The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2019 09 08

crossword answers
Clue Answer
The justification for existence Raison d'etre
McCaig’s Tower overlooks this Scottish ferry port OBAN
Ornamental centrepiece for a dining table EPERGNE
The author who created 1A P D JAMES
German telegraph pioneer; unit of electrical conductance SIEMENS
In 2017 Kirsty Allsopp spoke of the decline of this furniture item, calling fewer family meals together a “real loss” DINNER TABLE
A group with exclusive privileges, or perceived as socially distinct CASTE
Film studio and theme park, marketed as the “Entertainment Capital of LA” UNIVERSAL
BRITISH POET BENJAMIN ZEPHANIAH IS A PROMINENT MEMBER OF THIS RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT WITH ITS ROOTS IN JAMAICA RASTAFARIAN
Mother of the Duke of Kent PRINCESS MARINA
The Beatles were pelted with ____ on their 1964 US tour, more painfully than by UK fans with similarly-named sweets JELLY BEANS
Prohibition agent who brought down Al Capone ELIOT NESS
BREED OF DOMESTIC FOWL DEVELOPED IN NEW ENGLAND RHODE ISLAND RED
Dock of the Bay became ____’s first US number one hit the year after his death in a plane crash OTIS REDDING
TYPE OF ONION, WITH CLUSTERS OF BULBS AND A MILD FLAVOUR SHALLOT
A CONSTANT AND INESCAPABLE HANDICAP; A RARITY IN GOLF ALBATROSS
Latin “will-o’-the-wisp”, or a dangerously elusive ideal IGNIS FATUUS
Thin slices of meat, served with vegetables in pitta bread DONER KEBAB
Ramsay Macdonald’s PPS in the 1922 parliament, who later became deputy PM in Churchill’s war cabinet CLEMENT ATTLEE
State capital of Madhya Pradesh and location of the world’s worst industrial disaster, in 1984 BHOPAL
Charles ____, English mathematician whose uncompleted Analytical Engine anticipated the electronic computer BABBAGE
COMPUTING LANGUAGE MAINLY USED TO ENHANCE WEB PAGES JAVASCRIPT
Actor with eight Oscar acting nominations but no win Peter O'Toole
Home whose residents may be golden or bald EYRIE
In Hamlet, Ophelia’s brother LAERTES
STRAIGHT MAN IN A DOUBLE ACT WHOSE FILMS INCLUDE BUCK PRIVATES AND LOST IN A HAREM BUD ABBOTT
The US-based ____ Association is the world’s largest registry of pedigree felines Cat Fanciers
The S of Ronald Reagan’s SDI, also called “Star Wars” STRATEGIC
Radio 4 comic sports presenter created for On the Hour in 1991, and later a presenter on Norwich local radio ALAN PARTRIDGE
Austrian composer whose 1935 violin concerto is dedicated to Manon, daughter of Alma Mahler and Walter Gropius ALBAN BERG
Antiques expert who made his name in Going for a Song ARTHUR NEGUS
Italian bread, often served grilled with a variety of fillings PANINI
Capital city of France’s Grand Est region STRASBOURG
The 1914 legislation which imposed wartime restrictions, including an afternoon break in pub opening hours DORA
TROJAN HERO, SON OF APHRODITE AND ANCHISES AENEAS
Plant with yellow rayed flowers used for salads or wine DANDELION
Matthew Syed book on sporting performance, subtitled “The myth of talent and the power of practice' BOUNCE
Detective who made his debut in Cover Her Face in 1962 ADAM DALGLIESH
The member of the Bee Gees who married Lulu MAURICE GIBB
Residents of Salalah, Seeb or Sohar, for instance OMANIS
Series of novels about a central character or family Roman-fleuve
Daniel Defoe described this London suburb as rapidly growing “from a little country village, to a city” HAMPSTEAD
MEMBERS OF A TROOP OF UP TO 6,000 ROMAN ARMY SOLDIERS LEGIONARIES
What’s up with a fried egg not turned during cooking? SUNNY SIDE
Chihuahua neighbour’s nickname LONE STAR STATE
Its chief passenger ports include Tallinn, Turku, and Rostock BALTIC SEA
____’s 1996 Japanese Grand Prix victory secured his first drivers’ championship win in his last race for Williams DAMON HILL
Jane’s sister in E Nesbit’s Five Children and It ANTHEA