The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2020 02 02

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Rubgy union’s flankers and number eight in are ____ forwards LOOSE
Representations of plans or theories SCHEMATA
Type of aircraft requiring no runway VTOL
Traumatic memory supposedly “cleared” in practices of the Church of Scientology ENGRAM
The river on which Ipswich stands ORWELL
Third-largest city of Cyprus, on its southern coast LARNACA
The river on which Albuquerque stands RIO GRANDE
Informally, someone’s neck SCRAG
Vietnamese soup with meat and rice noodles PHO
The Nissan ____ was the company’s flagship limousine PRESIDENT
The main gastric enzyme in the human digestive system PEPSIN
West and East ____ are northern provinces of Belgium FLANDERS
The point on the celestial sphere opposite to the zenith NADIR
THE ____ GUARD SERVED AS BODYGUARDS FOR ROMAN EMPERORS PRAETORIAN
South American palm tree or its blackish-purple berries ACAI
US slang for something excellent (spelling with Z) LOLLAPALOOZA
Bird of prey which recolonised Scotland naturally in the 1950s, especially at Loch Garten OSPREY
American writer of populist music like the ballet Rodeo AARON COPLAND
Barrier island of the lagoon of Venice LIDO
THE LARGEST EUROPEAN MEMBER OF THE NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT, 1961-92 YUGOSLAVIA
Chateau in the grounds of Versailles, built for Louis XV’s mistress Petit Trianon
Australia’s Lake ____ is only full a few times in a century EYRE
Commonly, the Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons BLUES AND ROYALS
Dendroaspis polylepis, the second-longest venomous snake species BLACK MAMBA
“So glistered the dire snake, and into ____ / Led Eve, our credulous mother, to the tree” (Milton) FRAUD
“IBM says the ____ is king. At Amstrad, we only want your money!” (Alan Sugar) CUSTOMER
____ crosses the Thames at the eastern end of Battersea Park CHELSEA BRIDGE
A drug used to relieve tension RELAXER
Administrative area including Beamish Museum and Bishop Auckland County Durham
Spice obtained from tree bark CINNAMON
____ acid is made from ammonia in the Ostwald process NITRIC
____ first became world welterweight champion in 1946 Sugar Ray Robinson
1972 US movie about politics, starring Robert Redford THE CANDIDATE
SCENIC ROAD ON THE SIDE OF A MOUNTAIN OR CLIFF CORNICHE
Greyish wingless insect, seen as a household pest SILVERFISH
British javelin thrower who won silver medals in four global championships, three behind Jan Zelezny STEVE BACKLEY
Goethe’s ____s include “Painting and tattooing of the body is a return to animalism” and “The classical is health; and the romantic, disease” MAXIM
Form of stationery on which Vladimir Nabokov wrote his novels INDEX CARDS
Creature whose home appears on Utah state highway signs BEE
Greek culture minister who wanted some marbles back Melina Mercouri
How careful planners may look A LONG WAY AHEAD
In most English-speaking countries, this separates the integral and fractional parts of a number DECIMAL POINT
Member of an east Germanic tribe which established kingdoms in the Iberian peninsula VANDAL
A SIGN THAT SOMETHING HAS BEEN IN A LOCATION TRACE
FORMER OLYMPIC FIELD EVENT, LAST CONTESTED IN 1912 Standing long jump
Costing one 80th of a pre-decimalisation pound THREEPENNY
A replacement for a starting pitcher in a baseball game RELIEVER
London location noted for gentlemen’s outfitters JERMYN STREET
Military term for guard duty sentry-go
North Pacific Ocean marine mammal which uses tools SEA OTTER