The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2020 12 20

crossword answers
Clue Answer
England’s main wicketkeeper in Test matches, 2007-14 Matt Prior
Mineral also called saltpetre NITRE
Crusader stronghold, captured by Mamluk forces in 1291 ACRE
In music, relatively long grace notes appoggiaturas
Forest tree fruits fed to pigs MAST
Name for a run-down area, derived from a log-hauling track SKID ROW
Special ____ help vulnerable or intimidated witnesses to give evidence MEASURES
American name for a winter festival comestible CANDY APPLE
The top left key on many keyboards ESC
Actor who played Steve Biko in Cry Freedom DENZEL WASHINGTON
Image source for websites Photo feed
In music, “very”, and an alternative spelling of a berry noted for its nutritional properties ASSAI
“In Xanadu did Kubla Khan / A stately ____ decree” (Coleridge) pleasure-dome
Hawaiian for “mountain”, used in volcano names MAUNA
1993 comedy film about Jamaican Olympic bobsleighing COOL RUNNINGS
Digital pens STYLI
A Deutscher Wachtelhund is also called a German ____ SPANIEL
Lacquer derived from a species of sumac Japan varnish
Lychnis flos-cuculi, a campion named for its divided petals RAGGED ROBIN