The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2020 04 12

crossword answers
Clue Answer
MACHINE USED TO MAKE THE MALE PART OF A COMMON WOOD JOINT TENONER
BARREN non-fertile
A duty or responsibility ONUS
Part of a cereal plant which stores seeds EAR
ONE WITH A REPUTATION FOR BEING UNSCRUPULOUS A BAD LOT
1973 Jackson 5 album, the first to feature all five brothers on lead vocals GET IT TOGETHER
The postal service, as opposed to electronic communication SNAIL MAIL
J Robert ____ was the first director of the Los Alamos Laboratory where atomic bombs were developed OPPENHEIMER
British rower, current coxless pairs Olympic champion with partner Helen Glower HEATHER STANNING
Irish jockey who won the Grand National on Papillon and Hedgehunter RUBY WALSH
The title of a newspaper or magazine as it appears in print MASTHEAD
In jousting, a lance charge against an opponent TILT
North American lager with fractional freezing in its production process ICE BEER
1932 FILM WHICH WON AN OSCAR FOR BEST FILM, ITS ONLY NOMINATION GRAND HOTEL
“American literature has always been ____” (Salman Rushdie) IMMIGRANT
1991 ALBUM BY CHRIS REA AUBERGE
Lack of care or wisdom IMPRUDENCE
Phrase reflecting UK pop culture of the 1990s COOL BRITANNIA
BRITISH EQUESTRIAN WHO WON THE BADMINTON HORSE TRIALS A RECORD SIX TIMES LUCINDA GREEN
According to a supplier’s website, ____ bring the magic of the stage even closer to you OPERA GLASSES
The capital of Madeira FUNCHAL
DEVICE WHICH PRODUCES PINHOLE IMAGES CAMERA OBSCURA
A SIGNIFICANT SUM IS NOTHING TO ____ SNIFF AT
Forty Years On (1968) was the first play by ____ ALAN BENNETT
Stand-up comedian whose autobiography Straight Outta Crawley was published in 2018 ROMESH RANGANATHAN
Michael ____ won the Formula One World Championship seven times SCHUMACHER
Colourless orange-flavoured liqueur, produced in France COINTREAU
The lowest social stratum in a community UNDERCLASS
If your usual cook has gone out for the evening, you might ____ a takeaway pizza PUT IN AN ORDER FOR
A large oven tray DRIPPING PAN
Item of ballet attire named after a French childish word for “bottom” TUTU
Baked in a pastry wrapping EN CROUTE
Circuit at which Nigel Mansell had his first Formula One Grand Prix win BRANDS HATCH
An expression of incredulity AS IF
Bird to which adjective “corvine” applies CROW
If you ____ in a role, it may not have been part of a plan END UP
The first line of Moby-Dick CALL ME ISHMAEL
A WIND OF FORCE 12 ON THE ORIGINAL BEAUFORT SCALE HURRICANE
Actor who played Starsky in Starsky & Hutch PAUL MICHAEL GLASER
“It follows […] that the best men must ____ with the best women in as many cases as possible and the worst with the worst in the fewest.” (Plato) COHABIT
“On some ____ esteem is based” (Moliere) PREFERENCE
This film inspired the TV series Dixon of Dock Green THE BLUE LAMP
Host of Mock the Week since 2005 DARA O BRIAIN
IMAGE FILENAME EXTENSION FIRST USED IN 1986 TIF
After Izmir, the second-largest Turkish city on the Mediterranean coast ANTALYA
OPENED THE MOUTH WIDE GAPED
Character played by Antonio Fargas in Starsky & Hutch HUGGY BEAR
STAR WARS CHARACTER ORIGINALLY VOICED BY FRANK OZ YODA