The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2020 06 07

crossword answers
Clue Answer
JOINT OF MEAT CONTAINING THE BACKBONE CHINE
GUARANTEED TO SUCCEED NAILED ON
Small case hung from an obi in traditional Japanese dress INRO
A RIB COSTA
Omit (a sound or syllable) in speech ELIDE
Anita ____’s first novel, in 1981, was A Start in Life BROOKNER
Musical instrument invented by Bartolomeo Cristofori, around 1700 PIANO
Southern pacific boat, often with an outrigger and triangular sail PROA
Island just off the Ross of Mull IONA
Twelve famous faces seen on A Question of Sport Picture Board
Welsh comedian Max Boyce’s catchphrase I Was There
This type of decoration may be champlevé or cloisonné ENAMELLING
Traditional name for a work of embroidery supposedly commissioned by Bishop Odo in the 1070s BAYEUX TAPESTRY
Type of board used with a planchette OUIJA
Staying calm in a difficult situation NOT TURNING A HAIR
Very small, especially as a description of a person pint-size
Short-lived British abstract style of modern art, named by Ezra Pound who contributed to its 1914 manifesto VORTICISM
The only presenter of Channel 4’s Grand Designs series Kevin McCloud
TV talent show first shown in 2004 THE X FACTOR
Fictional astronaut created by David Bowie MAJOR TOM
Finely minced pork mixed with cereal, often sold in tins LUNCHEON MEAT
Fee for sitting at a restaurant table COVER CHARGE
English translation of “ceteris paribus” other things being equal
Dried fruits and nuts eaten as snack food by hikers TRAIL MIX
Description of all petrol sold in Britain since January 1, 2000 lead-free
Contemporary folk singer who recorded her first album in 1960 and her most recent in 2018 JOAN BAEZ
Chablis is made from this grape variety CHARDONNAY
Colleague of James Ivory as a film producer and director Ismail Merchant
Musical performance by a soloist or small group RECITAL
Jerome ____ wrote songs including Ol’ Man River and Smoke Gets in Your Eyes KERN
Informally, the raiser of more than £32 million for NHS Charities Together captain Tom
AN ALTERNATIVE NAME FOR THE HOLOCENE EPOCH IN GEOLOGY RECENT
'I saw the hideous phantasm of a man […], stir with an ____, half vital motion' (Mary Shelley in Frankenstein) UNEASY
Informally, the Palazzo Santa Sofia on Venice’s Grand Canal Ca d'Oro
Last word in a telegramese sentence STOP
Latin for “purchaser”, used in a proverbial phrase EMPTOR
A member of the zoological family Giraffidae OKAPI
200m bronze medallist at the 1968 Olympics, noted for a medal ceremony Black Power salute with Tommie Smith JOHN CARLOS
____ banknotes and coins were first used on January 1, 2002 EURO
____ was the Cadbury’s rival of the Mars bar, 1967-78 AZTEC
____ came to fame as the awkward West Midlander Barry Taylor in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet TIMOTHY SPALL
____ Investigates was a 1990s BBC crime drama series starring Patricia Routledge HETTY WAINTHROPP
Canadian winner of three world darts championships, who commentated on others for the BBC, 1995-2007 JOHN PART
Britain’s best-known ____ is kept at Hereford Cathedral MAPPA MUNDI
Army officer who led the 1953 British Mount Everest expedition JOHN HUNT
A senior priest PRELATE
____ coached 1964 Olympic long jump champion Lynn Davies, and later presented the TV show We Are the Champions RON PICKERING
A general feeling of pessimism GLOOM AND DOOM
A gesture of triumph with a clenched fist air punch
A plant considered harmful, often controlled by regulations noxious weed