTRESS BORN VIRGINIA MCMATH GINGER ROGERS
IMAGINARY SOURCE OF FEAR BUGABOO
The last completed novel of George Eliot DANIEL DERONDA
Name for a place of worship, from Greek for “assembly” SYNAGOGUE
British athlete who won 400m hurdles gold at the 1992 Olympics Sally Gunnell
The ____ Massacre took place in Manchester in 1819 PETERLOO
2010 David Greig play based on events after the defeat of Macbeth DUNSINANE
GREEK PLAYWRIGHT, A GENERAL IN THE 440BC SIEGE OF SAMOS SOPHOCLES
An open horse-drawn carriage, named after a disastrous charioteer of Greek myth PHAETON
The snow leopard, a name formerly used for other members of the cat family OUNCE
Liberian president who resigned in 2003 CHARLES TAYLOR
A passage of Latin-based text used to demonstrate layout appearance Lorem Ipsum
The author of Frankenstein MARY SHELLEY
HM Prison Manchester STRANGEWAYS
IN THE ARCHERS, THE ACCENT OF RUTH ARCHER GEORDIE
First two words of the song Chattanooga Choo Choo PARDON ME
____ DIRTBAG, A 2000 SINGLE BY WHEATUS TEENAGE
Novel which opens with “A squat grey building of only thirty-four storeys” BRAVE NEW WORLD
City of Morocco which was an English colony, 1661-84 (alternative spelling) TANGIERS
SKILLS REQUIRED FOR WILDERNESS SURVIVAL BUSHCRAFT
IN HAWAII, A ROOFED PATIO OFTEN USED AS A LIVING ROOM LANAI