The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2021 03 21

crossword answers
Clue Answer
EXTREMELY STUPID pea-brained
VERBATIM WORD FOR WORD
Italian designer Nina ____ founded her fashion house in Paris in 1932 RICCI
1637 pastoral elegy by John Milton LYCIDAS
1979 film adaptation of a Thomas Hardy novel TESS
Narrator of a cycle of epic poems by James Macpherson OSSIAN
Presentation equipment made largely obsolete by Powerpoint and similar software ohp
2008 film starring Dev Patel as Jamal Malik SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Soviet Russia’s first secret police organisation, active from 1917 to 1922 CHEKA
Somewhere between largo and presto mid-tempo
Shorter of two names for a bloody mary ingredient WORCESTER SAUCE
A car used in short races DRAGSTER
An oxymoron CONTRADICTION IN TERMS
As a band or orchestra, ready to play TUNED UP
Christian ____ created fashion’s New Look in 1947 DIOR
How winners of crossword prizes are usually selected AT RANDOM
Ireland, in classical Latin HIBERNIA
“Sweep on, you fat and greasy ____” (As You Like It) CITIZENS
Motorcycle manufacturer based at Donington Park NORTON
Resinous substance often used to make varnishes LAC
Select to fill a significant role, especially in a religious context ANOINT
Secret agent assisted by Penfold in an ITV cartoon series DANGER MOUSE