The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2018 09 16

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Ores of this metal include sphalerite and smithsonite ZINC
Mrs Flintstone WILMA
Member of the United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Coming SHAKER
One of the south Oxfordshire towns which combine to produce Causton in Midsomer Murders THAME
Reptile which can live for many decades Galapagos giant tortoise
Author whose best-known novel was her first, Bonjour Tristesse Francoise Sagan
Antique British pottery inspired by ancient Greece Etruscan ware
An arthropod’s sensory appendage ANTENNA
A tiny circus performer FLEA
A degree, or part of one, awarded when exams are missed because of illness AEGROTAT
A reindeer skin boot with the fur on the outside finnesko
“Old”, or barley wine strong ale
Author who declined the 1958 Nobel prize in literature BORIS PASTERNAK
Cartoonist who depicted pupils of St Custard’s and St Trinian’s RONALD SEARLE
1996 film in which Tom Hanks was co-star, director and screenwriter That Thing You Do
A generous or gullible person EASY TOUCH
Added to a team, usually with a specific objective in mind drafted in
Mark Twain’s real name Samuel Langhorne Clemens
Member of a medieval trade association GUILDSMAN
Lewis Carroll’s caricature of himself in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland DODO
Lava before we can see it MAGMA
Landscape gardener ____ is best known for his work at Versailles Andre Le Notre
Gumbo, or ladies’ fingers OKRA
Greenham Common was the UK’s best-known example of this form of protest PEACE CAMP
A vehicle for travel on frozen surfaces ICE YACHT
Muhammad’s father-in-law, the first Muslim caliph Abu-Bakr
To match or surpass, usually by imitation EMULATE
Tartan garments TREWS
Sicilian coastal town where DH Lawrence lived in the early 1920s TAORMINA
Russia’s Republic of ____ has a coast on the Caspian Sea DAGESTAN
Swedish for Sweden SVERIGE
The ____ Us is a video game set in a post-apocalyptic America LAST OF
Study of past mining, manufacturing, transport and public utilities industrial archaeology
The Citroën 2CV and Renault 4 both had a dashboard-mounted ____ GEAR LEVER
The theme song for this Bond film was Nobody Does It Better The Spy Who Loved Me
The sacred river of Coleridge’s Xanadu ALPH
This city is the successor to Citium, birthplace of Zeno the Stoic LARNACA
French for “behind” or “backwards” en arriere
Former power source for dental drills TREADLE
Floyd ____ won 1952 Olympic middleweight gold and became world heavyweight champion in 1956 PATTERSON
Flann ____, pseudonymous author of The Third Policeman O'Brien
Form of rapture expressed by Nanki-Poo in The Mikado MODIFIED
Despite its name, most of this foodstuff is produced in England Caerphilly cheese
Construction of this northern frontier barrier of the Roman empire began around AD142 ANTONINE WALL
Compact ____ was the official name for this recording format CASSETTE
Conflict of the late 17th century, between France and several other European nations War of the Grand Alliance
Classical author of The Art of Love and Cures for Love OVID
Types of this device include piston and poppet VALVE
To awaken a memory RING A BELL
Squirrel-sized New World monkey TAMARIN
Nationality of every 1960s Olympic marathon champion ETHIOPIAN
John ____ was the BBC’s first and longest-serving director general REITH
Drummer Cozy ____ played for bands including Whitesnake and Black Sabbath POWELL
Un homme d’____ is a French businessman AFFAIRES
Districts of this county include Charnwood and Harborough LEICESTERSHIRE
Roman Catholic organisation founded by Josemaria Escriva in 1928 OPUS DEI