The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2019 07 14

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