The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2013 03 08

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Her brother was urged to be true to himself OPHELIA
'The horse-like bark of the — . . . puzzled him very much' (Samuel Smiles, Life of a Scotch Naturalist) ROEDEER
Benson's king of kings? DAVID
Commonsense shown by The Merchant's Gratiano, usually -although 'too wild, too rude and bold of voice' NOUS
'Stooping her fair pinnacles of hair, stooping, her tortoise —comb showed' (Joyce, Ulysses) NAPE
Gamekeeper turned poacher, so to speak OLIVERMELLORS
He created a storm in Russian theatre OSTROVSKY
Falstaff went away as if he were such a child, Pistol's wife reported CHRISOM
First Broadway offering might bring a great deal of money BOMB
Farrar's work discerned in fine Richard II analysis ERIC
Games venue for Countess of Holland OLYMPIA
Opposite directions round America not applicable for apocryphal wife SUSANNA
Mature Capek protagonist? IMAGO
Miller's Tale of Capricorn, etc, heavily revised TROPICOFCANCER
New master halts odd Dickensian schoolboy THOMASTRADDLES
Novelist in razed Italian town HERCULANO
Oddly cool antics of heretic ICONOCLAST
Orate ramblingly to amuse, say ERATO
Unusual actors' deal concerning priesthood SACERDOTAL
A history exam in symphony APASTORAL
A deceiver of biblical proportions ANANIAS
A total, it would seem, of all, suggested by Olivia Manning ASUM
Win back sort of miracle. (In Glasgow slum? Bliss!) RECLAIM
A small part actor is worth one more run EXTRA
Quintilian's 'most learned of Romans', perhaps from the Var (Roman descent) VARRO
Gait of little women MARCH
Play showing strength in backward lad THEWINSLOWBOY
Motorway to covered shopping area reveals Shakespearian messenger MARCADE
Scene of Holtby riding incidents YORKSHIRE
Shape Changer, his mistress a large woman, her children monsters LOKI