The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2020 06 14

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Random number generator used (in five versions) since 1957 ERNIE
Often in brackets, a Latin word indicating text reproduced despite apparent errors SIC
Vehicle component which charges the battery while the engine is running ALTERNATOR
Article sold below cost price to attract custom loss-leader
The ox-eye daisy MARGUERITE
A benign fatty tumour LIPOMA
American fashion designer noted for her contribution to the development of blue jeans GLORIA VANDERBILT
Prime minister of Norway three times, 1981-1996 Gro Harlem Brundtland
That which, in the USA, is usually called a popsicle ICE LOLLY
Trade name for methylphenidate, a drug used to treat ADHD and narcolepsy RITALIN
Window material strengthened with metal mesh wire glass
Soap opera which spawned the spin-off Albion Market CORONATION STREET
Finland’s pre-euro currency MARKKA
____ has played Alan Turing and Stephen Hawking in films BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH
Medieval instruments, similar to modern timpani NAKERS
Dartmoor’s second-highest point Yes Tor
A famous pop group; the rhyme scheme used twice to begin a Petrarchan sonnet ABBA
Portuguese footballer who managed Hull City, Watford, and Everton Marco Silva
Meaning of “veni” in words attributed to Julius Caesar I CAME
SALAD OF CRACKED WHEAT AND CHOPPED INGREDIENTS SUCH AS TOMATOES, ONIONS AND PARSLEY, OFTEN IN A MEZZE SELECTION TABBOULEH
DH Lawrence’s second novel with the Brangwen sisters WOMEN IN LOVE
Marlene’s husband in Only Fools and Horses BOYCIE
INFORMALLY, A PHRASE OR SHORT SOLO IN POPULAR MUSIC LICK
City attacked with chemical weapons in the Iran-Iraq war HALABJA
FIRST NAME OF THREE WIVES OF MEDIEVAL ENGLISH KINGS ELEANOR
Plant of the same genus as love-lies-bleeding AMARANTH
Painting style, of which Vermeer was a famous exponent Delft School
EGG-SHAPED OVIFORM
Seaside resort sometimes called the “Queen of the Welsh Watering Places” LLANDUDNO
In a typical state with three branches, one has ____ powers LEGISLATIVE
A Walk in the ____ was Horst Jankowski’s biggest hit BLACK FOREST
ANY BOOK REGARDED AS AUTHORITATIVE ON ITS SUBJECT BIBLE
City in Saxony-Anhalt, served by the same airport as Leipzig HALLE
In Greek myth, the mortal woman who became the wife of Eros PSYCHE
BBC sitcom first shown in 2006, starring Jack Dee as an unsuccessful comedian LEAD BALLOON
Sailor’s dish of stewed meat, vegetables and ship’s biscuit LOBSCOUSE
The medieval scholar Roger ____ is often described as Britain’s first scientist BACON
“You can’t ____ a man who has no food” (Bob Marley) ENTERTAIN
Relating to operations by, for example, a web host rather than client server-side
London area where founder members of the Who grew up ACTON
“The martyrs go hand in hand into the arena; they are ____ alone” (Aldous Huxley, in The Doors of Perception) CRUCIFIED
Central character of two film sequels to the Rocky series ADONIS CREED
LACKING TEETH EDENTATE
A riverside scavenger of Victorian times MUDLARK
Dominant grape variety in most red Chateauneuf-du-Pape GRENACHE
Sitcom, starring Gregor Fisher, based on a recurring character in the Naked Video sketch show RAB C NESBITT
American poet’s name, typically printed in lower case E E CUMMINGS
Name for a cockerel, derived from one featured in the Reynard the Fox fables CHANTICLEER
Born after (specifically) no more than 37 weeks of pregnancy PRETERM
Wine region of central Portugal DAO