The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2020 01 19

crossword answers
Clue Answer
A LOCAL AUTHORITY HAS NO DUTY TO MAINTAIN SUCH A ROAD UNADOPTED
The rightful ruler of this fictional capital is Princess Ozma EMERALD CITY
The first British woman to win five Grammy awards AMY WINEHOUSE
A foundling ENFANT TROUVE
Samuel Butler’s term for a participant in a scholastic disputation, including objections to ideas ob-and-soller
Neil Sedaka’s 1960 single after Stairway to Heaven YOU MEAN EVERYTHING TO ME
2005 sci-fi anthology including works by Charles Stross and Robert Silverberg One Million AD
A UK album will ____ if it sells over 300,000 copies GO PLATINUM
Surname of Spandau Ballet’s two brothers KEMP
New South Wales city, home to Mount Panorama motor racing circuit BATHURST
Mode of pronunciation often determined by region ACCENT
April 23 St George's Day
“I met her in ____, in old Mexico” (Frank Sinatra, on his Songs for Swingin’ Lovers album) MONTERREY
GENRE OF MUSIC PLAYED BY BANDS LIKE BRAND NEW HEAVIES ACID JAZZ
National personification, often seen with a goatee beard UNCLE SAM
Alternative comedy show which debuted on the first night of Channel 4 THE COMIC STRIP PRESENTS
In Greek myth, the weaver turned into a spider by Athena ARACHNE
THE PLAIN SUITS IN A TAROT PACK USED FOR DIVINATION MINOR ARCANA
Condition which may technically be called aesthenopia EYESTRAIN
Former horse-drawn carriage for passengers and mail POST CHAISE
The final studio album of Motorhead BAD MAGIC
MYTHICAL CREATURE OF A TYPE DEPICTED BY THE ZODIAC SIGN SAGITTARIUS CENTAUR
An informal name for Viola tricolor, the wild pansy herb-trinity
A drug used to treat angina verapamil
EPICENE THIRD PERSON SINGULAR DEPENDENT POSSESSIVE PRONOUN THEIR
Ancient Athenian statesman and general, who led his Antiochis tribe at the battle of Marathon ARISTIDES
Comedian whose UK national tour in the autumn of 2019 was called Healing the Nation ANDY PARSONS
____ was postmaster general when Premium Bonds and postcodes were introduced ERNEST MARPLES
Of a horse, to lose a shoe before or during a race spread a plate
US state with “Famous Potatoes” on its vehicle registration plates IDAHO
South Korean car maker whose models include the 18D HYUNDAI
Vice-chairman of West Ham United and former managing director of Birmingham City Karren Brady
Abbreviated name for a hoppy style of beer, made in Britain since about 1835 IPA
Marshy wooded region, typically of Siberia TAIGA
Formal expression of phrase, a panegyric ENCOMIUM
Japanese electronics company which developed the CD-Rom format in 1982 DENON
Document which allows the holder to leave a country EXIT VISA
Youngster said to be “full of grace” Tuesday's child
Slender probe used in surgery STYLET
Burma’s former capital city RANGOON
Where an Aussie keeps tinnies ESKY
Italian city whose Serie A football club are based at the Stadio Friuli UDINE
Fake, from a German word meaning “compensation” or “replacement'” ERSATZ
EXTREMELY THIN EMACIATED
Unit of atmospheric pressure BAR
Airline entrepreneur whose concepts influenced the likes of Ryanair and easyJet FREDDIE LAKER
Alloy of, mainly, iron and carbon STEEL
British sitcom starring Ricky Gervais as Andy Millman EXTRAS