The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2019 04 21

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Valley in which, according to the Bible, kings of Judah sacrificed children GEHENNA
MELODIOUS, RELATING TO A SINGER AND MUSICIAN OF GREEK MYTH ORPHEAN
Informally, a level on a scale NOTCH
A BUILDING INSCRIPTION, OR A QUOTATION STARTING A CHAPTER EPIGRAPH
A voile of silk or other thin fabric NINON
A poison which is destructive to nerve tissue NEUROTOXIN
Between Bootes and Leo, the only modern constellation named after a real person COMA BERENICES
Deceitful sorcerer of The Faerie Queene ARCHIMAGO
Francesco ____ was a major composer of early madrigals CORTECCIA
SHROPSHIRE TOWN CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH ABRAHAM DARBY IRONBRIDGE
“The ____ of the goat is the bounty of God” (William Blake) LUST
A prisoner or patient INMATE
Crime drama series whose theme tune was Eye Level VAN DER VALK
Football league club founded in 2004 MK Dons
Formula One driver whose best finish to date was fourth in the 2017 Singapore Grand Prix Carlos Sainz
French phrase meaning “as a last resort” or “at worst” au pis aller
Gail Honeyman’s Eleanor ____ is Completely Fine won the 2017 Costa debut novel award OLIPHANT
Horse which Caligula reputedly intended to make a consul INCITATUS
Comedian who said “I get credit all the time for things I never said” GROUCHO MARX
BBC cookery show currently narrated by India Fisher MASTERCHEF
Italianate village just outside Snowdonia National Park PORTMEIRION
Kyiv is the capital of this country UKRAINE
London suburb between Richmond and Putney East Sheen
Anything north of Watford Gap OWT
Author of The Cherry Orchard ANTON CHEKHOV
Ancient name for the most northerly inhabited place THULE
Princess Charlotte of Cambridge is Prince Andrew’s ____ great-niece
Racing circuit called “the Green Hell” by Jackie Stewart nurburgring
____ fertilisation creates test-tube babies IN VITRO
Winter sports resort of the Cairngorms National Park AVIEMORE
American actor whose roles included that of the recording engineer in Five Easy Pieces Richard Stahl
The only female prime minister of France EDITH CRESSON
The common ____ is one of India’s most dangerous snakes KRAIT
1967 pop art piece by David Hockney A BIGGER SPLASH
The common name for Mustela erminea STOAT
“The people are civilised, friendly and highly educated. Even my ____ had an MBA” (David Cameron, about Macedonia) TOUR GUIDE
“I think I’m gonna be sad” starts this Beatles song TICKET TO RIDE
Sports car launched in 2008, codenamed Project Eagle Lotus Evora
Sanskrit hymn collection, one of Hinduism’s four canonical texts RIG VEDA
Robert Gubby, aka Bobby ___, is a member of Bucks Fizz GEE
CREDO I BELIEVE
“Being a ____ has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where the average Negro could never hope to go and get insulted” (Sammy Davis Junior) STAR
In the UK, this facial birth defect is normally repaired in the first year of life CLEFT PALATE
Informally, The Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team RED ARROWS
The common people, from Greek for “the many” HOI POLLOI
London thoroughfare connecting the Strand and Ludgate Hill FLEET STREET
Long-standing magazine reviewing classical recordings GRAMOPHONE
To distribute printed information to people or homes LEAFLET
The cities of Seattle and Tacoma are on Washington state’s ____ Sound PUGET
Swedish footballer who has played for Ajax, Juventus, Barcelona and Manchester United ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC