The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2019 04 28

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