The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2020 04 12

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