The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2020 12 20

crossword answers
Clue Answer
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Special ____ help vulnerable or intimidated witnesses to give evidence MEASURES
Name for a run-down area, derived from a log-hauling track SKID ROW
Mineral also called saltpetre NITRE
Lychnis flos-cuculi, a campion named for its divided petals RAGGED ROBIN
Lacquer derived from a species of sumac Japan varnish
In music, relatively long grace notes appoggiaturas
In music, “very”, and an alternative spelling of a berry noted for its nutritional properties ASSAI
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Hawaiian for “mountain”, used in volcano names MAUNA
Forest tree fruits fed to pigs MAST
England’s main wicketkeeper in Test matches, 2007-14 Matt Prior
Digital pens STYLI
Crusader stronghold, captured by Mamluk forces in 1291 ACRE
American name for a winter festival comestible CANDY APPLE
Actor who played Steve Biko in Cry Freedom DENZEL WASHINGTON
A Deutscher Wachtelhund is also called a German ____ SPANIEL
1993 comedy film about Jamaican Olympic bobsleighing COOL RUNNINGS
“In Xanadu did Kubla Khan / A stately ____ decree” (Coleridge) pleasure-dome