The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2018 07 22

crossword answers
Clue Answer
“Now a soft kiss — / Aye, by that kiss, I ____ an endless bliss” (Keats) VOW
A CHANGE TO EG A PARLIAMENTARY BILL OR MOTION AMENDMENT
“Human progress never ____ on wheels of inevitability” (Martin Luther King) ROLLS IN
Shallow pit of the retina, with high visual acuity FOVEA
Books of synonyms, and sometimes antonyms THESAURI
THIS KIND OF LENS OR ADAPTER MAY PRODUCE A CIRCULAR IMAGE FISHEYE
French philosopher whose observations on the power of love were quoted during the royal wedding of May 2018 Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
The water opossum of south and central America YAPOK
News reporter whose coverage of Ethiopian famine inspired the Band Aid charity MICHAEL BUERK
1976 Tom Robbins novel about Sissy Hankshaw, a girl with enormous thumbs EVEN COWGIRLS GET THE BLUES
Designer of the first viable helicopter IGOR SIKORSKY
The Old Man of ____ is on Skye’s Trotternish peninsula STORR
KNOT USED FOR JOINING ROPES TOGETHER SHEET BEND
GERMAN TERM FOR SPARKLING WINE SEKT
European country which gained full independence in 1830 GREECE
“Isle” of the Outer Hebrides HARRIS
BUDDHIST WHO HAS REACHED NIRVANA, ROUGHLY EQUIVALENT TO A CHRISTIAN SAINT ARHAT
Capital of France’s Aube department and home to the Lacoste clothing factory TROYES
____ juice is often used in cosmetics and shampoo ALOE VERA
Element whose name comes from a Spanish diminutive for “silver” PLATINUM
Town whose football fans are jokingly called codheads GRIMSBY
Shakespeare’s (rightful) Duke of Milan PROSPERO
OLD TESTAMENT PROPHET WHO GOD KNOWINGLY INSTRUCTS TO MARRY A WOMAN WHO WILL BE UNFAITHFUL HOSEA
1985 single by Kool and the Gang FRESH
INFORMALLY, AN UPPER CLASS PERSON POSHO
SUPERNATURAL NOVEL BY JAMES HERBERT SET IN 2006 AND 1943 The Secret of Crickley Hall
Spanish city founded in 221BC, a naval station in Murcia CARTAGENA
Her 2000 debut novel White Teeth became a bestseller ZADIE SMITH
Drug used to treat Parkinson’s disease L-dopa
Police who may use shields and water cannons RIOT SQUAD
A ____ was Jonathan Swift’s first major work TALE OF A TUB
28TH STUDIO ALBUM BY THE ISLEY BROTHERS, RELEASED IN 2001 ETERNAL
The central point of an infection, from Latin for “nest” NIDUS
In mathematics, another name for a factor DIVISOR
State of Malaysia, in northern Borneo SARAWAK
A CYLINDRICAL BUILDING, USUALLY DOMED ROTUNDA
The shortest book of the Old Testament OBADIAH
Flowering plant with varieties including Indian pink and bladderpod LOBELIA
DISCO GROUP FOUNDED IN 1977 BY VICTOR WILLIS VILLAGE PEOPLE
Max ____ helped to formulate quantum theory PLANCK
Chicken-based soup of Scottish origin cock-a-leekie
“____ children are virtuosos of imagination” (Benjamin Spock) PRESCHOOL
Institution whose first director was Sir Henry Cole VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM
Actress who played Gran in the children’s TV series Metal Mickey IRENE HANDL
Cartoonist whose If… strip has appeared in The Guardian since 1981 STEVE BELL
Company which provides access to the internet ISP
1965 Petula Clark album, named after her hit single of the previous year DOWNTOWN
Citizen of the Arabian peninsula’s second largest country YEMENI
The collective noun for larks EXALTATION
Island whose two parts are linked by La Coupée SARK
1967 single by the Temptations All I Need
SECOND OF THE JACK REACHER NOVELS WRITTEN BY LEE CHILD DIE TRYING
Ulrich ____ gave his name to a figure skating jump SALCHOW
Nautical instruction to stop AVAST
Rugby union player who captained Scotland 20 times Gavin Hastings
Ridden by Olivier Peslier, winner of the 2010 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot HARBINGER
Welsh footballer who spent all of his professional playing career at Manchester United RYAN GIGGS
SOCIAL NETWORKING SITE FOUNDED IN 2007 BY DAVID KARP TUMBLR
English actor born Krishna Pandit Bhanji BEN KINGSLEY
Author of A Passage to India E M FORSTER