The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2021 12 12

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Ventriloquist whose best-known dummy was Lord Charles Ray Alan
____ Varma played Oberyn Martell’s paramour Ellaria Sand in four seasons of Game of Thrones INDIRA
Symbol used in proofreading to show where more words are to be inserted CARET
Refuelling stop on transatlantic flights, mainly before 1960 GANDER
Pam ____ was Rosemary alongside Felicity Kendal as Thyme FERRIS
Opera character whose best-known lyrics begin “Mild und leise, wie er lächelt” (Mildly and gently, how he smiles) ISOLDE
Many modern-day ____s are made of carborundum WHETSTONE
French term meaning having, or ready for, a celebration en fete
Former French colony, mainly in modern eastern Canada ACADIA
First novel in Evelyn Waugh’s Sword of Honour trilogy Men at Arms
Feminine counterpart of lederhosen in traditional costume DIRNDL
Electro-mechanical device used to assist codebreaking at Bletchley Park BOMBE
Detained before a trial ON REMAND
Dated or humorous term for a despicable man DASTARD
Cornish village, a former centre of pilchard fishing MOUSEHOLE
Cornish town whose name is an anglicisation of “estuary” in Cornish HAYLE
The ____ turn is a dribbling technique named after a 1970s footballer CRUYFF
A famous product of Luftschiffbau Zeppelin HINDENBURG
Oliver Reed’s wrestling opponent in a 1960s film moment ALAN BATES
The Toro de ____ originally advertised a sherry firm founded by an Englishman, but now sometimes represents Spain OSBORNE