The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2019 12 15

crossword answers
Clue Answer
When first elected in 1989, William ____ was the youngest Conservative MP HAGUE
The foundling of a novel by Henry Fielding TOM JONES
Southernmost of England’s six metropolitan counties WEST MIDLANDS
English traveller who gained fame after listing his “life for sale” on eBay in 2008 IAN USHER
Leg condition that may be treated with sclerotherapy VARICOSE VEINS
Stage name of comedian Robert Davis JASPER CARROTT
Game rewarding speed of recognition and reaction SNAP
The majority of the last nine bars in Sibelius’s fifth symphony SILENCE
Dutch coach of Nigeria’s victorious 1996 Olympic football team jo bonfrere
Wheels or floats on aeroplanes LANDING GEAR
A NEW CHANNEL MADE FOR A RIVER OR CANAL CUT
Former Dutch coin, now anything of minimal value STIVER
Porsche, Daimler AG, and Mercedes-Benz are headquartered in this city STUTTGART
The muse of song and dance TERPSICHORE
GAS WHICH MINERS CALL FIREDAMP METHANE
Golfer whose official website is shark.com GREG NORMAN
A scruffy child RAGAMUFFIN
Anatomical dividing wall, such as the one separating nostrils SEPTUM
Tennis player who said, in 1984, “I’ll let the racquet do the talking” JOHN MCENROE
Eutrema japonicum, or the green condiment made from it WASABI
A variety of pelota JAI ALAI
Jim ____ was a pioneer of country music’s Nashville Sound REEVES
EPONYMOUS VILLAIN OF A SERIES OF SCIENCE FICTION FANTASY BOOKS BY EOIN COLFER ARTEMIS FOWL
What the French call son et lumière SOUND AND LIGHT SHOW
First part of a trilogy, followed by Purgatory and Paradise INFERNO
Meat from a pig’s thigh HAM
THAT PUSHED WHEN ONE EXCEEDS NORMAL LIMITS ENVELOPE
Lover and eventual husband of Rosalind in As You Like It ORLANDO
One of three membranes covering the brain and spinal cord MENINX
PLAYER OF THE MATCH IN THE 2019 RUGBY WORLD CUP FINAL Duane Vermeulen
Footballer who scored 185 goals for Arsenal, 1991-98 Ian Wright
____ Gryffindor is a Harry Potter character GODRIC
CHALLENGE ON BLACK AND WHITE SQUARES IN MANY NEWSPAPERS CHESS PROBLEM
WHOOPI GOLDBERG, AUDREY HEPBURN AND DEBORAH KERR HAVE ALL PLAYED ___S IN FILMS NUN
Chaos, named after a mental hospital in London BEDLAM
Abalone, also called sea-ear, of the Channel Islands ORMER
PORT IN KENT WHERE PERKIN WARBECK TRIED TO LAND IN 1495 DEAL
Codename of the Playstation 4 Pro gaming console NEO
One of six districts in an Italian city, such as Venice SESTIERE
Pigment used by painters since Roman times green earth
A sawhorse has a beam joining two ____s A-frame
Common name for Pterolidae, ground-dwelling birds related to pigeons, mostly found in arid areas SANDGROUSE
____ SUCCEEDED ROMULUS AS A LEGENDARY KING OF ROME NUMA POMPILIUS
London’s ____ Bridge is also called Victoria Railway Bridge GROSVENOR
1929 Thomas Wolfe novel subtitled A Story of the Buried Life Look Homeward Angel
EXCESSIVELY ABUNDANT PLETHORIC
Actor whose roles included maintenance man Mr Harman in Are You Being Served? Arthur English
French duo who had a hit with D.I.S.C.O. in 1980 OTTAWAN
Star Trek commander played by Marina Sirtis Deanna Troi
1942 war film for which Noel Coward wrote the screenplay and music, as well as playing a starring role and jointly directing with David Lean In Which We Serve