The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2018 02 25

crossword answers
Clue Answer
GRAPE JUICE READY FOR USE IN WINE-MAKING MUST
A single-seat carriage with two or four wheels STANHOPE
English king, replaced briefly by Sweyn Forkbeard ETHELRED
THE ____, DEBUT NOVEL OF STEPHEN FRY LIAR
TAXONOMIC RANK BETWEEN FAMILY AND SPECIES GENUS
ANIMALS WITH WING-LIKE FEET ALIPEDS
Entertainer whose epitaph describes him and his wife as “Reunitey in the heavenly-bode — Deep Joy!” Stanley Unwin
“One touch of nature makes the whole world ____” (Ulysses, in Troilus and Cressida) KIN
13th-century theologian Thomas ____ wrote the “five ways”, arguments for the existence of God AQUINAS
Device put in front of a locomotive to deflect obstacles COWCATCHER
WIND WHICH IS DIRECTIONALLY OPPOSITE TO THE SIROCCO MISTRAL
CHIEF PUPPET IN THE FRENCH EQUIVALENT OF PUNCH AND JUDY GUIGNOL
Chrysotile is one form of this fire-resistant material ASBESTOS
Mischievous shape-shifting god in Norse mythology LOKI
To dine at the building where the food was prepared EAT IN
The setting of Coronation Street weatherfield
Critical evaluation of biblical text EXEGESIS
LIKE FOINAVEN, A RACEHORSE AND A SUTHERLAND MOUNTAIN ARKLE
AUTHOR OF KIDNAPPED Robert Louis Stevenson
STRAP HOLDING A SADDLE OR OTHER EQUESTRIAN EQUIPMENT IN PLACE SURCINGLE
Retained, as of a grudge HARBOURED
State of Mexico between Chihuahua and Baja California SONORA
A POUT MOUE
Ben Jonson comedy, its title the Italian for 'fox' VOLPONE
BEFORE JULES VERNE, CASANOVA WROTE THIS BOOK SUBTITLED JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH ICOSAMERON
APRIL 25 IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND ANZAC DAY
Actress who gained fame as a five-year-old in Bright Eyes SHIRLEY TEMPLE
Our possible fate after death Eternal nothingness
CANADIAN-AMERICAN IMPRESSIONIST KNOWN AS THE MAN OF A THOUSAND VOICES RICH LITTLE
ASTRONOMICAL TREATISE BY PTOLEMY ALMAGEST
Hindu sage or poet RISHI
GREEK GODDESS OF AGRICULTURE AND HARVEST DEMETER
Mowgli’s friend and mentor in The Jungle Book BAGHEERA
Informally, the mathematical function inverse to exponentiation LOG
WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY REPLACED BY SARAH HUCKABEE SANDERS SEAN SPICER
THE OFFENCE OF A TWOCCER taking without consent
Peter Mark ____ published a dictionary of synonyms and antonyms ROGET
CARBONATES OF THIS ELEMENT AND CALCIUM CREATE HARD WATER MAGNESIUM
SUBSTANCE PRODUCED BY THE BREAKING UP OF EG FAT GLOBULES HOMOGENATE
Composer of the opera Bluebeard’s Castle BARTOK
RELATING TO THE GROIN INGUINAL
LIZARD-LIKE REPTILE OF NEW ZEALAND TUATARA
Gateshead, Jarrow, and South Shields are ____ towns TYNESIDE
Warren Mitchell’s most famous comic role Alf Garnett
1991 film starring Kathy Bates and Jessica Tandy FRIED GREEN TOMATOES
CHARLES DARWIN WORK ON SEXUAL SELECTION DESCENT OF MAN
DEVICE WHICH CONVERTS DIGITAL DATA TO AN ANALOGUE SIGNAL AND VICE VERSA MODEM
Actress who starred alongside Alec Baldwin in Beetlejuice GEENA DAVIS
Horse-drawn carriage named after the German town where it was first made LANDAU
Street between Pall Mall and Northumberland Avenue, especially in Monopoly WHITEHALL
Jewish greeting, the Hebrew word for “peace” SHALOM
A ____ PLAY IS A STAGED BIBLE STORY MYSTERY
Capital of North Holland HAARLEM
Pupa within its cocoon CHRYSALIS
Russian tea urn, sometimes elaborately decorated SAMOVAR
ENCYCLOPAEDIC WORK ON THE LIVES OF CHRISTIAN SAINTS, STARTED IN THE 17TH CENTURY Acta Sanctorum
HILL IN PERTHSHIRE WHICH IS MENTIONED IN MACBETH DUNSINANE
Host of Crackerjack from 1968-1974 MICHAEL ASPEL
THE ONLY FOOTBALLER TO SCORE A HAT-TRICK IN A WORLD CUP FINAL GEOFF HURST
AUTHOR CREDITED WITH POPULARISING THE NAME WENDY J M BARRIE