The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2020 05 24

crossword answers
Clue Answer
The wetland plant purple ____ is visible in the Ophelia painting by John Everett Millais LOOSESTRIFE
A STRONG, CREASE-RESISTANT SYNTHETIC FABRIC TERYLENE
A house in Italy or Spain CASA
AMERICAN FOLK HERO KILLED DURING A CARD GAME BY JACK MCCALL WILD BILL HICKOK
Train of attendants or a funeral procession CORTEGE
A passage used in injection moulding, or the material from it, such as the framework holding parts in a modelling kit SPRUE
Burt Reynolds made his directorial debut with this 1976 action comedy film set in a swamp GATOR
THE CHAIRING OF THE BARD IS AN IMPORTANT MOMENT IN THE NATIONAL ____ OF WALES EISTEDDFOD
Many energy drinks are labelled as ____ ISOTONIC
Author and broadcaster who gained fame as co-presenter of Through the Keyhole LOYD GROSSMAN
Caravaggio work depicting the resurrected Jesus revealing himself to two disciples SUPPER AT EMMAUS
Host of The News Quiz on BBC Radio 4 since 2015 Miles Jupp
Henry James novel of 1879 set in Switzerland and Italy DAISY MILLER
Governing body of open-wheel racing in the USA INDYCAR
Disastrous, devastating CATASTROPHIC
Capital of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines KINGSTOWN
An indigenous people of Kenya and Tanzania MASAI
American football position close to the tackle TIGHT END
A venomous arachnid of the Latrodectus genus BLACK WIDOW SPIDER
A state of Brazil, its name meaning “thick bush” MATO GROSSO
1999 romantic comedy film starring Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant NOTTING HILL
A cricketer such as Glenn McGrath or Courtney Walsh seam bowler
The “way of gentleness” as a martial art JUDO
Jennifer ____’s first TV appearance was as Calypso in Channel 4’s 1992 adaptation of The Camomile Lawn EHLE
Leonid Brezhnev replaced ____ in 1964 NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV
Scottish-born philanthropist who said “The man who dies … rich dies disgraced” ANDREW CARNEGIE
Ridden by Ben De Haan, winner of the 1983 Grand National CORBIERE
Retired athlete who sometimes commentates in TV coverage of field events STEVE BACKLEY
Punt mooring poles ryepecks
Property between Community Chest and Income Tax on a standard UK Monopoly board WHITECHAPEL ROAD
Maker of the “violin” bass guitar much used by Paul McCartney HOFNER
Narrow-minded principles INSULARISM
Northanger Abbey character who leaves James Morland in favour of the wealthier Captain Tilney ISABELLA THORPE
Neighbours is set primarily in ____ Street RAMSAY
The capital of Austria, to Austrians WIEN
The Prime Minister of Belgium Sophie Wilmes
The Vatican stands in Rome’s ____ City LEONINE
To divide a word into speech segments SYLLABICATE
Verse form first used by Dante in the Divine Comedy TERZA RIMA
The capital of Upper Austria LINZ
A brood-pouch or egg capsule OVISAC
The bird stylised in the logo of Lufthansa CRANE
Sheets of this plastic material are used on overhead projectors ACETATE
Poly-paraphenylene terephthalamide, as often found in bullet-proof vests KEVLAR
One who studies fossils PALAEONTOLOGIST
Netherlands city which is a hub of radio and television broadcasting HILVERSUM
The daughter of Al Hirschfield, whose name was frequently hidden in his illustrations NINA
Sole living member of the order Tubulidentata AARDVARK