The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2020 04 19

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Where, according to British culture, it’s “grim” UP NORTH
Footless representation of a bird in heraldry MARTLET
Argentinian football club based at Estadio Antonio Vespucio Liberti RIVER PLATE
URTICARIA, OR HIVES, IS OFTEN CALLED ____ RASH NETTLE
ONE WHOSE NATIVE TONGUE MAY BE WENDISH, CZECH, SERBIAN ETC SLAV
George Orwell novel originally subtitled A Fairy Story ANIMAL FARM
1957 novel by Christopher Landon, later a film starring John Mills and Sylvia Syms ICE COLD IN ALEX
Former naval term for bread rather than ship’s biscuit soft tack
To get out of bed or make an appearance SHOW A LEG
Actress whose roles include Saffron Monsoon in Absolutely Fabulous Julia Sawalha
EGYPTIAN CITY ON THE SUEZ CANAL, FOUNDED BY THE RULING KHEDIVE IN 1863 AND NAMED AFTER HIM ISMAILIA
Celebrity hair stylist awarded an OBE in 2008 Nicky Clarke
Mountain range running the length of the Italian peninsula APENNINES
Electronic instrument played without touching it THEREMIN
German director of films including Wings of Desire and Paris, Texas WIM WENDERS
Heaviest noble gas, produced by the decay of uranium-238 RADON
THE CANONICAL HOUR BETWEEN TERCE AND NONES SEXT
1980 single by Dire Straits; 1987 album and single by Bruce Springsteen TUNNEL OF LOVE
IN ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, AN ____ GROUP IS A VINYL GROUP ATTACHED TO A METHYLENE BRIDGE, AND IS NAMED AFTER THE LATIN FOR GARLIC ALLYL
Current captain of the England women’s cricket team Heather Knight
African country named after a lake CHAD
The smallest country of Central America EL SALVADOR
FIRST NAME OF THE FEMME FATALE OF A 1988 COMEDY FILM STARRING JOHN CLEESE WANDA
PERTAINING TO THE ANCIENT PERSIAN GOD OF LIGHT, IDENTIFIED WITH THE SUN MITHRAIC
“The spiritualisation of ____ is called love” (Nietzsche) SENSUALITY
Opera which begins and ends in a garret LA BOHEME
Albrecht ____, German artist noted for his woodcut prints DURER
TURKISH EQUIVALENT OF MR BEY
Chinese fruit with a soft but inedible covering (shortest of various spellings) LICHI
Driver of the Compact Pussycat in the Wacky Races cartoons PENELOPE PITSTOP
Old-fashioned name for both Irish and Scottish Gaelic ERSE
Fee paid to secure someone’s services RETAINER
____ won 21 grand slam titles with Martina Navratilova PAM SHRIVER
IN CRICKET, A SHORT-PITCHED BALL, TYPICALLY EASY TO HIT LONG HOP
Raymond Burr played Erle Stanley Gardner’s ____ on TV PERRY MASON
ACTOR WHO PLAYED ANTONY ROYLE IN THE ROYLE FAMILY Ralf Little
A company with a ____ website may well say that it offers a better browsing experience REVAMPED
ONE WHO USES FLATTERY TO PERSUADE WHEEDLER
ANY COMPUTER GAME WHICH SEEKS TO REPLICATE THE REAL WORLD SIM
Murder on the Dancefloor was a big hit single for ____ Sophie Ellis-Bextor
In Greek myth, a female Bacchanalian MAENAD
Old word for a huntsman; star destroyer class in Star Wars VENATOR
“Men ____ while they teach” (Seneca the Younger) LEARN
Breakfast in America was ____’s bestselling album SUPERTRAMP
Popular name for the park including the venue of the US Open tennis championships FLUSHING MEADOWS
Blackpool’s largest free indoor family attraction CORAL ISLAND
Small variety of cos lettuce LITTLE GEM
INHABITANTS OF AN ANCIENT GREEK CITY CENTRAL TO BRONZE AGE CULTURE mycenaeans
Portuguese former goalkeeper, manager of Wolverhampton Wanderers since 2017 NUNO ESPIRITO SANTO
NINCOMPOOPS HALFWITS