The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2018 04 01

crossword answers
Clue Answer
ISLAND FEATURED IN A GUARDIAN SUPPLEMENT ON APRIL 1, 1977 san Serriffe
Frivolous unexpected functionality in computer applications, such as the result of a Google search for 'Bletchley Park' EASTER EGG
AN X, Y OR Z IS THIS KIND OF NUMBER IN TRADITIONAL ALGEBRA UNKNOWN
THE LANGUAGE FROM WHICH ENGLISH BORROWED THE WORDS 31A AND 43D PORTUGUESE
INFORMALLY, A PLANT OF THE GENUS TROPAEOLUM NASTURTIUM
A QUATRAIN WITH RHYMING SCHEME A B A B HEROIC STANZA
SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN BOTH KENNINGTON AND CROYDON WERE FOUNDED BY THOMAS ____, ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY, 1694-1715 TENISON
In 41A, this is 'Domingo de Páscoa' EASTER SUNDAY
The great ____ is an amphibian, protected in the UK CRESTED NEWT
Leonard Bernstein operetta, based on a novella by Voltaire CANDIDE
American name for a spittoon CUSPIDOR
FRENCH COMPOSER, CONDUCTOR OF THE BBCSO, 1971-75 Pierre Boulez
Daniel Craig stars in this 2008 film about Second World War partisans in German-occupied Poland DEFIANCE
Liz ____ finished fourth in Labour’s 2015 leadership election? KENDALL
The final outcome of an endeavour END PRODUCT
ACCORDING TO THE ENGLISH HERITAGE WEBSITE, THIS CATHEDRAL CITY IS THE MOST FREQUENTLY BESIEGED PLACE IN THE BRITISH ISLES CARLISLE
One who classifies or defines DESIGNATOR
'I ____ him, because he is upper class' (Ronnie Barker, in a 1960s TV sketch) LOOK UP TO
PLATINUM METAL ELEMENT, DISCOVERED BY WILLIAM HYDE WOLLASTON IN 1804 RHODIUM
Trafalgar, Lepanto or Salamis SEA BATTLE
Julie T Wallace starred in the BBC dramatisation of Fay Weldon’s The Life and Loves of a ____ she-devil
ASSIETTES DE CHARCUTERIE OR INFORMALLY, BODY PARTS PLATES OF MEAT
Large variety of prawn or penguin KING
Short sleep during a working day POWER NAP
Mexican folk song, adapted by Ritchie Valens in a 1958 hit LA BAMBA
A SMALL CASE FOR ARTICLES LIKE NEEDLES OR COSMETICS ETUI
LULLABY SUNG IN THE FIRST SCENE OF PORGY AND BESS SUMMERTIME
A CHECKUP OR VIVA VOCE ORAL EXAM
THE IDEAS AND ATTITUDES ASSOCIATED WITH A GROUP OF PEOPLE ETHOS
Valuable timber from some trees in the genus Dalbergia ROSEWOOD
One Iberian city after which a dessert wine is named OPORTO
IN 1960, HERB ___ OF AUSTRALIA WAS THE LAST MAN TO SET A WORLD RECORD IN AN OLYMPIC 1500M FINAL ELLIOTT
TO INTIMIDATE DAUNT
Act as others think you should, eg by resigning do the decent thing
Cause of midday merriness LIQUID LUNCH
Dark Sky Island (2015) is this Irish singer’s most recent album ENYA
'I want to ____, and ____, and ____!' (Vivian Nicholson, after her husband’s £152,000 pools win in 1961) SPEND
An old informal meaning of 'corporation' distended belly
Plants featured in a BBC Panorama report on April 1, 1957 spaghetti trees
Georgia ____'s best-known paintings were of flowers, skyscrapers, and the New Mexico landscape O'Keeffe
A queen may live here HIVE
8 ON THE BEAUFORT SCALE gale-force
EXECUTION BY DROWNING, ESPECIALLY AT NANTES DURING THE REIGN OF TERROR NOYADE
Thomas ____ married Catherine Parr after Henry VIII died SEYMOUR
Feature of a normal heart beat, controlled by the sino-atrial node sinus rhythm
ARMOUR PROTECTING THE FACE AND EYES VISOR
____ SCREAM IS A ROCK GROUP FOUNDED IN GLASGOW IN 1982 PRIMAL
Standard Chinese, or the language group including it MANDARIN
A sauce or pickle adding flavour to food RELISH
MRS ____ IS THE HOUSEKEEPER AT MANDERLEY DANVERS
To make a humiliating retraction eat one's words
AFTER A FOOTBALL GOAL KICK, THE BALL IS NOT IN PLAY UNTIL IT LEAVES THIS AREA PENALTY BOX
LACKING IMAGINATION OR ORIGINALITY PROSAIC
IN A STATE OF CONFUSION, SUPPOSEDLY NAMED AFTER AN OLD DISPUTE BETWEEN CITY OF LONDON LIVERY COMPANIES AT SIXES AND SEVENS
Clyde ____ discovered Pluto in 1930 TOMBAUGH
A HAEMORRHAGIC FEVER OR THE VIRUS CAUSING IT EBOLA
Stanley Holloway played Alfred ____ in the film version of My Fair Lady DOOLITTLE
Mix socially, possibly with those of other classes RUB SHOULDERS
Steak ____, popular in the mid-20th century, is similar to steak au poivre, but with a flambéed sauce DIANE
IN GEOMETRY, PART OF A SHAPE CUT OFF BY A LINE OR PLANE INTERSECTING IT SEGMENT