The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2017 10 29

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Candid Camera is regarded by some as the first of this entertainment format reality TV
Grace before or after a meal BENEDICTION
Fencing sword with a button on the tip FOIL
Discontinue a session of a parliament without dissolving it PROROGUE
LONG-NECKED WADING BIRD CRANE
English post-punk band fronted by Matt Johnson THE THE
Environmental Organisation which evolved from the Don’t Make a Wave Committee GREENPEACE
Canonised Archbishop of Seville, regarded as the last of the Fathers of the Church ISIDORE
PERSISTENTLY PAINFUL ACHY
Plant glucoside which produces a soapy lather SAPONIN
Pseudo-archaic diction used in historical fiction — from a London area once known for 'antique' furniture Wardour Street English
Relating to blisters or other fluid-filled sacs VESICULAR
Shakespearean king betrayed by two of his daughters LEAR
The butt of a marijuana cigarette ROACH
Sammy ___ wrote the lyrics for Jule Steyn’s Three Coins in the Fountain and Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! CAHN
Those involved in (usually) small-scale business TRADESPEOPLE
Tottenham Hotspur manager who replaced Tim Sherwood in 2014 Mauricio Pochettino
Stage surname of musician Gary Webb NUMAN
Swedish word for “and” OCH
US state between Nevada and Colorado UTAH
Walkway in a formal garden, bordered by trees or bushes ALLEE
Snooker World Champion in 1972 and 1982 Alex Higgins
Willow used for basket-making OSIER
EMPLOYED AGAIN REUTILISED
'It is sometimes fiction. It is sometimes ____' (Macaulay on history) THEORY
Clothing brand identified by three parallel bars ADIDAS
Historical novel with characters including Louis XIII, Cardinal Richelieu, and George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham The Three Musketeers
In the pantomime version of Cinderella, Baron ____ is her father HARDUP
Italian name for an ATM bancomat
Gap is the largest town of this French department Hautes-Alpes
Life ____: The World View That Makes the Underclass — 2001 essay collection by Theodore Dalrymple AT THE BOTTOM
Location of Smeaton’s Tower, most of the third Eddystone Lighthouse Plymouth Hoe
Ornamental shrub also called rosebay OLEANDER
In climbing, a roughly horizontal route across a rock face TRAVERSE
Moonraker baddie who is thrown through a clockface by James Bond CHANG
Of a wound, to discharge liquid SUPPURATE
One of the two British Classic races restricted to fillies One Thousand Guineas
Party leader whose current deputy is Tom Watson JEREMY CORBYN
One who has an excessive liking for a particular food OPSOMANIAC
A short high-pitched sound, usually from a living thing CHIRRUP
A poetic name for a songbird THROSTLE
“Popliteal” refers to the area behind this joint KNEE
____ Breton is recognised as the founder of Surrealism ANDRE
A 410 error message means a web page is ____ and will remain so UNAVAILABLE
Another name for Troy ILIUM
Ancient Roman divinator who inspected entrails HARUSPEX
Abu Dhabi is this country’s capital UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
A white wine from the Rhine valley HOCK
A starter in Greek and Turkish cuisine MEZE
1974 single by Maria Muldaur, covered by Brand New Heavies in 1994 Midnight at the Oasis
1969 satirical novel by Kurt Vonnegut Slaughterhouse-Five
A double at Fenway Park two-base hit
Actor who played Davy Jones in the Pirates of the Caribbean films BILL NIGHY
Actress who played Rita Rawlins in Till Death Us Do Part UNA STUBBS
An attractive social companion is sometimes called ____ candy ARM
Applicable PERTINENT
____ Forest in Sussex is the setting for the Winne-the-Pooh stories ASHDOWN
“The curfew tolls ____” (Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard) The knell of parting day