The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2017 12 31

crossword answers
Clue Answer
A SOLDIER OF A LIGHT CAVALRY REGIMENT HUSSAR
A SETTEE, ITS NAME FROM AN ARABIC WORD FOR A RAISED PLATFORM SOFA
Elvis Costello and the Attractions single which followed Oliver’s Army ACCIDENTS WILL HAPPEN
Brand name used by Vincent Bach, who made trumpets and trombones rather than string instruments STRADIVARIUS
Unwanted fish or other aquatic creatures in a fisherman’s net BYCATCH
The affliction graphospasm, also called scrivener’s palsy writer's cramp
TO DRAW OR PAINT LIMN
COLOMBIAN CAPTAIN OF AS MONACO AND ALL-TIME TOP SCORER FOR HIS NATIONAL TEAM Radamel Falcao
SETTING OF THE 2004 VIDEO GAME GRAND THEFT AUTO SAN ANDREAS
The President of Sudan Omar al-Bashir
THE DOWNS IS A ROADSTEAD BETWEEN ____ AND THE GOODWIN SANDS DEAL
LONG DISTANCE FOOTPATH WHICH RUNS FROM WINCHESTER TO EASTBOURNE South Downs Way
SHORTENED NAME OF THE DRUG COMMONLY CALLED HEROIN DIAMORPHINE
A Hindu religious teacher SWAMI
AN ANT EMMET
Rail service with St Pancras International as its main station in the UK EUROSTAR
FRANZ KAFKA NOVEL PUBLISHED POSTHUMOUSLY IN 1925 THE TRIAL
BROAD-WINGED BIRD OF PREY OFTEN USED IN FALCONRY GOSHAWK
IN A RELATIONSHIP ATTACHED
PASSAGE THROUGH WHICH A FLUID ENTERS A MACHINE INTAKE
SEVERE POVERTY PENURY
DEHYDRATION BY EVAPORATION IS USED TO PRODUCE THIS FOODSTUFF MILK POWDER
THE MONETARY UNIT OF PARAGUAY GUARANI
In sailing, the distance made to windward while tacking HEADREACH
Musical genre of the 1980s identified by the smiley face symbol ACID HOUSE
THE ____ AGREEMENT OF 1985 RELAXED A NUMBER OF EUROPEAN BORDER CONTROLS SCHENGEN
Time after which TV programmes unsuitable for children may be broadcast WATERSHED
Reason for a yachtswoman to tack HEADWIND
Cosmetic treatment of the feet PEDICURE
THE ORIGINAL GOOD KING WENCESLAS WAS A DUKE OF ____ BOHEMIA
JEWISH TERM FOR THE PASSOVER FESTIVAL PESACH
A HURRICANE, AS DESCRIBED IN THE TITLE OF THE BEST-KNOWN NOVEL BY RICHARD HUGHES HIGH WIND
CONSUMER PROTECTION BODY REPLACED BY THE COMPETITION AND MARKETS AUTHORITY IN 2014 Office of Fair Trading
WILLIAM HERSCHEL USED A MICROSCOPE TO SHOW THAT THIS MARINE ANIMAL IS NOT A PLANT CORAL
SUBTERRANEAN ____ BLUES, A SONG BY BOB DYLAN HOMESICK
SURNAME OF THE TENNESSEE POLITICIAN WHO DIED AT THE SIEGE OF THE ALAMO CROCKETT
The muse of astronomy and another name for Aphrodite URANIA
EXTINCT ELEPHANT-LIKE MAMMAL MASTODON
SLANG WORD FOR MONEY MOOLA
BRAND NAME OF FOUR TYPES OF ITALIAN VERMOUTH CINZANO
1967 SINGLE BY PETULA CLARK, WRITTEN BY CHARLIE CHAPLIN This Is My Song
TURNIPS, TO THE SCOTTISH NEEPS
ARCHAIC WORD MEANING IGNORANCE inscience
This element’s atomic number is 1 HYDROGEN
The “sport of kings” HORSE RACING
Small, long-eared member of the Equus genus ASS
Type of car called a station wagon in the USA ESTATE
Tibet’s forbidden city LHASA
SONGS OR POEMS CELEBRATING A MARRIAGE EPITHALAMIA
Short story by Daphne du Maurier, later a film starring Julie Christie and Donald Sutherland Don't Look Now
Series of eight children’s books written by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black The Spiderwick Chronicles
The belladonna lily AMARYLLIS
Ukraine city whose previous names include Hughesovka and Stalino DONETSK
Botanical name for a grape or a grapelike berry UVA
BBC documentary series hosted by Neil Oliver and Nicholas Crane COAST
Amusing in a peculiar fashion DROLL
African republic situated between Ghana and Benin TOGO
1994 novel by Louis de Bernières Captain Corelli's Mandolin
GENUS INCLUDING MOST OF THE TREE FERNS GROWN IN BRITISH GARDENS DICKSONIA
1952 film noir with no dialogue, starring Ray Milland The Thief