The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2017 11 05

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Fibre used for making sacks and rope JUTE
Co-presenter of Rip Off Britain Angela Rippon
'An ornament and a safeguard' as seen on some old £1 coins DECUS ET TUTAMEN
Composer of L’Arlesienne and Jeux d’Enfants GEORGES BIZET
SIXTEENTH-CENTURY ITALIAN COMPOSER OF CHURCH MUSIC, MASSES AND MOTETS PALESTRINA
From Spain or Portugal IBERIAN
Gas used to fill balloons of various sizes HELIUM
DISCIPLE SENT BY JESUS TO RESTORE THE SIGHT OF SAUL OF TARSUS ANANIAS
First minister of Scotland from 2007 to 2014, and SNP leader for more than 20 years ALEX SALMOND
Graham Greene novel set in Cuba OUR MAN IN HAVANA
TUSCAN CITY WITH INTACT CITY WALLS, COMPLETED IN THE 17TH CENTURY LUCCA
A shoe with a braided sole, often made from 42 ESPADRILLE
Plants in a genus related to the amaryllis, including Guernsey lilies NERINES
Rupert Bear’s home village NUTWOOD
US dancer and choreographer, pioneer of “modern dance” ISADORA DUNCAN
Southern constellation, 'the Ship' ARGO
Watering hole for golfers NINETEENTH
TOWN IN SOUTHWEST FIFE WITH A BRIDGE ACROSS THE FORTH KINCARDINE
The femur THIGHBONE
US chocolate product first sold in 1900 HERSHEY BAR
The first Westminster seat won by Plaid Cymru, in 1966 CARMARTHEN
US state capital, where the annual 500 motor race is held INDIANAPOLIS
What British spelunkers do POTHOLING
PETROLEUM-SELLING ALLIANCE FOUNDED IN 1960 OPEC
MATRYOSHKA IS ANOTHER NAME FOR A ____ DOLL RUSSIAN
WAGNER OPERA ABOUT A 13TH-CENTURY GERMAN MINNESINGER TANNHAUSER
NANCY WILKINSON WAS THE FIRST CONTENDER TO WIN THIS TV QUIZ IN 1972 MASTERMIND
A SPEECH BALLOON IN A COMIC OR CARTOON FUMETTO
____ Villiers, secretary of state for Northern Ireland from 2012 to 2016 THERESA
Actor who played Simon Templar in The Saint and narrated an English language audio guide for Beijing’s Forbidden City ROGER MOORE
Anton ____ was so pleased with Hans Richter’s conducting of his fourth symphony that he gave him a one thaler tip to buy some beer BRUCKNER
Artist’s workshop ATELIER
White sparkling wine from Catalonia CAVA
THE DENSEST NATURALLY OCCURRING ELEMENT, OFTEN ALLOYED WITH IRIDIUM OSMIUM
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE AND ENGLAND BATSMAN DEREK ____ SCORED 174 AGAINST AUSTRALIA IN THE 1977 CENTENARY TEST RANDALL
African country whose Caprivi Strip gives it access to the Zambezi River NAMIBIA
City on the Loire, associated with La Pucelle ORLEANS
Shakespearean actress who often played opposite Sir Henry Irving Dame Ellen Terry
THE ____ STONE WAS THE KEY TO THE TRANSLATION OF EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPHICS ROSETTA
ECHO OR RING RESOUND
Irish city and county, also a humorous poem LIMERICK
BANKRUPT INSOLVENT
Soft variety of gypsum used for statues and vases ALABASTER
North Devon resort and main departure point for Lundy ILFRACOMBE
Name like Wilson, Fitzgerald or Sigurdadottir PATRONYMIC
Green peppermint-flavoured liqueur CREME DE MENTHE
ANCIENT SCRIPT RECORDING AN EARLY FORM OF GREEK LINEAR B
CO-FOUNDER OF PRIVATE EYE AND ITS EDITOR UNTIL 1986 Richard Ingrams
LUXURY GERMAN CAR FIRM, BASED IN STUTTGART MERCEDES BENZ
SOMEONE WHO TAKES CONTROL OF A VEHICLE BY FORCE HIGHJACKER
THE OLDEST KNOWN SLAVIC ALPHABET, USUALLY ATTRIBUTED TO SAINTS CYRIL AND METHODIUS GLAGOLITIC
ANNE ____ STARRED IN THE PRINCESS DIARIES AND BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN HATHAWAY
DARK GREY RAIN-BEARING CLOUDS NIMBI
In a theatre, a projection in front of the proscenium arch into the auditorium APRON STAGE
Eddie Stobart’s profession Road haulage
'Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again' novel REBECCA
MUSE OF EPIC POETRY AND OF POETIC INSPIRATION CALLIOPE
THOSE HONOURABLY DISCHARGED FROM FULL-TIME WORK EMERITI