The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2020 09 20

crossword answers
Clue Answer
STARBUCKS EMPLOYEE BARISTA
Assessing (something’s) possibilities Weighing up
Blunt in manner BRUSQUE
Carbon black is an important ingredient of ____, which is used in drawing and calligraphy INDIAN INK
Composer of the oratorios Saul and Israel in Egypt George Frederick Handel
French artist who, with Pablo Picasso, created cubism Georges Braque
German dish of finely shredded and pickled cabbage SAUERKRAUT
Golden ____, a popular aquarium fish ORFE
Hide away; give off juices SECRETE
Home of the London Borough of Redbridge’s administrative headquarters ILFORD
Large chilli pepper, often dried, used in Mexican cuisine ANCHO
Large deer of arctic North America CARIBOU
Large portable cassette recorder or CD player with built-in speakers GHETTO BLASTER
Llandudno’s limestone hill, served by a tramway built in 1902 GREAT ORME
Magical transformation into “something rich and strange”, in a song from The Tempest SEA CHANGE
Mexican member of the crystal cubism movement for about four years up to 1917, later married to Frida Kahlo DIEGO RIVERA
Nickname of the German Second World War V-2 flying bombs DOODLEBUGS
Non-vitreous pottery, normally fired below 1,200C EARTHENWARE
Ogden Nash wrote that “Candy / is dandy / But ____ / is quicker” LIQUOR
Ornamental shoulder decoration, especially in military uniforms EPAULETTE
Part song such as Frère Jacques or Three Blind Mice ROUND
The worldwide airline trade association founded in 1945 IATA
This EFL Championship team’s home games are at Carrow Road Norwich City
Tourist centre in the Conwy valley, with the Swallow Falls nearby Betws-y-coed
TV science programme hosted by Patrick Moore for over 50 years THE SKY AT NIGHT
____ 10 made the first flyby of Jupiter in 1973 PIONEER
____ and Ulster, the King of Arms who has jurisdiction over Northern Ireland and England north of the Trent NORROY
____ Gromyko, Soviet foreign minister from 1957 until 1985 ANDREI
____, introduced in 1974, was the original “Irish cream” BAILEYS
The only Welshman to be prime minister of the UK LLOYD GEORGE
Predict what might happen using data already available EXTRAPOLATE
The Castello Aragonese is connected by causeway to this Bay of Naples island ISCHIA
The 1859 battle which inspired the foundation of the Red Cross SOLFERINO
Strong thread made of twisted strands of raw silk ORGANZINE
Strong steel joists or girders shaped like a letter i-beams
Standard monetary unit of Malaysia, divided into 100 sen RINGGIT
Range of chalk hills which includes the Dunstable Downs CHILTERNS
A spicy biscuit GINGER SNAP
A small tortilla, topped with melted cheese and spices NACHO
A kind of nail file EMERY BOARD
A hotel or restaurant wine steward SOMMELIER
A car’s vehicle identification number is stamped on this CHASSIS
1960s BBC TV show, hosted by David Frost, which lampooned current news stories That was the Week That Was
1960 Hitchcock horror film starring Anthony Perkins PSYCHO
“____ of cricket” is a detailed but humorous description of the game on tea towels and the like The ins and outs
“Argosy”, as a name for a large merchant ship, comes from this former name for Dubrovnik RAGUSA
An old name for a fire in a fireplace INGLE