The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2016 07 03

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Gaelic word for cotton grass cannach
Having eyes or markings resembling them oculate
Unknown lyric once gone yode
FISH, ESPECIALLY A FLATFISH WITHOUT TAIL ESPADA
Japanese art depicting everyday life ukiyo-e
Lowest layer of a thermally stratified lake hypolimnion
Members of an association responsible for upkeep of lighthouses, buoys etc Trinity Brethren
In The Blues Brothers, nickname of Jake Blues JOLIET
Governor of Massachusetts 2003-2007 MITT ROMNEY
Number 1 single of 1984 with prominent saxophone played by Steve Gregory CARELESS WHISPER
Pen name of Mary Ann Evans GEORGE ELIOT
Person who takes impromptu photographs snap-shooter
Fictional fishing village of Under Milk Wood LLAREGGUB
Evening activities at resorts such as Verbier apres-ski
Epistle to Dr ____, Pope poem which introduced the phrase “damn with faint praise” ARBUTHNOT
Ravines or valleys (singularly, often used in northwestern place names) cloughs
Where actress Meryl keeps on being together IN STEP
Roughly horseshoe-shaped loop in a river OXBOW
Welsh lad composed poem for his country AWDL
Singer known as Alf during her time with Yazoo Alison Moyet
International theatre company founded by Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod CHEEK BY JOWL
Mexican music traditionally performed by strolling players MARIACHI
Neil Young and Crazy Horse album of 2012 AMERICANA
Important prop in Wagner’s Ring and Parsifal SPEAR
Poem that could be Pindaric or Horatian ODE
Travel with writers, more than a handful from Scotland gowpens
Taxonomic groups of closely related species GENERA
Term for Oscar Wilde wasn’t wicked — bent maybe WINDLESTRAW
Presenter of Mock the Week DARA O BRIAIN
Publication launched on February 29, 2016 and closed on May 6 NEW DAY
Rose and Doris somehow connected in a sisterly way sororised
Poor resolution rejected in secret chamber SERDAB
No new option in play, they’re stock themes topoi
Recently reinstated coach of Andy Murray IVAN LENDL
Seaside town of North Yorkshire strongly associated with Dracula WHITBY
Sprinkled with cheese and/or breadcrumbs AU GRATIN
Lawyer’s authenticating memo coming up in report NOTARISING
Stage name of guitarist Saul Hudson SLASH
Successful British reggae band of the 1970s MATUMBI
Terence ____ wrote The Browning Version and Separate Tables RATTIGAN
The northern tabloid mostly wrong — huge current dangers at sea TSUNAMIS
Tax cut on Queen I’d enforce IMPOSER
Mean old Doctor looks down on flipping bloody nose! WHORESON
A couple of diamonds beginning to fade, mounted back to back ADDORSED
Very good Eastern plantation? TOPE
“Very” as a musical instruction ASSAI
1991 single by Nirvana Smells Like Teen Spirit
Volunteers holding pen for an African TSWANA
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF KENYA AND TANZANIA SWAHILI
WEAPON FROM PESSIMIST, WHICHEVER WAY YOU LOOK AT IT SIMI
1994 film starring 20 TRUE LIES
Almost nobody clearing border litter Norimon
A hand tool, also a cocktail GIMLET
A type of carry-all TOTE BAG
According to Chambers dictionary, “an improbable source of improbable benefits” SANTA CLAUS
Actor and politician nicknamed The Governator ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER
Some resistance shown by the Queen in note rejected OHMS
Oppose switching last two for second exams RESITS
Lots of scenery — different kinds under wraps LANDSKIPS
Face packs are good for a heathen PAGAN
Author whose most famous creation was Simon Templar Leslie Charteris
Bee Gees song covered by Steps in 1998 TRAGEDY
Cuckoos nest mostly in bases of another species ANIS
Comedian voted Wales’s Sexiest Male in 2010 Rhod Gilbert
Cumbrian town at the mouth of the River Derwent workington
Considers mode adopted by French composer DELIBERATES
A strong NE wind overturned Asian carriage AROBA
Mohamed Elshorbagy is ranked world number 1 in this sport SQUASH
The foxglove or a heart stimulant derived from it DIGITALIS
1994 film whose star Brandon Lee died in an accident while filming THE CROW
The ____, nickname of NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt INTIMIDATOR
Wild oxen extinct since 1627 aurochses
Actress who played Edie Pegden in Last of the Summer Wine THORA HIRD
Actress who portrayed Miss Marple Geraldine McEwan
ONE STRAPPING BEAR TAKEN UP BY HUNTER CHASTISER
ANTI-TRINITARIAN BELIEF IN MINNESOTA I FANCY noetianism
TENSE GENTLEMAN WAS VERY HOT IN REVOLUTION? COULD BE THIS RUSSIAN DEKABRIST
CHINK COMING FROM EDGE AND CENTRE OF GLASS RIMA
FANCY SILVER IMPORTED BY INDEPENDENT RICH SOURCE IMAGINE
VAST AGE OF ONE POWERLESS INDIAN MESSENGER AEON
ECHO IN MUSIC, POSSIBLY IN RHYTHM AND BLUES REVERB
THE FRENCH FROM NOT LONG PAST PUBLISH AS BEFORE DELATE
TEST OF LITTLE IMPORTANCE AFTER SIX SHOT TRIAL
Have contracted a little rock salt HALITE
TEXAN CITY ON THE RIO GRANDE EL PASO
THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE ZEITGEIST
Chippies knocked out seat around lake EATERIES
American version of clay pigeon shooting SKEET
The only F1 Grand Prix circuit whose track crosses over itself SUZUKA
Ancient Greek coin, one sixth of a drachma OBOL
____ Stark, actress who had a relationship with Prince Andrew KOO
Motorsport which was created at Lydden Hill RALLYCROSS
Cloth garment worn by Roman soldiers SAGUM
Dutch football club whose arch rivals are Feyenoord AJAX
Edna ____, author of The Country Girls O'Brien
____ title, absolute ownership of land ALLODIAL