The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2018 10 21

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Formerly, a European who made a fortune in India NABOB
Named after the Latin name for Copenhagen, the last of the stable elements to be discovered HAFNIUM
Masculine given name in both Welsh and Japanese DAI
Music magazine which ceased publication in 2000 and was incorporated into NME Melody Maker
Former Hull City midfielder who joined Derby County for a second time in 2017 Tom Huddlestone
The act of rowing, or associated equipment OARAGE
The Night Watch is one of ____’s best-known paintings REMBRANDT
Wilhelm ____ discovered X-rays ROENTGEN
Vague knowledge or suspicion INKLING
Type of mirage, its name derived from Arthurian legend FATA MORGANA
Two-humped beast of burden native to the steppes of Central Asia BACTRIAN CAMEL
The clerk of Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol BOB CRATCHIT
Wolfsbane, or the poison derived from it ACONITE
Technical expert advising in a trial or inquiry ASSESSOR
Samurai with no master; 1998 film starring Robert De Niro RONIN
Substance used in baking, and to treat indigestion BICARBONATE OF SODA
Type of read-only memory which can be erased and overwritten EPROM
Edible mushroom with honeycombed cap MOREL
Humanitarian sometimes called the “British Schindler” Sir Nicholas Winton
In Greek myth, a son of Temenus, and the eponymous subject of a play by Euripides ARCHELAUS
In this Oscar Wilde play, Mrs Erlynne is revealed to be the main protagonist’s mother, not a love rival Lady Windermere's Fan
Informal description of “duple time” IN TWO
Feminist whose second daughter wrote Frankenstein Mary Wollstonecraft
Labour MP for Hartlepool, 1992-2004 Peter Mandelson
Six of the poems used in Schubert’s Schwanengesang are by Heinrich ____ HEINE
Player of a kind of saxophone often used by beginners ALTOIST
Old name for a domestic bovine animal NEAT
Russian historian and philosopher who championed reforms by Alexander II, including the emancipation of the serfs Boris Chicherin
Budget flight operator based in Swords, Dublin RYANAIR
MORE SHY TIMIDER
British First World War equivalent of one of the two dances in the Nato phonetic alphabet TOC
Clothing retailer known as Penneys in the Republic of Ireland primark
Crème de ____ is a liqueur made from blackcurrants CASSIS
Country bordered by Nicaragua and Panama COSTA RICA
Derived from a Latin word meaning white, a blank book for the collecting of photographs etc ALBUM
Barbadian singer with hits including Umbrella and Only Girl (In the World) RIHANNA
Alternative to “stock” as a name for the undealt part of the pack in card games TALON
Administers a drug, perhaps to enhance athletic performance DOPES
“Every artist was first an ____” (Ralph Waldo Emerson) AMATEUR
“And every time I see you ____ / I’m such a happy individual” (You Make Me Feel So Young lyrics) GRIN
“Well ____! … / There’s little comfort in the wise” (Rupert Brooke, in Tiare Tahiti) This Side of Paradise
2009 historical novel by Hilary Mantel WOLF HALL
A dolphin’s flipper or a duck’s wing FORELIMB
Author of the Bryant & May detective stories Christopher Fowler
Philip Schofield played Thomas More in stage and film versions of Robert Bolt’s ____ A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS
Sitcom in which the often mimicked “Ooh, Betty” was only said once Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
Taoiseach of Ireland from 1997 to 2008 Bertie Ahern
The orbital cavity EYE SOCKET
Ancient route from Rome to Brindisi VIA APPIA
Formed a luminous electrical discharge ARCED
Electrically charged particles emitted by very hot material thermions
AARDVARKS ANTBEARS
First two words of the hymn usually sung to the tune Eventide abide with
Former company which made enamel paints used with model kits humbrol
Former long-distance runner who founded the Great North Run BRENDAN FOSTER
Captain Charles Edstaston is the central character of ____: Whom Glory Still Adores by George Bernard Shaw Great Catherine