The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2011 12 09

crossword answers
Clue Answer
It's Lear rewritten for one dealing in apparent facts REALIST
Ishmaelia, to boot, say ETHIOPIA
Innkeeper, perhaps, but willing to reform and encourage Bible reading TAVERNER
Introduced by Dostoevsky. Bangs followed IDIOT
It seems McMurty would have him go on his way HORSEMAN
Hamlet or Macbeth extended play, adding nothing with an associate of Falstaff EPONYM
'Providence is on the side of the big --s' (G B Shaw, inter alia) BATTALION
Polar? or bipolar fates? NORNS
Pianist gets French bird, no charge POULENC
Obscure time for Thompson to take his dessert? AFTERDARK
Preludes to fugues played staccato TOCCATAS
Fool for love, indeed died for it EDDIE
Edward Lear painted, and the Durrells spoke of those of Corfu ISLANDERS
Early EU version of gorgon EURYALE
Dr Walker as pictured by Raeburn SKATER
Cure-all from original Tate PANACEA
Councilman bets unwisely on classic of the South UNCLETOMSCABIN
Untrustworthy black-and-white statement MISPRINT
Recital destroyed in a piece of journalism ARTICLE
He had a nose for success in the theatre ROSTAND
Works of Hugo and Stendhal, for example OEUVRES
Yes, Arnold revision of a forebear of Shakespearian tomboy ROSALYNDE
'The more firma, the less --- ' (Kaufman) TERRA
Snow made them less than happy THEMALCONTENTS
Short reply yet to come back from one writing sub rosa? ANSTEY
Stewart, who discreetly offered a private view INNES
Tyre prince gets poor pics with damaged reel PERICLES
Belgian artist measures alternative ENSOR
A passage from Swinburne CHANNEL
Belmont lady who was determined that her client should not lose weight PORTIA