The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2019 04 14

crossword answers
Clue Answer
IN 1975 ____ LED THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL ASCENT OF EVEREST BY A FACE RATHER THAN A RIDGE Chris Bonington
A SYMPTOM USED TO IDENTIFY A DISEASE DIAGNOSTIC
FUSS OR COMMOTION hoo-ha
CALCULATING THE AREA UNDER A CURVE IN MATHS INTEGRATING
AN OLD NAME FOR IRON SULPHATE green vitriol
A VERY COLD OR RESERVED MANNER ICINESS
A TECHNICAL NAME FOR A PUN PARONOMASIA
IN HUMAN BEINGS, AN ARM FORELIMB
THE FIRST PERIOD OF THE MESOZOIC ERA, IN WHICH DINOSAURS FIRST APPEARED TRIASSIC
Speaking or writing a language, but not very well non-fluent
The world’s oldest rowing race, held annually on the River Thames since 1715 Doggett's Coat and Badge
A North American name for the 24-hour clock military time
Press Ctrl+Shift+N to get such a window in Google Chrome INCOGNITO
Substance obtained by distilling wood or coal TAR
Peter the Great, Benjamin Franklin and Oscar Wilde could have been described as ____ pro-French
Plectrum used by guitarists PICK
Region along the Nile, between Aswan and Khartoum NUBIA
In music, “with spirit” CON BRIO
A pink pig floats above ____ on the cover of the Pink Floyd’s album Animals BATTERSEA POWER STATION
In the shape of a letter S or its Greek equivalent SIGMATE
A disguised identification, especially for military purposes or in espionage CRYPTONYM
“‘gh’ ____ ‘cough’” begins a creative respelling of “fish” often attributed to George Bernard Shaw AS IN
Tony ____ was England captain until it was known that he had recruited players for Kerry Packer’s World Series Cricket GREIG
To ____ someone’s heels is to compete intensely with a slightly superior rival NIP AT
A route for award nominees RED CARPET
“It’s the tobacco that counts” was the slogan for Player’s ____ navy cut
“Do not waste your time with music that is trite or ____. Life is too short to spend it wandering in the barren Saharas of musical trash” (Sergei Rachmaninov) IGNOBLE
TILT TIP OVER
Joseph ____ built Chatsworth’s Emperor Fountain and Conservative Wall (a long greenhouse) PAXTON
Italian for “witch”, also a brand of herbal liqueur STREGA
ALEXEI ____ WON ALL-AROUND GYMNASTICS GOLD AT THE SYDNEY SUPER DOME IN 2000 nemov
A LACK OF RED BLOOD CELLS ANAEMIA
TV COMEDY SET IN ROYSTON VASEY THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN
TORN SKIN NEAR THE END OF A FINGER HANGNAIL
1979 LEGAL DRAMA FILM STARRING DUSTIN HOFFMAN AND MERYL STREEP KRAMER VS KRAMER
STORAGE FOR CIGARS OR OTHER TOBACCO HUMIDOR
1A REACHED MANY ____ SUMMITS
THE MAIN LANGUAGE SPOKEN IN TASHKENT UZBEK
COM1 OR COM2 ON A 20TH-CENTURY PC-COMPATIBLE COMPUTER SERIAL PORT
COMPUTER LANGUAGE NAMED AFTER A 19TH-CENTURY FEMALE MATHEMATICIAN ADA
____ WON OSCARS FOR HIS ROLES IN MYSTIC RIVER AND MILK SEAN PENN
BROTHERS OR SISTERS, OR OTHER RELATIVES SIBS
A ____ NOSE MAY BE THE RESULT OF A FIGHT BLOODIED
Fungal disease of plants, especially cereals, causing black sooty marks on leaves SMUT
From agricultural production, a nickname for Tasmania APPLE ISLE
Cadair Idris and Tryfan are mountains located in ____ Snowdonia National Park
Bjorn Borg’s playing style included heavy ____ on both wings TOPSPIN
At the 1948 Olympics, 25,000 cups of ____ were served to competitors OVALTINE