The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2021 10 10

crossword answers
Clue Answer
The only tennis player ever to win two calendar year singles grand slams Rod Laver
Title bestowed on Princess Margaret’s husband in 1961 Earl of Snowdon
Wooden souvenir, “matryoshka” in its country of origin Russian doll
Names like Magnusson, Fernandez and Mikhailovna patronymics
John Grisham novel made into a 1994 Susan Sarandon film The Client
Instrument George Formby used when cleaning windows? UKULELE
One of US comedian Richard ____’s best-known characters was Mudbone, a wino philosopher from Tupelo, Mississippi PRYOR
Hat named after a George du Maurier character TRILBY
DH Lawrence novel banned for obscenity in 1915 The Rainbow
Outermost major moon of Uranus, named after a fairy king OBERON
Thracian gladiator who led a rebellion against Rome SPARTACUS
The longest bones in human forearms ULNAE
Sculptor whose most famous work is a bronze David DONATELLO
Scottish photographer known for his Kate Moss pictures RANKIN
In one of two spellings, a fragrant wild rose also called eglantine SWEETBRIER
“It’s my party, and I’ll cry ____” (Lesley Gore) If I Want To
Metaphorical substance which is usually pink in its real form RED TAPE
Mood-stabilizing drug and 1992 hit single for Nirvana LITHIUM
Hindu deity sometimes represented as a cosmic dancer SHIVA
Composer whose best-known work is probably Panis Angelicus FRANCK
Common term for a somnambulist SLEEPWALKER
Comic star and screenwriter of a 1987 film based on Cyrano de Bergerac STEVE MARTIN
“The only way to get rid of a ____ is to yield to it” (Oscar Wilde) TEMPTATION
A difficult problem or puzzle brain-teaser
1965 Bond film in which Claudine Auger plays Domino THUNDERBALL