The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2020 03 15

crossword answers
Clue Answer
PRIVATE PLACE TO WHICH VERY FEW PEOPLE ARE ADMITTED SANCTUM
Slow march of the Grenadier Guards, taken from a Handel opera about a Roman general of the same name, who defeated Hannibal SCIPIO
Niche in a mosque wall, indicating the direction of Mecca MIHRAB
STRONG FABRIC IN STRIP FORM, USED IN MILITARY APPAREL WEBBING
FAMILY OF TYPEFACES, INTENDED TO BE LEGIBLE AT SMALL SIZES LUCIDA
MAKING THE SOUND OF A CROW CAWING
Rapid growth, often of something undesirable PROLIFERATION
CANADIAN NAME FOR A BAR IN A HOTEL OR TAVERN BEER PARLOUR
Forename shared by composers Pachelbel and Hummel JOHANN
Game like hurling, played by women CAMOGIE
I may be engaged in climbing hills BOTTOM GEAR
Joseph ____ was an essayist, poet and politician, and a co-founder of The Spectator ADDISON
Joshua ____ was the first president of the Royal Academy REYNOLDS
Likely to show anger or irritation WASPISH
Make unnecessary objections CAVIL
One of only two sailors, and six people in any sport, to win individual gold at four consecutive summer Olympics BEN AINSLIE
One of the three classical orders of architecture IONIC
Selection often including sweet sherry, port, champagne, burgundy and claret WINE GUMS
Someone in this is worth adding to your quiz team THE KNOW
Surname of the 30th US president, known as “Silent Cal” COOLIDGE
Swiss dish made with grated potatoes ROSTI
The lowest choice in many product rating systems ONE STAR
William Walton’s ____ concerto was written for Lionel Tertis, but premiered by Paul Hindemith VIOLA
US automobile brand, based in Auburn Hills, Michigan DODGE
True facts, or a description of something despicable low-down
Fabric produced in Donegal and the Outer Hebrides TWEED
British overseas territory comprising two parts of a Caribbean coral archipelago TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS
Boxing punch often landed on the chin at close range UPPERCUT
Author of the Balkan and Levant trilogies OLIVIA MANNING
A very young bird NESTLING
A toothed whale with one notable tooth NARWHAL
A patent medicine, or a favourite solution for other problems NOSTRUM
A dual carriageway with controlled access, or an extensive communications network SUPERHIGHWAY
German town with a critical Rhine bridge captured by US forces in the closing days of the Second World War REMAGEN
1934 Nazi purge, in which Ernst Röhm was one of the best-known people killed NIGHT OF THE LONG KNIVES
1988 film which recalled the “golden age of American animation” Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Instrument used to measure angles of slope INCLINOMETER
The capital and largest city of Croatia ZAGREB
Someone who ____ something does it thoroughly goes to town on
Jocular term for a very religious person God-botherer
First female Jamaican winner of Olympic sprint gold, in the 2004 200m final Veronica Campbell-Brown
A doubles game similar to hand pelota, played in some British schools ETON FIVES
Light-hearted pleasure or enjoyment GOOD FUN
Large cloth used to protect furniture during redecoration DUST SHEET
European “plum brandy” made from damsons SLIVOVIC
Russian writer of short stories and (more famously in translation) plays ANTON CHEKHOV