The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2019 06 16

crossword answers
Clue Answer
____ Hawthorne, author of The Scarlet Letter NATHANIEL
COLLOIDAL DISPERSION OF SOLID OR LIQUID PARTICLES IN A GAS, SUCH AS SMOKE OR FOG AEROSOL
French port at the mouth of the Seine LE HAVRE
Wind-pollinated hanging flowering spike of various trees CATKIN
____ DE MACHAUT, FRENCH COMPOSER OF SONGS IN THE 1300S GUILLAUME
Justine ____, Belgian tennis player who won the French Open in 2003 and 2005-2007 HENIN
PHILOSOPHICAL STUDY OF THE FUNDAMENTAL NATURE OF REALITY METAPHYSICS
Palindromic trade name for a machine used to aerate soil ROTAVATOR
Capital of Morocco, also a Maltese town near Mdina RABAT
Composer of Curlew River and The Prince of the Pagodas BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Scottish football team from Paisley, “The Buddies” ST MIRREN
Irish statesman and philosopher who criticised Britain’s treatment of its American colonies EDMUND BURKE
Part of the Antarctic Ocean, named after a British navigator WEDDELL SEA
The first person, in 1935, to fly solo from Hawaii to the US mainland AMELIA EARHART
“For here / Am I sitting in a ____, / Far above the world” (David Bowie, in Space Oddity) TIN CAN
& 25A The first woman to sit in the House of Commons [two-word answer] NANCY
“You can tell the history of jazz in four words: Louis Armstrong. ____.” (Miles Davis) CHARLIE PARKER
Thoroughfare along the south side of St James’s Park BIRDCAGE WALK
Trophy to be awarded on September 16, 2019 THE ASHES
Piz Bernina is the highest mountain in the Eastern ____ ALPS
Racing toboggan on which riders lie on their backs LUGE
____ were originally played for important people, or sung by lovers for their ladies SERENADES
Notre Dame’s three ____s survived the fire in April ROSE WINDOW
New York suburb to the north of the Bronx YONKERS
“____ is when a guy gets stabbed in the back and, instead of bleeding, he sings” (Ed Gardner) OPERA
Martyr, later canonised, believed to be the first bishop of Paris DENIS
Influential famous folk LUMINARIES
Debut single (and biggest hit) of Mungo Jerry, in 1970 In the Summertime
Wilhelm ____ is jointly credited for the discovery of calculus LEIBNITZ
In 2008, Rebecca ____ became the first British swimmer since 1908 to win two gold medals at the same Olympics ADLINGTON
French wine made principally from merlot or cabernet sauvignon grapes BORDEAUX RED
The Restriction of Offensive Weapons Act 1959 prohibited the import of ____ into the UK Flick-knives
English pre-Raphaelite textile designer and writer WILLIAM MORRIS
Edinburgh residence of Scottish monarchs until 1603 HOLYROODHOUSE
The world of Enid Blyton’s Noddy books TOYLAND
Bewildered, amazed ASTOUNDED
See 8D ASTOR
The emperor ____ monkey is supposedly so-called as its “moustache” makes it resemble Wilhelm II TAMARIN
The odious hypocrite of Molière’s comedy TARTUFFE
Musical direction — “all playing (or singing) together” TUTTI
Painter of Antwerp Cathedral’s The Descent from the Cross RUBENS
Incus ANVIL
Ernest Hemingway novel about Frederic Henry’s First World War experiences in Italy A FAREWELL TO ARMS
SAYING ABOUT A CITY, RECORDED BY GOETHE IN HIS ITALIAN JOURNEY SEE NAPLES AND DIE
JOHN CURRY, KATARINA WITT AND SONJA HENIE, FOR EXAMPLE Ice-skaters
RANG THE CHANGES PEALED
INFORMALLY, THE SINGER FOR WHOM NOEL COWARD CREATED THE ROLE OF ADA COCKLE IN THE GIRL WHO CAME TO SUPPER TWO TON TESSIE
ACTOR JAMES ____ BUILT THE THEATRE IN LONDON IN 1576 BURBAGE
GERMAN CITY WHOSE ZOLLVEREIN COAL MINE INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX BECAME A UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE IN 2001 ESSEN
FINLAND, TO THE FINNS SUOMI