The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2019 08 18

crossword answers
Clue Answer
SMALL HANDMADE WOODEN HOUSEHOLD OBJECTS TREEN
CHOOSE TO PARTICIPATE OPT IN
TO COMMEMORATE ITS LAST BATTLE AS A MILITARY UNIT AT GLENSHIEL IN 1719, CLAN MUNRO HELD AN INTERNATIONAL ____ LAST WEEKEND GATHERING
Expression of assent in radio communications WILCO
THE LAST JUDGMENT, OR A MEDIEVAL CHURCH PAINTING OF IT DOOM
Medicinal herb traditionally used to treat insomnia VALERIAN
Main muscle used by mammals when chewing MASSETER
The opening number of the 1975 musical Chicago ALL THAT JAZZ
When New Romney’s harbour silted up, it was replaced as a Cinque port by ____ RYE
Wood commonly used to make fingerboards for violins EBONY
The Great ____ in Kew Gardens dominates the local skyline PAGODA
The best thing to do with difficult questions? NOT ANSWER
The architect who designed the Louvre Pyramid I M PEI
Christmas pudding is a form of ____ PLUM DUFF
Former IOC president who started the curious tradition of calling practically every Olympics the “best ever” Juan Antonio Samaranch
Grape variety traditionally used in wines from Burgundy PINOT NOIR
Have ‘Twangy’ Guitar Will Travel was Duane ____’s debut album EDDY
Informal name for Maniola jurtina, a common British butterfly MEADOW BROWN
“Senior” rather than “old”, or “in an interesting condition” meaning “pregnant” EUPHEMISM
A European head of government who, like Margaret Thatcher, studied and worked in chemistry ANGELA MERKEL
A speck of soot SMUT
A symbol of communism; a former parcels service introduced by British Rail in 1963 RED STAR
Alan Paton’s novel about South Africa, written just before the introduction of apartheid Cry The Beloved Country
An American name for a conscript DRAFTEE
Another word for appendix, in its literary meaning ADDENDUM
Author whose short stories in The Bloody Chamber were based on fairy tales ANGELA CARTER
Italian composer Ruggero ____ wrote the opera Pagliacci LEONCAVALLO
Latin phrase meaning “which was to be shown”, traditionally abbreviated at the end of a mathematical proof QUOD ERAT DEMONSTRANDUM
Illustrator of many books, especially for children, including Stig of the Dump EDWARD ARDIZZONE
CARDINAL WHO SUCCEEDED RICHELIEU AS CHIEF MINISTER TO LOUIS XIII Jules Mazarin
SPORTING CONTESTANT WHOSE DISCIPLINE MAY BE ALPINE OR NORDIC SKIER
INFORMALLY, A MEDICAL PROCEDURE WHICH MAY BE CARRIED OUT DURING A PREGNANCY AMNIO
Trademark for dimenhydrinate, an important drug for some travellers DRAMAMINE
Madrid’s Museo del ____ was originally intended to house natural history exhibits PRADO
Measure of inflation in the UK, first calculated in 1947 RPI
More modern than others AHEAD OF THE CURVE
Nautical phenomenon often found where glacial run-off flows into a fjord, slowing down ships using propellers DEAD WATER
One of the solar system’s gas giants Jovian planet
SYMBOL SEEN ON THE NATIONAL FLAGS OF MOROCCO AND ETHIOPIA PENTAGRAM
Informally, a Latin American dance in ballroom contests cha-cha
In the name of a tourist destination, “blue” AZUR
The most popular boules game played in France PETANQUE
____ and Kashmir is India’s northernmost state JAMMU
Worcestershire town with Britain’s only needle museum REDDITCH
One ____ of carbon is buckminsterfullerene ALLOTROPE
Roman military commander who rose to political prominence after defeating the revolt led by Spartacus MARCUS LICINIUS CRASSUS
A steep-sided hill smaller than the similar mesa BUTTE