The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2019 04 28

crossword answers
Clue Answer
IN OLD SLANG, A ____-WORRY WAS A TEA-PARTY MUFFIN
Breathing tube inserted after a tracheotomy CANNULA
CASSITERITE IS THE ONLY COMMERCIALLY IMPORTANT ____ TIN ORE
A SMALL CARNIVORE OR A TYPE OF ANTELOPE SABLE
THE PROBOSCIS MONKEY IS THE ONLY MEMBER OF THIS GENUS NASALIS
A SYMPTOM OF KIDNEY FAILURE ANURIA
THE MOST RECENT GRAND NATIONAL WINNER SPONSORED BY A COMPANY OF THE SAME NAME SEAGRAM
Two-pronged attachment to a boat, for securing ropes CLEAT
1962 SINGLE BY NANCY SINATRA; 2018 SINGLE BY DAVID GUETTA, MARTIN GARRIX AND BROOKS LIKE I DO
In astronomy, an informal alternative to “circumstellar” as a description of a habitable zone GOLDILOCKS
One sixth of a drachma in ancient Greece OBOL
Insectivore of the Soricidae family SHREW
In literature or music, a recurring theme LEITMOTIF
Opera in which the eponymous character’s father is the Emperor Altoum TURANDOT
Oily secretion which lubricates hair and skin SEBUM
The current world chess champion MAGNUS CARLSEN
The distinctive standards of an institution or individual ETHOS
Location which inspired the unofficial anthem of Yorkshire ILKLEY MOOR
The Isle of Bute is in the ____ FIRTH OF CLYDE
The only member of Robin Hood’s Merry Men present in the most common account of his death LITTLE JOHN
James Joyce novel which revolves around the Earwicker family FINNEGANS WAKE
Jamaican musical genre, a precursor to reggae SKA
Paul Theroux novel adapted into a 1986 film THE MOSQUITO COAST
The headquarters of the Council of Europe are in ____ STRASBOURG
Hilary Mantel novel documenting the rise to power of Thomas Cromwell WOLF HALL
Game show first shown in September 2008 on BBC Four ONLY CONNECT
Fictional character who has affairs with Rodolphe Boulanger and Léon Dupuis EMMA BOVARY
Resembling skin DERMATOID
Robbie Coltrane played Rubeus ____ in Harry Potter films HAGRID
Central California city, a gateway to the Sierra Nevada FRESNO
Blade which may be attached to a rifle muzzle BAYONET
The European Space Agency’s programme contributing to the International Space Station COLUMBUS
Author of How Green Was My Valley Richard Llewellyn
Archipelago formerly known as the New Hebrides VANUATU
The President of India Ram Nath Kovind
Actress and singer who was Hollywood’s “Sarong Queen” DOROTHY LAMOUR
Actor who founded southeast London’s Dulwich College Edward Alleyn
About 25 per cent of the UK’s groups of ____ are recognised by the Royal Navy Sea Scouts
A pin for holding the hair in place BARRETTE
1984 musical film starring Kevin Bacon and Lori Singer FOOTLOOSE
The ____ Peninsula separates the Thames and Medway estuaries HOO
District of London in which Enid Blyton was born DULWICH
Dickens character whose dog is called Bull’s-eye BILL SIKES
Chris ____ played Roy Trenneman in The IT Crowd O'Dowd
Cylindrical firm cheese produced in France’s Auvergne region CANTAL
Company which published the first edition of Roget’s Thesaurus in 1852 longman
Constellation noted for the “W” shape of its brightest stars CASSIOPEIA
Author of the Metamorphoses OVID
Afrikaans term for a foreigner, such as a British immigrant in 19th-century Transvaal UITLANDER
1923 Pulitzer prize winner for One of Ours WILLA CATHER