The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2021 12 12

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