The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2019 08 11

crossword answers
Clue Answer
EGYPTIAN GODDESS OF FERTILITY ISIS
Former Formula One racing team now known as Racing Point Force India
“A ____ little island huffing and puffing to keep up with Western Europe” (John Updike, describing Britain) SOGGY
“Nature, in her fantastic ____ had set such a seal of maidenhood upon Tess’s countenance that he gazed at her with a stupefied air” (Thomas Hardy) TRICKERY
15-year-old victor over Venus Williams in the first round of Wimbledon 2019 CORI GAUFF
2002 film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as firefighter Gordon Brewer COLLATERAL DAMAGE
A type of deep-fried burrito CHIMICHANGA
American politician who once described the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull as “lipstick” SARAH PALIN
Ancient city whose location is believed to be Hisarlik TROY
Biblical character played by Hedy Lamarr and Liz Hurley DELILAH
Car manufacturer strongly associated with James Bond ASTON MARTIN
Channels for water running away from waterwheels tail races
Equestrian event which means “training” in French DRESSAGE
Toxic element whose name is often used for its trioxide ARSENIC
Unlimited, as in ____ powers PLENARY
Victor over Serena Williams in the final of Wimbledon 2019 SIMONA HALEP
Zoological term meaning “tailless“ ACAUDAL
French actress who won an Oscar for her role as Edith Piaf in the 2007 film La Vie en Rose MARION COTILLARD
In Greek myth, mother of the Nereids DORIS
In old military slang, (in) the afternoon PIP EMMA
Machine which mixes and tempers clay PUG MILL
Osbert, Sacheverell and Edith were members of this literary family SITWELL
Passage through which nerves enter a tooth’s pulp cavity ROOT CANAL
Author of Hotel du Lac ANITA BROOKNER
LATIN ROCK BAND FOUNDED IN SAN FRANCISCO IN 1966 SANTANA
American golfer who won the 1989 Open Championship after a play-off with Wayne Grady and Greg Norman Mark Calcavecchia
A RESTAURANT OR PUB BUFFET CARVERY
“____; the centre cannot hold” (WB Yeats) THINGS FALL APART
PARTRIDGE-LIKE BIRD OF SOUTH AMERICA TINAMOU
Greek deity often depicted holding a thunderbolt ZEUS
OF A MONK, HAVING THE CROWN OF THE HEAD SHAVEN TONSURED
Period starting on the anniversary of an English monarch’s accession regnal year
Released between Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl) and Fantastic Day, the biggest hit for Haircut One Hundred Love Plus One
Russian word for “union”, also used for the Soviet space programme SOYUZ
Singer who won the Laurence Olivier Award for her role in Evita ELAINE PAIGE
Small dilated blood vessels, medically called Telangiectasia Spider veins
Small long-haired dog originally bred as a sentinel in Buddhist monasteries LHASA APSO
Swedish physicist, inventor of a thermometer scale ANDERS CELSIUS
The capital of Afghanistan KABUL
The Jewish Day of Atonement YOM KIPPUR
GETS CLOSER TO NEARS
The last known passenger pigeon died in 1914 in this American city’s zoo CINCINNATI
The venomous south African tree snake Dispholidus typus BOOMSLANG
The ____ runs 268 miles from Edale to Kirk Yetholm PENNINE WAY
To thicken or condense INSPISSATE
____ plains are ocean floors between continental rises and mid-ocean ridges ABYSSAL
____ player Efren Reyes has won over 70 international titles POOL
____ tyres were popular in the first half of the 20th century cross-ply
England’s second-highest mountain SCAFELL
THE CENTRAL VERTICAL ELEMENT OF A WOODEN CHAIR BACK SPLAT