The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2019 01 06

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