The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2020 11 29

crossword answers
Clue Answer
The ubiquitous garden pest, historically Helix aspersa but now Cornu aspersum brown snail
The ____ was a BBC radio sitcom aboard HMS Troutbridge Navy Lark
Informal name for rabies, from its best-known symptom HYDROPHOBIA
Danish explorer after whom a strait, island, sea, glacier and land bridge are named Vitus Bering
Canadian stand-up comedian noted for his one-liners Stewart Francis
“Stupendous, miraculous, ____ / A child to stagger and flabbergast” (Ogden Nash) UNSURPASSED
1960s and 1970s rock band, fronted by Jim Morrison THE DOORS
1963 comedy film based on a stage musical by Marguerite Monnot and Alexandre Breffort IRMA LA DOUCE
1973 album by Jackson Heights Bump 'n' Grind
A collective noun for whales GAM
The sort of call which warns of potential difficulty wake-up
The pet dog of Charlie Brown SNOOPY
Main presenter of BBC News at Ten Huw Edwards
Japan’s last shogunate, ending in 1867 TOKUGAWA
“And of course, I always admired a man who wears ____” (David Bowie, of Freddie Mercury) TIGHTS
Wife and comedy partner of George Burns GRACIE ALLEN
Traditional accompaniment to fish and chips MUSHY PEAS
Plant which has been produced by selective breeding CULTIVAR
Potassium nitrate, often used as a preservative SALTPETRE
Prefix denoting “all” OMNI
The capital of Armenia YEREVAN
Character in Tom Brown’s School Days, basis for a series of novels by GM Fraser FLASHMAN
An error requiring attention, especially in a printed book CORRIGENDUM
More perilous RISKIER