The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2018 03 11

crossword answers
Clue Answer
MONTEVERDI OPERA, THE EARLIEST STILL REGULARLY PERFORMED ORFEO
In 1841, John ____ became the first US vice president to succeed to the presidency without election TYLER
SUMMER OUTFIT FOR A BABY OR YOUNG CHILD SUNSUIT
DRAMATIST JOE ____ WROTE LOOT AND WHAT THE BUTLER SAW ORTON
A former lace-making town in the Erewash district of Derbyshire Long Eaton
CLAY EXTRACTED NEAR ST AUSTELL; ITS DISCOVERY CRUCIALLY DEVELOPED THE MANUFACTURE OF ENGLISH PORCELAIN China stone
LIMB OF DOVER IN THE CONFEDERATION OF CINQUE PORTS, AND HQ OF SAGA FOLKESTONE
DISMISS A NAUGHTY PUPIL FROM CLASS SEND OUT
BEN ____'S FIRST TV SUCCESS WAS AS A CO-WRITER OF THE YOUNG ONES ELTON
ADVERTISED AGGRESSIVELY OR QUESTIONABLY HUCKSTERED
THE ONLY CELTIC LANGUAGE SPOKEN ON MAINLAND EUROPE BRETON
TYPE OF VITREOUS POTTERY NOTED FOR ITS STRENGTH AND DURABILITY IRONSTONE
CUT OF LAMB FOR THE SUNDAY JOINT LEG OF MUTTON
SIMULTANEOUSLY OR IMMEDIATELY AT ONCE
PROSPECTOR IN THE CALIFORNIAN GOLD RUSH Forty-niner
CHARACTERISTIC OF OLD AGE SENESCENT
This craftsman may use an agraffe to hold blocks together STONEMASON
Type of sculpture originated by Alexander Calder MOBILE
Russian for 'no' NYET
The Spanish provinces of Alava and Vizcaya are such BASQUE
The weight of a merchant ship’s cargo TONNAGE
CUMBRIAN VILLAGE ON THE KENT ESTUARY, IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF MORECAMBE BAY ARNSIDE
ONE OF 24 IN AN OCTAVE QUARTER TONE
Flaring skirts on suits of armour tonlets
Elgar’s Chanson de ___, was originally for violin and piano MATIN
AUSTRIAN SOCIAL REFORMER RUDOLF ____ FOUNDED AN EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY, STILL USED IN SCHOOLS NAMED AFTER HIM STEINER
'____ Superbrain', Annie Jones's character in Neighbours PLAIN JANE
A birthmark NAEVUS
Author of the 1687 work The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy ISAAC NEWTON
____ HILL, 152M ABOVE SEA LEVEL, IS THE HIGHEST POINT IN GREATER LONDON NORTH OF THE THAMES STANMORE
IVAN ____ WON EVERY TENNIS GRAND SLAM SINGLES TITLE EXCEPT WIMBLEDON, AND LATER COACHED ANDY MURRAY LENDL
'Burns' and 'Bonfire' can both precede this word NIGHT
'Cain […] dwelt in the land of Nod, on ____ of Eden' (Bible) THE EAST
SOMETHING USED TO START AN EXPLOSION DETONATOR
BALLERINA ____ SIBLEY OFTEN DANCED WITH ANTHONY DOWELL ANTOINETTE
Travelling at over 100 miles per hour Ton-up
Communist state founded in 1922 SOVIET UNION
In county cricket, Warwickshire’s home ground EDGBASTON
Liverpool comedian ____ Sayle was the Comic Strip’s first emcee in the 1980s ALEXEI
'Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be ____' (The white rabbit, in the first words spoken in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland) TOO LATE
CHEMICAL SOLUTION WHICH SOFTENS COLOURS IN A PHOTOGRAPHIC WORK TONER
BODY OF WATER SUCH AS BASS, OTRANTO OR TORRES STRAIT
Virginia county, part of the Washington metropolitan area, where the Pentagon and a national cemetery are located ARLINGTON
MAGIC, SUPPOSEDLY INVOLVING COMMUNICATION WITH THE DEAD NECROMANCY
STEVE ____ WAS THE 1980 OLYMPIC 800M CHAMPION OVETT
SAVINGS FOR A FUTURE RAINY DAY NEST EGGS
FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE WHICH WON THE EUROPEAN CUP IN 1982 ASTON VILLA
STATE CAPITAL OF LOUISIANA BATON ROUGE
JOHN ___, ENGLISH LOGICIAN, BEST KNOWN FOR DIAGRAMS USED IN SET THEORY VENN
Isabella, who wrote the Book of Household Management MRS BEETON
FOLK WHO LEAD A ROUTINE MONOTONOUS LIFE AUTOMATONS
Island group reigned over by Queen Salote from 1918 to 1965 TONGA
SCHOOL FOUNDED BY HENRY VI IN 1440 ETON COLLEGE
AN INSTANCE OF STERNUTATION SNEEZE
A SERF IN ANCIENT SPARTA HELOT
IN PANTOMIME, BARON HARDUP'S SERVANT, WHO IS OFTEN DRESSED IN A BELLBOY'S COSTUME BUTTONS