The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2020 09 20

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Tourist centre in the Conwy valley, with the Swallow Falls nearby Betws-y-coed
TV science programme hosted by Patrick Moore for over 50 years THE SKY AT NIGHT
An old name for a fire in a fireplace INGLE
STARBUCKS EMPLOYEE BARISTA
Large deer of arctic North America CARIBOU
Predict what might happen using data already available EXTRAPOLATE
____ Gromyko, Soviet foreign minister from 1957 until 1985 ANDREI
A small tortilla, topped with melted cheese and spices NACHO
A spicy biscuit GINGER SNAP
Large portable cassette recorder or CD player with built-in speakers GHETTO BLASTER
Large chilli pepper, often dried, used in Mexican cuisine ANCHO
Standard monetary unit of Malaysia, divided into 100 sen RINGGIT
Assessing (something’s) possibilities Weighing up
The worldwide airline trade association founded in 1945 IATA
“____ of cricket” is a detailed but humorous description of the game on tea towels and the like The ins and outs
Carbon black is an important ingredient of ____, which is used in drawing and calligraphy INDIAN INK
A kind of nail file EMERY BOARD
This EFL Championship team’s home games are at Carrow Road Norwich City
Hide away; give off juices SECRETE
Golden ____, a popular aquarium fish ORFE
Ornamental shoulder decoration, especially in military uniforms EPAULETTE
____ 10 made the first flyby of Jupiter in 1973 PIONEER
Ogden Nash wrote that “Candy / is dandy / But ____ / is quicker” LIQUOR
1960 Hitchcock horror film starring Anthony Perkins PSYCHO
Composer of the oratorios Saul and Israel in Egypt George Frederick Handel
Range of chalk hills which includes the Dunstable Downs CHILTERNS
A hotel or restaurant wine steward SOMMELIER
Mexican member of the crystal cubism movement for about four years up to 1917, later married to Frida Kahlo DIEGO RIVERA
____ and Ulster, the King of Arms who has jurisdiction over Northern Ireland and England north of the Trent NORROY
The 1859 battle which inspired the foundation of the Red Cross SOLFERINO
____, introduced in 1974, was the original “Irish cream” BAILEYS
Nickname of the German Second World War V-2 flying bombs DOODLEBUGS
German dish of finely shredded and pickled cabbage SAUERKRAUT
French artist who, with Pablo Picasso, created cubism Georges Braque
1960s BBC TV show, hosted by David Frost, which lampooned current news stories That was the Week That Was
A car’s vehicle identification number is stamped on this CHASSIS
Strong thread made of twisted strands of raw silk ORGANZINE
Magical transformation into “something rich and strange”, in a song from The Tempest SEA CHANGE
The Castello Aragonese is connected by causeway to this Bay of Naples island ISCHIA
Strong steel joists or girders shaped like a letter i-beams
Non-vitreous pottery, normally fired below 1,200C EARTHENWARE
Part song such as Frère Jacques or Three Blind Mice ROUND
“Argosy”, as a name for a large merchant ship, comes from this former name for Dubrovnik RAGUSA
The only Welshman to be prime minister of the UK LLOYD GEORGE
Home of the London Borough of Redbridge’s administrative headquarters ILFORD
Blunt in manner BRUSQUE
Llandudno’s limestone hill, served by a tramway built in 1902 GREAT ORME