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The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2019 12 08
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From the French for “powdered gold”, an 18th and 19th-century decorative technique used for clocks and similar articles
ORMOLU
Notorious criminal killed with his partner in 1934
CLYDE BARROW
Zodiac sign between Aquarius and Aries
PISCES
Greek name for the Devil in the Book of Revelation
APOLLYON
The fourth and final No 1 single of T. Rex
METAL GURU
FEMALE EX-PUPIL
ALUMNA
The art of growing dwarf trees
BONSAI
BRITISH EXPLORER, THE FIRST PERSON TO VISIT THE NORTH POLE AND SOUTH POLE WITHOUT FLYING
RANULPH FIENNES
Boulevard which runs from the Berlin City Palace to the Brandenburg Gate
UNTER DEN LINDEN
100 cents in Ethiopia
BIRR
Home ground of Atletico Madrid
Wanda Metropolitano
Slogan associated with Vans apparel
OFF THE WALL
Author of the 1975 novel Humboldt’s Gift
SAUL BELLOW
French chef who trained Heston Blumenthal and Marco Pierre White
RAYMOND BLANC
Pedlar of religious works
COLPORTEUR
Actor who played Reg Holdsworth in Coronation Street
Ken Morley
A ten millionth of a joule
ERG
Sixth month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year
ELUL
COCKTAIL MADE WITH VODKA AND ORANGE JUICE
SCREWDRIVER
Stage name of rapper and actor Tracy Marrow
Ice-T
Nickname given to Private Honus Gant in this 1970 film
SOLDIER BLUE
Captain of the victorious West Indies team in the first two cricket world cups
CLIVE LLOYD
Home secretary 2016-2018
AMBER RUDD
ONE EIGHTH OF A DOLLAR, BEFORE US CURRENCY BECAME DECIMAL IN 1794
BIT
The Haut-Rhin and Bas-Rhin departments, a former region of France
ALSACE
CHARLES MARLOW IS THE CENTRAL CHARACTER OF THIS OLIVER GOLDSMITH COMEDY
She Stoops to Conquer
Venice’s market moved to this district in 1097
RIALTO
Photographic lens which corrects coma and spherical aberration
ANASTIGMAT
DIVINE PERSONIFICATION OF STRENGTH IN GREEK MYTH; CENTRAL CHARACTER IN THE GOD OF WAR SERIES OF VIDEO GAMES
KRATOS
Kurt ____ was chief conductor of the Leipzig Gewandhaus orchestra, 1970-96
MASUR
King of Mercia who had an earthen barrier built between England and Wales
OFFA
____ played the title role in the film Lawrence of Arabia
Peter O'Toole
Body of water noted for its tidal range
BAY OF FUNDY
1952 John Steinbeck novel
EAST OF EDEN
A group of armed Zulu warriors
IMPI
Cut of meat from between ribs and rump
LOIN
Rounded square of cardboard, about 95mm across
BEERMAT
A maker of barrels
COOPER
Someone born between April 21 and May 20
TAUREAN
Colloquial name for a country bumpkin
HODGE
A sliding window frame
SASH
Scottish outlaw, subject of an 1817 novel by Walter Scott
ROB ROY
John Denver hit, also recorded by flautist James Galway
Annie's Song
Portuguese runner Fernando ____ held the 10,000m world record for five years from 1984, but won no European or global championship medals
MAMEDE
A living thing represented in decoration
BIOMORPH
“A moral, sensible and well-bred man, / Will not ____ me, and no other can” (William Cowper)
AFFRONT
____ beat Maria Sharapova (2011) and Eugenie Bouchard (2014) to become Wimbledon champion
PETRA KVITOVA
A colourless orange-flavoured liqueur
TRIPLE SEC
River which reaches the sea at Newhaven
OUSE
The capital of New Jersey
TRENTON