The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2018 04 22

crossword answers
Clue Answer
CITIZENS OF ENTEBBE UGANDANS
Swiss city which is the seat of the International Olympic Committee LAUSANNE
THE CENTRE OF ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGY IS NEAR THIS TOWN IN POWYS MACHYNLLETH
THANE OF LOCHABER WHOSE GHOST APPEARS IN MACBETH BANQUO
DILUTED PERFUME EAU DE TOILETTE
A CHAIN FOR A FOB WATCH ALBERT
American cats which resemble leopards OCELOTS
A GERMAN COUNT WITH JURISDICTION OVER A TERRITORY LANDGRAVE
ALFRED ____, ENGLISH POET, BEST KNOWN FOR HIS BALLAD THE HIGHWAYMAN NOYES
A FINE STRONG SILKY FABRIC NINON
Florentine painter of The Birth of Venus BOTTICELLI
NAMELY TO WIT
AUSTRALIAN CRICKET CAPTAIN BANNED AFTER THE BALL-TAMPERING EPISODE DURING THE CAPE TOWN TEST IN MARCH STEVE SMITH
EITHER OF THE TWO CAVITIES OF THE HEART INTO WHICH BLOOD PASSES FROM THE VEINS ATRIUM
TITLE BORNE BY CERTAIN MUSLIM PRINCES AMEER
SCOTTISH DANCE FOR FOUR COUPLES EIGHTSOME REEL
TOXIC ELEMENT FORMERLY USED IN RAT POISON THALLIUM
THE CASHEW TREE; A KIND OF MAHOGANY ACAJOU
NAME LINKING FITTIPALDI, RALPH WALDO AND ROY EMERSON
WATERS SEPARATING KOREA FROM THE EAST COAST OF CHINA YELLOW SEA
Bexhill, Hastings and Uckfield are in this county EAST SUSSEX
A state in western Brazil, and a high plateau which extends further MATO GROSSO
A space-walking astronaut’s essential connection to the spacecraft UMBILICAL CORD
Custard dessert covered in caramelised sugar CREME BRULEE
Danish city where Hans Christian Andersen was born ODENSE
A program replacing the usual monitor image when a computer is not in use SCREEN SAVER
A plastic explosive, originally made in Czechoslovakia SEMTEX
Friar’s lantern or ignis fatuus Will-o'-the-wisp
A person’s particular fears and dislikes Betes noires
See 48 and sullivan
A judge’s comments made in passing, but of persuasive authority OBITER DICTA
Burghley House is near to this Lincolnshire market town STAMFORD
Town in southern Herefordshire which promotes itself as 'the birthplace of tourism' Ross-on-Wye
TV comedian who did things 'in the best possible taste' Kenny Everett
Ancient British tribe which rebelled against the Romans in AD61 ICENI
A volcanic island in the Tyrrhenian Sea ISCHIA
Cartoonist and illustrator Gerald ____ has worked for The Sunday Times and Pink Floyd SCARFE
Ductless gland in the neck producing white blood cells in one’s early years THYMUS
A severe reprimand Talking-to
French author of the novel series La Comedie Humaine BALZAC
'Not a wery nice neighbourhood' according to Sam Weller WHITECHAPEL
Jean-Honoré ____ painted The Stolen Kiss which hangs in the Hermitage Museum FRAGONARD
Japan’s largest island where Mount Fuji is located HONSHU
Related on the father’s side AGNATE
Ibsen drama about gender roles in marriage A Doll's House
One observing a mavis, merle or goatsucker … ORNITHOLOGIST
One exploring Gaping Ghyll or Rhino Rift POTHOLER
Mike ____, the boxer who bit off a piece of Evander Holyfield’s ear during a 1997 fight TYSON
US jazz pianist whose big band played Li’l Darlin’ COUNT BASIE
Violent action leading to a change in government coup d'etat
Historically, this industry was located in stannaries TIN MINING
An early type of oboe HAUTBOY
A SLENDER HARDWOOD SPEAR FROM SOUTHERN AFRICA ASSEGAI
The 19th century’s supreme piano virtuoso, and composer of the Faust Symphony LISZT
The ____ Sea is the place where eels breed SARGASSO
London area where Bartholomew Fair was held, 1133-1855 SMITHFIELD
In March, Abdul Fattah al-Sisi was controversially re-elected as the president of this country EGYPT
& 38 Savoy duo whose first collaboration was Thespis [three-word answer] GILBERT
Judith ____, lead singer of the Seekers DURHAM
'Everything a Motorhome Should Be' is the slogan of this US brand WINNEBAGO
… or this crested European bird with pink plumage HOOPOE
RELATING TO DREAMS ONEIRIC