The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2019 01 06

crossword answers
Clue Answer
BIRTH NAME OF POPE CLEMENT XI, WHOSE ANCESTORS CAME TO ITALY FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ADRIATIC GIOVANNI FRANCESCO ALBANI
Tennis player who won the 1973 men’s French Open without dropping a set, the first to do so ILIE NASTASE
Actor celebrated (as dead) in a 1979 single by Bauhaus BELA LUGOSI
1995 sci-fi horror film starring Natasha Henstridge as Sil SPECIES
Having equal “pulling power” of induction isomagnetic
Another name for cassava MANIOC
Small songbird native to heath or scrubland STONECHAT
Actress who portrayed 24 Down EMMA WATSON
Gulf on which France and Spain have extensive coastlines BAY OF BISCAY
____ was hanged for piracy after being assigned to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean CAPTAIN KIDD
THE ABILITY OF A VEHICLE TO REMAIN STABLE, ESPECIALLY WHEN CORNERING AT SPEED ROADHOLDING
Actor who said “A good review ... is just another stay of execution” DUSTIN HOFFMAN
Germany’s armed forces of 1935-45 WEHRMACHT
South coast resort with the oldest seaside pleasure pier in the world, opened in 1814 RYDE
1976 GOTHIC HORROR NOVEL BY ANNE RICE Interview With The Vampire
MISCHIEVOUS AND SOMETIMES EVIL GOD NORSE GOD LOKI
Structure which carries US Route 101 between San Francisco and Marin County GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE
The protagonist of Pride and Prejudice ELIZABETH BENNET
Hungarian conductor long associated with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra GEORG SOLTI
RESEMBLING AN EARTHWORM LUMBRICOID
As well as fictional gangsters, Damon ____ wrote about baseball RUNYON
Racing game which has been exclusive to the PlayStation since its launch in 1997 GRAN TURISMO
Of a government, to transfer powers to regional administration DEVOLVE
“A thought is an idea in ____” (Pythagoras) TRANSIT
Creamy paste of clay and water used in pottery SLIP
The Tonton Macoutes once terrorised this country HAITI
From Greek, the ruler of a district TOPARCH
“Numerous are the academic chairs, but rare are wise and noble ____s” (Einstein) TEACHER
Passed on (information, for example) RELAYED
UN secretary-general who said “There can be no ‘plan B’ because there is no ‘planet B’” Ban Ki-moon
Photocopying process based on a compound’s decomposition when exposed to light DIAZO
Larval amphibian also called a pollywog TADPOLE
1965 new wave French film based on the 1962 novel Obsession by Lionel White Pierrot le Fou
A dog collar which tightens when pulled CHOKE CHAIN
Esteban ____ will be the reserve driver for Mercedes in 2019 ocon
Exam between the School Certificate and GCSE in educational history O-level
Fleetwood Mac’s most successful album RUMOURS
Name given to the stretch of promenade between Blackpool’s North and South piers GOLDEN MILE
The Labour Party’s first parliamentary leader KEIR HARDIE
Outdoor swimming pool, named after a beach near Venice LIDO
ACTOR WHO PLAYED SUPERMAN IN THE 1978 FILM CHRISTOPHER REEVE
A reading desk LECTERN
Australian swimmer who won three gold medals at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing STEPHANIE RICE
Yiddish term for non-Jews GOYIM
Medical prefix pertaining to resistance to infection or disease IMMUNO
The first golfer to reach $1 million in career earnings on the PGA tour ARNOLD PALMER
Actress who said “Deep down, I’m pretty superficial” AVA GARDNER
Device used to pull two skiers uphill T-bar
OLD MUSICAL INSTRUMENT, TYPICALLY WITH FRETS AND SIX STRINGS VIOL
SITUATED BETWEEN THE TWO BRANCHES OF THE LOWER JAW INTERRAMAL
Warty amphibian of the order Anura TOAD
“A little ____ now and then keeps life from stagnation” (Fanny Burney) ALARM
Virtuoso pianist and composer, student of Beethoven and teacher of Liszt Carl Czerny
Harry Potter character whose Patronus is an otter HERMIONE GRANGER
Small lizards noted for their ability to climb GECKOES
River which joins the Tigris at Shatt al-Arab EUPHRATES