The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2018 09 09

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Magical phrase associated with Ali Baba OPEN SESAME
1964 single which became Ken Dodd’s signature song HAPPINESS
In bridge, a ____ double invites partner to bid their best unbid suit TAKEOUT
Partner of Jimmy Edwards in the BBC Radio series Take It From Here Dick Bentley
Analogue colour TV system developed in France, similar to PAL and NTSC secam
Ridden by Bob Champion, winner of the 1981 Grand National ALDANITI
The palpebra EYELID
Artificial radioactive element, atomic number 99 EINSTEINIUM
Fyodor Dostoevsky’s final novel The Brothers Karamazov
Traditional Scottish dish of swede and potato NEEPS AND TATTIES
Former Benetton F1 director who recruited Michael Schumacher in 1991 Flavio Briatore
Narrator of On The Road by Jack Kerouac SAL PARADISE
Of a friar or nun, barefoot or wearing only sandals DISCALCEATE
FROM THE BEGINNING (LATIN) AB OVO
Fictional corporation frequently used in cartoons, notably those of Looney Tunes ACME
London’s ____ was originally the Royal Coburg Theatre OLD VIC
American footballer who typically receives the ball to instigate a rush play RUNNING BACK
Allergic ____ is another name for hay fever RHINITIS
Tree of the laurel family, traditionally used to make root beer and tea SASSAFRAS
Stock pantomime character abandoned by Columbine in favour of Harlequin PIERROT
A painter such as Thomas Cole or John Constable LANDSCAPE ARTIST
The goatfish, a popular Mediterranean delicacy RED MULLET
The composer of Boléro and La Valse Maurice Ravel
Female tennis player, 2017 US Open champion Sloane Stephens
Anaesthetic often administered during childbirth EPIDURAL
____ played Bubble in the sitcom Absolutely Fabulous JANE HORROCKS
The pouches of kangaroos, wombats etc MARSUPIA
Of an instrument, played with a mute con sordino
The real middle name of 3 Down; first name of a fictional teen diarist ADRIAN
A type of cactus or its intoxicant, mescal PEYOTE
“The ____ of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen” (final verse of King James Bible) GRACE
Nickname of the Burt Reynolds character Bo Darville in a 1977 comedy film BANDIT
River whose delta constitutes the Camargue region RHONE
“I’m just a ____ prostitute, my dear” (Freddie Mercury) MUSICAL
The 4 x 400m relay, at many track and field meetings LAST EVENT
“Vulgarity is the ____ in the salad of charm” (Cyril Connolly) GARLIC
David Bowie single whose video was, at the time, the most expensive ever made ASHES TO ASHES
Goodbye to Berlin by ____ was adapted to make the play I Am a Camera Christopher Isherwood
Samuel Irving ____ founded Advance publications, whose subsidiaries include Condé Nast NEWHOUSE
Actor who played Max Zorin in the James Bond film A View to a Kill Christopher Walken
Of an antelope, to leap with an arched back PRONK
Mahler symphony in all but name, presented as an orchestral song cycle for alto and tenor DAS LIED VON DER ERDE
State of bondage, finally ended by Elizabeth I in 1574 SERFDOM
Main antagonist of the Resident Evil video games and films Albert Wesker
Jupiter is the Roman equivalent of this Greek deity ZEUS
Singer regarded as the Queen of Disco DONNA SUMMER
A proverbially calm body of water mill pond
Musician who sang the “I want my MTV” backing vocal on Money for Nothing by Dire Straits STING
To be highly noticeable, or to stubbornly resist STAND OUT
1773 legislation helping the East India Company, but not our North American colonies TEA ACT
Where to find bees or their hives APIARY
Bundle of fibrous tissue joining bones or cartilages LIGAMENT
____ of the Nine Hostages was a 5th-century Irish high king, who may possibly have millions of living descendants NIALL
Capital of St James parish, served by Jamaica’s busiest airport MONTEGO BAY
1964 musical written by Jerry Herman HELLO DOLLY
The oat genus AVENA