The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2019 08 11

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Author of Hotel du Lac ANITA BROOKNER
“____; 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
GETS CLOSER TO NEARS
LATIN ROCK BAND FOUNDED IN SAN FRANCISCO IN 1966 SANTANA
THE CENTRAL VERTICAL ELEMENT OF A WOODEN CHAIR BACK SPLAT
Small dilated blood vessels, medically called Telangiectasia Spider veins
Singer who won the Laurence Olivier Award for her role in Evita ELAINE PAIGE
Released between Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl) and Fantastic Day, the biggest hit for Haircut One Hundred Love Plus One
Period starting on the anniversary of an English monarch’s accession regnal year
The Jewish Day of Atonement YOM KIPPUR
Passage through which nerves enter a tooth’s pulp cavity ROOT CANAL
Osbert, Sacheverell and Edith were members of this literary family SITWELL
Machine which mixes and tempers clay PUG MILL
To thicken or condense INSPISSATE
Victor over Serena Williams in the final of Wimbledon 2019 SIMONA HALEP
In old military slang, (in) the afternoon PIP EMMA
Small long-haired dog originally bred as a sentinel in Buddhist monasteries LHASA APSO
____ player Efren Reyes has won over 70 international titles POOL
____ tyres were popular in the first half of the 20th century cross-ply
French actress who won an Oscar for her role as Edith Piaf in the 2007 film La Vie en Rose MARION COTILLARD
Swedish physicist, inventor of a thermometer scale ANDERS CELSIUS
Russian word for “union”, also used for the Soviet space programme SOYUZ
Equestrian event which means “training” in French DRESSAGE
In Greek myth, mother of the Nereids DORIS
Channels for water running away from waterwheels tail races
Car manufacturer strongly associated with James Bond ASTON MARTIN
The capital of Afghanistan KABUL
Ancient city whose location is believed to be Hisarlik TROY
American politician who once described the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull as “lipstick” SARAH PALIN
A type of deep-fried burrito CHIMICHANGA
2002 film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as firefighter Gordon Brewer COLLATERAL DAMAGE
15-year-old victor over Venus Williams in the first round of Wimbledon 2019 CORI GAUFF
“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
The last known passenger pigeon died in 1914 in this American city’s zoo CINCINNATI
Former Formula One racing team now known as Racing Point Force India
The venomous south African tree snake Dispholidus typus BOOMSLANG
The ____ runs 268 miles from Edale to Kirk Yetholm PENNINE WAY
American golfer who won the 1989 Open Championship after a play-off with Wayne Grady and Greg Norman Mark Calcavecchia
Zoological term meaning “tailless“ ACAUDAL
____ plains are ocean floors between continental rises and mid-ocean ridges ABYSSAL
Unlimited, as in ____ powers PLENARY
Toxic element whose name is often used for its trioxide ARSENIC
“A ____ little island huffing and puffing to keep up with Western Europe” (John Updike, describing Britain) SOGGY
England’s second-highest mountain SCAFELL
A RESTAURANT OR PUB BUFFET CARVERY
Biblical character played by Hedy Lamarr and Liz Hurley DELILAH
EGYPTIAN GODDESS OF FERTILITY ISIS