The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2019 04 07

crossword answers
Clue Answer
THE JEWISH FEAST OF PURIM CELEBRATES THIS PERSIAN QUEEN ESTHER
SOMEONE WITH PERMANENT AND ABSOLUTE TENURE OF LAND FREEHOLDER
One who tends the fire on a steam train or ship STOKER
The golden ____ is an ornamental fish normally kept in outdoor ponds ORFE
BUILDING OFFERING ACCESS TO COMPUTER EQUIPMENT FOR THOSE IN A RURAL AREA TELECOTTAGE
Waterside ornamental plant with very large leaves GUNNERA
CONSIDER SOMETHING AT LENGTH chew it over
Band whose debut single (1978) was Take Me, I’m Yours SQUEEZE
In US criminal law, a plea accepting conviction but not admitting guilt NO CONTEST
LARGEST CITY OF TANZANIA DAR ES SALAAM
IN GREEK MYTH, SOOTHSAYER WHO INTRODUCED THE WORSHIP OF DIONYSUS MELAMPUS
Innkeeper who appears in four Shakespeare plays MISTRESS QUICKLY
Comic opera whose central character has four daughters — Mabel, Edith, Kate, and Isabel THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE
Fort William is at the northeast end of ____ LOCH LINNHE
Restaurant in which wine is traditionally served in a decanter rather than a bottle TRATTORIA
____, TUGGED TO HER LAST BERTH TO BE BROKEN UP, 1838 IS A PAINTING BY TURNER THE FIGHTING TEMERAIRE
According to a 2013 survey, one who gives American children an average of $3.70 per “item” TOOTH FAIRY
Type of flag associated with republicanism TRICOLOUR
The Atomium in Brussels was built for ____ 58 EXPO
ATHLETE WHO WON FOUR GOLD MEDALS AT THE 1936 OLYMPIC GAMES IN BERLIN JESSE OWENS
Gold or silver coin once used in Europe DUCAT
“Mark where his carnage and his ____ cease! / He makes a solitude, and calls it — peace” (Byron) CONQUESTS
WINNIE-THE-POOH CHARACTER WHOSE FAVOURITE FOOD IS THISTLES EEYORE
LISTENING SECRETLY EARWIGGING
Broadcaster who created That Was The Week That Was Ned Sherrin
“A leader who doesn’t ____ before he sends his nation into battle isn’t fit to be a leader” (Golda Meir) HESITATE
Informally, a handgun GAT
BEAT IT! SKEDADDLE
EUPHUISM WAS THE DISTINCTIVE STYLE OF ELIZABETHAN WRITER AND PLAYWRIGHT JOHN ____ LYLY
A TWO-MASTED SAILING BOAT KETCH
1963 film about fictional rugby league footballer Frank Machin THIS SPORTING LIFE
IN 2006 ____ WON THE BEST ACTRESS OSCAR WINNER FOR WALK THE LINE REESE WITHERSPOON
Andalusia’s second most populous city MALAGA
Poet whose works include The Windhover GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS
Japanese musical instrument, usually with 13 strings KOTO
A KEN LOACH FILM; CHARACTER PLAYED BY JENNIFER LIEN IN STAR TREK: VOYAGER KES
Eva’s henpecked husband in several Tom Sharpe novels WILT
THE MOST POPULOUS ISLAND IN THE US STATE OF HAWAII OAHU
A WINE GROWER OR MERCHANT VINTNER
Sixties band still fronted by Eric Burdon THE ANIMALS
Form of social protest used in Britain in the 1920s and 1930s HUNGER MARCH
SPANISH-VENEZUELAN FEMALE TENNIS PLAYER WHO BECAME WORLD NO 1 IN 2017 Garbine Muguruza
IAN ____ FRONTED ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN, 1978-88 mcculloch
Siberia’s largest city NOVOSIBIRSK
Waves running directly against a ship’s course HEAD SEA