The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2021 05 16

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Elvis Presley’s first No 1 hit HEARTBREAK HOTEL
Catch-all name given to Theodore Roosevelt’s 1901-09 domestic programme SQUARE DEAL
“The letter, perhaps, began in bitterness, but it did not end so. The ____ is charity itself.” (Darcy in Pride and Prejudice) ADIEU
County symbolised by a rampant white horse KENT
Scottish hunting or fishing assistant GHILLIE
Singer who, in a 2020 Youtube post, adapted his own lyrics to: “Hands, washing hands, reaching out, don’t touch me, I won’t touch you” NEIL DIAMOND
Escaping danger in a cunning way ELUDING
Ken Kesey’s 1960s “____ tests” were counter-culture social events ACID
Natural or spontaneous UNTAUGHT
Pigment containing ferric oxide iron red
Prefix meaning “correct”, eg in a word related to dentistry ORTHO
1927 novel featuring Harry Haller STEPPENWOLF
A ___ stalk often garnishes a bloody mary CELERY
Bam Margera and Johnny Knoxville, for example JACKASSES
“I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just ____.” (George Best) SQUANDERED
The human body’s largest bone which is embedded inside a tendon or muscle PATELLA