The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2019 06 23

crossword answers
Clue Answer
For many years Judith ____’s paintings were attributed to Frans Hals, or her husband Jan Molenaer LEYSTER
Island where England and France’s first Caribbean colonies were located ST KITTS
Slave of Marcus and Stylax in the sitcom Plebs GRUMIO
IN AN ____ KISS, THE LIPS DO NOT TOUCH AIR
A TYPE OF CHICORY WITH REDDISH-PURPLE LEAVES RADICCHIO
Online name of Brighton-based YouTuber Felix Kjellberg pewdiepie
Motto abbreviated on Bénédictine liqueur bottle labels DEO OPTIMO MAXIMO
Deformation which turns a rectangle into a parallelogram SHEAR
City where the Trans-Siberian railway crosses the river Ob NOVOSIBIRSK
DOCUMENT OR OTHER ITEM WHICH IS LEGALLY VOID NULLITY
A LARGE BREAD ROLL BAP
DIRECTOR OF THE NOIR FILMS LAURA (1944) AND FALLEN ANGEL OTTO PREMINGER
The UK version of this game show was hosted by Paul Daniels and Bob Monkhouse WIPEOUT
Member of the Nicaraguan rebel group which deposed President Somoza in 1979 SANDINISTA
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy character, also called Ix FORD PREFECT
The world’s largest freshwater lake by volume BAIKAL
DEFRAYAL PAYMENT
In the Bible, the first son of Abraham ISHMAEL
Plants of the sedge family, once a source of writing material PAPYRI
Hat named after a George du Maurier novel of 1894 TRILBY
AN ABSURD PRETENCE; AN EPISODE IN A WORD GAME CHARADE
Lady Macbeth’s second line in Act 5 of Macbeth OUT DAMNED SPOT
The 13th or 15th day of months in the Roman calendar IDES
Partnered by Helen Glover, rower who won two Olympic gold medals in the women’s coxless pairs HEATHER STANNING
“Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real ____” (William Penn) BENEFIT
INNER CHAMBER OF A KILN USED TO FIRE POTTERY MUFFLE
COLD DISH OF VARIOUS MEATS AND GREENS INCLUDING AVOCADO COBB SALAD
Felt hat apparently named after a play by Victorien Sardou FEDORA
Thomas Keneally novel that won the 1982 Booker Prize Schindler's Ark
BRIEFLY IN SHORT
A ____ latte uses low-fat or non-fat milk SKINNY
SUSTAINED, AS A MUSICAL DIRECTION TENUTO
JAPANESE COMPANY CREATED IN 1939 BY THE MERGER OF TOKYO DENKI AND SHIBAURA SEISAKU-SHO TOSHIBA
Nickname given to the Labour party’s former chief fundraiser Baron Levy Lord Cashpoint
SATELLITE WHICH HAS BEEN CONTINUOUSLY INHABITED SINCE 2000 ISS
CITY SERVED BY SANGSTER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT; A 1970 HIT FOR BOBBY BLOOM MONTEGO BAY
1947 novel by Compton Mackenzie WHISKY GALORE
US television series created by Earl Hanmer Jr, based on his book Spencer’s Mountain THE WALTONS
Northamptonshire town formerly called Lactodurum TOWCESTER
Jazz standard from the 1930 musical Girl Crazy I GOT RHYTHM
The “wise men” of Matthew 2:1 MAGI
____ played Viola de Lesseps in Shakespeare in Love GWYNETH PALTROW
AGONY AUNT ONCE KNOWN AS REBECCA RAYLE Marjorie Proops
Catlike carnivore, source of a strong musky perfume CIVET
Town near Stockport whose railway station is said to have led to the naming of an iconic Agatha Christie character MARPLE
SATURDAY MORNING TV SHOW WHICH AIRED FROM 1974-1982 TISWAS
Movement of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, subtitled With the Dead in a Dead Language CATACOMBS
Dark red resin used in varnishes and dyes LAC
INFORMATION GATHERED BUT NOT YET ANALYSED OR PROCESSED RAW DATA
Island whose largest settlement is St John’s NEWFOUNDLAND
IN ANCIENT GREECE, A RELIGIOUS SANCTUARY DEDICATED TO ZEUS OLYMPIA
Scottish crime novelist who sometimes writes as Jack Harvey IAN RANKIN