The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2020 07 19

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Mathematical education equipment in which 1 is represented by a white cube cuisenaire rods
Foretell the future with a crystal ball or similar object SCRY
“Kensington ____” is an informal term for stage blood GORE
Johnny ____ of Fulham was Britain’s first footballer to earn £100 a week, after the 1961 abolition of the £20 maximum wage HAYNES
Capital city of North Carolina RALEIGH
Flowering soon IN BUD
Cancel out or invalidate NULLIFY
Pudding often involving dunked strawberries Chocolate fondue
A LONG THIN CIGAR PANATELLA
The ____s that produce pearls are in a different family from the edible ones OYSTER
Siberian city where Decembrists were exiled IRKUTSK
Norwegian Wood was the first pop song to use this instrument SITAR
French cigarette brand with a gypsy dancer on the packets GITANES
Accommodation for animals at docks or markets LAIRAGE
Someone using a noosed rope to catch horses or cattle LASSOER
Structure abutting the walls of a larger building lean-to
Beef cut containing parts of shoulder bones CHUCK STEAK
Grade I listed structure on the eastern approach to Bristol Temple Meads station Avon bridge
The US equivalent of bogof TWOFER
&23A: “The biggest word you ever heard and this is how it goes: Oh, ____” (Mary Poppins — 1964 film) SUPERCALIFRAGILISTIC
Of a ship, to almost stop while facing the wind LIE TO
WORKED OUT BY REASONING DEDUCED
“That was The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov, ____ for radio by putting it onto a piece of wood and banging a few nails through it” (Gumby Theatre, Monty Python) ADAPTED
A dazed state STUPOR
In the 19th century, most of the world’s supply of this element came from Sicily SULPHUR
1966 film in which a miniaturised submarine is injected into a scientist’s body to remove a blood clot FANTASTIC VOYAGE
A SPENDTHRIFT WASTREL
SEE 1A expialidocious
Change from first to second gear, for instance UPSHIFT
Former Pravda editor Nikolai ____ was executed in 1938, after a show trial BUKHARIN
Accommodation such as the Queen Mary in Long Beach BOATEL
The Simpsons first appeared on US television as part of The Tracey ____ Show ULLMAN
This former companion of Abraham fled from the city of Sodom LOT
____ starred in the title role of Tom Jones, the 1964 best picture Oscar winner ALBERT FINNEY
Captain Frederick ____ wrote Mr Midshipman Easy MARRYAT
SO FAR AS YET
The best-known song from the musical No, No, Nanette TEA FOR TWO
International agreement protecting endangered plants and animals, opened for signature in 1973 CITES
By population, Australia’s fifth-largest city ADELAIDE
Luther ____ played for Watford FC and AC Milan BLISSETT
What a satnav helps you to do, as some of them say REACH YOUR DESTINATION
Fashion designer best known for tennis dresses teddy Tinling
Forename of women’s suffrage campaigner Mrs Pankhurst EMMELINE
A rule issued by a US president, having the force of law EXECUTIVE ORDER
Constellation including the stars Rigel and Betelgeuse ORION
“Our nada ____ in nada, nada be thy name” (Ernest Hemingway) WHO ART
Plant cultivation using mineral nutrients in water HYDROPONICS
Fictional work mainly about personality rather than plot CHARACTER STUDY
The ____ of Sauron is his main image in The Lord of the Rings EYE