The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2024 05 05

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Shape made by rotating an ellipse around its minor axis oblate spheroid
In a particular sporting context, to make a faulty stroke catch a crab
In 1992, Leicester Polytechnic became ____ University de Montfort
Chris Evans first hosted ____ on Channel 4 in 1996 TFI Friday
Sport in which a road race from London to Brighton was once a major event ultra running
The debut album of Marvin Lee Aday, aka Meat Loaf Bat Out of Hell
This German island was British territory from 1807 to 1890 HELIGOLAND
____ appeared in early episodes of The Goon Show and later made a puppet-based children’s TV series Michael Bentine
Wild feline living in alpine and forest regions in two continents Eurasian lynx
Like Miss Havisham and her home in Great Expectations COBWEBBY
A children’s novel and TV series about a girl who lives in a residential care home The Story of Tracy Beaker
Organisation which gave Vladimir Putin an ID pass in 1985 STASI
Our style guide warns against confusing “____” and “imply” INFER
Surname of Miss Ellie and Sue Ellen in an American soap EWING
“Sainsbury’s apologises for ____ faux pas in Cornwall” (Times headline in 2021) CREAM TEA
An often unstable column of glacial ice SERAC
A ____ shower has no rain METEOR
A message which is not enciphered is described as ____ EN CLAIR
A French-based term for a helmet CASQUE
A decisive gun-fight or part of a sporting contest shoot-out
A confusingly named dark fruit paste damson cheese