The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2017 10 22

crossword answers
Clue Answer
The only planet whose name is derived from a character in Greek mythology URANUS
US state whose capital is Baton Rouge LOUISIANA
'Wie schön ist die Prinzessin ____ heute Nacht!' (First line of a Richard Strauss opera) SALOME
What went in a hole in an old-style school desk INKWELL
A ____ NOBLE PARTNERS A BALLERINA DANSEUR
____ Ka-chun, snooker player originally from Hong Kong MARCO FU
1980 US sitcom set during World War II Goodtime Girls
1991 film whose central characters use Engine 17 BACKDRAFT
1967-1984 quiz show dominated by 'teachers and their egg-headed offspring' according to the Penguin TV Companion ASK THE FAMILY
Actress who gained fame as Bond girl Honey Ryder Ursula Andress
Adjective usually followed by 'wonder' CHINLESS
The 'divine wisdom' of Madame Blavatsky THEOSOPHY
Third compartment of a ruminant’s stomach OMASUM
Surname of the actor 'waiting' in a 1984 Bananarama single DE NIRO
Sister of Elinor in Sense & Sensibility MARIANNE DASHWOOD
A device using X-rays and a computer to create detailed images of the inside of the body CAT SCANNER
The only athlete to win two Olympic gold medals in the triathlon Alistair Brownlee
School in which the Talmud is taught YESHIVA
Ancient Mediterranean region whose cities included Tyre and Carthage PHOENICIA
1996 survival horror video game whose 2017 version is known as Biohazard RESIDENT EVIL
Resident of Australia’s 'Garden State' VICTORIAN
Site of a Second Boer War battle in 1900 SPION KOP
'He who boasts of his ____ is praising the deeds of another' (Seneca) ANCESTRY
Repeated performances or races RERUNS
President Ronald Reagan’s Secret Service codename RAWHIDE
CAPITAL OF MOZAMBIQUE MAPUTO
PARODIST OR COPYCAT MIMICKER
AMERICAN BAKED DESSERT OF APPLES AND BREADCRUMBS BROWN BETTY
220 YARDS FURLONG
Ship's deck with at least two apostrophes fo'c'sle
Irish golfer who won the Open championship in 2007 and 2008 PADRAIG HARRINGTON
Impaired judgement due to uncontrolled anger RED MIST
The negative terminal of a dry battery CATHODE
Cavolo ____ is a dark-leaved variety of kale NERO
Last or final (French, masculine gender) DERNIER
Fictional woodcutter whose brother is Cassim Ali Baba
Gastropod mollusc noted for its brightly coloured body NUDIBRANCH
French IndyCar driver who raced for F1’s Toro Rosso in 2008-2009 sebastien Bourdais
A FRUIT, A SPORT, AND A SOFT DRINK SQUASH
Heroine of the His Dark Materials trilogy Lyra Belacqua
Foul shots in snooker, scoring shots in billiards in-offs
Greek island which served as a granary for Constantinople in the Byzantine period LEMNOS
ZOROASTRIAN HOLY SCRIPTURES AVESTA
VISITORS TO CUMBRIA MAY SEE THIS LAKE FROM CAT BELLS DERWENTWATER
Catchphrase of Lance-Corporal Jack Jones in Dad’s Army DONT PANIC
'Where the pools are bright and deep / Where the gray ____ lies asleep' (James Hogg) TROUT
This French-Canadian pop punk band performed at the 2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony SIMPLE PLAN
The CEO of Ryanair Michael O'Leary
The ____, 1903 Jack London novel about a dog called Buck CALL OF THE WILD
Daughter of Tantalus, whose children were shot by Apollo NIOBE
Broth in which meat has been cooked pot liquor
Bob ____ was prime minister of Australia, 1983-91 HAWKE
'Bearded' member of the carp family BARBEL
Beauty parlour offering manicures and/or pedicures NAIL BAR
Actress and dancer who played Oola in Return of the Jedi Femi Taylor
In textiles, the opposite of woof WARP
Cole Phelps is the lead detective in this video game by Rockstar L A Noire
Company which introduced the all-electric compact calculator in 1957 CASIO
THE WORSHIP OF SACRED THINGS, OR SAINTS HIEROLATRY
Device which reduces the polluting effect of exhaust gases CATALYSER