The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2020 06 14

crossword answers
Clue Answer
SALAD OF CRACKED WHEAT AND CHOPPED INGREDIENTS SUCH AS TOMATOES, ONIONS AND PARSLEY, OFTEN IN A MEZZE SELECTION TABBOULEH
Vehicle component which charges the battery while the engine is running ALTERNATOR
Trade name for methylphenidate, a drug used to treat ADHD and narcolepsy RITALIN
Window material strengthened with metal mesh wire glass
Wine region of central Portugal DAO
In Greek myth, the mortal woman who became the wife of Eros PSYCHE
The ox-eye daisy MARGUERITE
ANY BOOK REGARDED AS AUTHORITATIVE ON ITS SUBJECT BIBLE
LACKING TEETH EDENTATE
Portuguese footballer who managed Hull City, Watford, and Everton Marco Silva
Plant of the same genus as love-lies-bleeding AMARANTH
Prime minister of Norway three times, 1981-1996 Gro Harlem Brundtland
Relating to operations by, for example, a web host rather than client server-side
Random number generator used (in five versions) since 1957 ERNIE
Painting style, of which Vermeer was a famous exponent Delft School
Often in brackets, a Latin word indicating text reproduced despite apparent errors SIC
Name for a cockerel, derived from one featured in the Reynard the Fox fables CHANTICLEER
INFORMALLY, A PHRASE OR SHORT SOLO IN POPULAR MUSIC LICK
EGG-SHAPED OVIFORM
____ has played Alan Turing and Stephen Hawking in films BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH
“The martyrs go hand in hand into the arena; they are ____ alone” (Aldous Huxley, in The Doors of Perception) CRUCIFIED
“You can’t ____ a man who has no food” (Bob Marley) ENTERTAIN
A famous pop group; the rhyme scheme used twice to begin a Petrarchan sonnet ABBA
A riverside scavenger of Victorian times MUDLARK
American poet’s name, typically printed in lower case E E CUMMINGS
American fashion designer noted for her contribution to the development of blue jeans GLORIA VANDERBILT
BBC sitcom first shown in 2006, starring Jack Dee as an unsuccessful comedian LEAD BALLOON
Born after (specifically) no more than 37 weeks of pregnancy PRETERM
Article sold below cost price to attract custom loss-leader
A Walk in the ____ was Horst Jankowski’s biggest hit BLACK FOREST
A benign fatty tumour LIPOMA
Meaning of “veni” in words attributed to Julius Caesar I CAME
London area where founder members of the Who grew up ACTON
Marlene’s husband in Only Fools and Horses BOYCIE
Medieval instruments, similar to modern timpani NAKERS
DH Lawrence’s second novel with the Brangwen sisters WOMEN IN LOVE
Dominant grape variety in most red Chateauneuf-du-Pape GRENACHE
Finland’s pre-euro currency MARKKA
Dartmoor’s second-highest point Yes Tor
City in Saxony-Anhalt, served by the same airport as Leipzig HALLE
Central character of two film sequels to the Rocky series ADONIS CREED
City attacked with chemical weapons in the Iran-Iraq war HALABJA
In a typical state with three branches, one has ____ powers LEGISLATIVE
Soap opera which spawned the spin-off Albion Market CORONATION STREET
That which, in the USA, is usually called a popsicle ICE LOLLY
The medieval scholar Roger ____ is often described as Britain’s first scientist BACON
Sitcom, starring Gregor Fisher, based on a recurring character in the Naked Video sketch show RAB C NESBITT
Seaside resort sometimes called the “Queen of the Welsh Watering Places” LLANDUDNO
Sailor’s dish of stewed meat, vegetables and ship’s biscuit LOBSCOUSE
FIRST NAME OF THREE WIVES OF MEDIEVAL ENGLISH KINGS ELEANOR