The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2020 01 19

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