The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2020 06 07

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