The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2020 03 08

crossword answers
Clue Answer
A COLLOQUIAL DESCRIPTION OF SOMEONE OR SOMETHING UNWANTED, ESPECIALLY WHEN REAPPEARING BAD PENNY
British astronomer credited with coining the phrase “big bang” Fred Hoyle
British guitarist, the only person to be inducted to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame three times ERIC CLAPTON
Features of Wagner’s Ring, sometimes given names like “Magic sleep” or “Wotan’s will frustrated” LEITMOTIFS
Art of making timepieces, or science of measuring time HOROLOGY
Informally, “a lot” NO END
Member of a Turkic ethnic group in eastern Siberia YAKUT
North American insect, with notable eyespots IO MOTH
Of film, music etc, recorded and ready for release IN THE CAN
An Italian dish, literally a medley of fried things FRITTO MISTO
An illusion of countryside created within a city RUS IN URBE
& 34: The first line of Peter Pan ALL CHILDREN EXCEPT ONE
“The secrets of the hoary deep, ____ without bound” (Paradise Lost) A DARK ILLIMITABLE OCEAN
“There’s such a ____ in melancholy / I would not, if I could, be gay” (Samuel Rogers) CHARM
“____ / Can snore upon the flint when resty sloth / Finds the down pillow hard” (Cymbeline) WEARINESS
A mournful song, especially performed by a single voice MONODY
A second burial, normally in a different place reinterment
A state or culture characterised by humanitarianism, equality and political freedom open society
Actress who starred as Miss Marple on ITV, 2004-09 Geraldine McEwan
On an Italian menu, secondi piatti MAIN COURSES
One of the two forms of English in Orwell’s 1984 oldspeak
One who believes there is no universe, or no universe separate from God acosmist
Partner in an activity who watches out for another’s safety BUDDY
An animal that eats seeds GRANIVORE
THE NEAREST CITY TO THE RUINS OF ANCIENT CARTHAGE TUNIS
SEE 31 GROW UP
Goethe play for which Beethoven wrote incidental music including an overture EGMONT
Pat ____ was a player in Arsenal’s 1971 double-winning team, and assistant manager when they won two other doubles RICE
Pennsylvania is known as the ____ state KEYSTONE
American term for a pushchair STROLLER
The term “impressionism” was derived from a painting by this French artist CLAUDE MONET
In Othello, the jealous lover of Cassio BIANCA
Male given name which means “protector of wealth” EDWARD
To date, Denmark’s only female prime minister, currently chief executive of Save the Children Helle Thorning-Schmidt
Type of stamp which may be produced in wartime, or when a currency changes OVERPRINT
William Morris was a leader of this decorative trend ARTS AND CRAFTS MOVEMENT
Joseph ____ wrote Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim CONRAD
____ sang with Lionel Richie in the 1981 hit Endless Love DIANA ROSS
Grammatical term describing Mary in both “Mary loved John” and “John was loved by Mary” AGENT
Central character of a Hardy novel with seven “phases” TESS DURBEYFIELD
Bertie Wooster’s haughty and overbearing aunt AGATHA
As a pejorative term, an alternative to “blackleg” SCAB
Russian dog, the first animal to orbit the earth, in 1957 LAIKA
“Faith, the least exclusive club on Earth, has the ____ doorman. Every time I’ve stepped through its wide-open doorway, I find myself stepping out on the street again” (David Mitchell, in Cloud Atlas) CRAFTIEST
Those who, in law, are now commonly called claimants PLAINTIFFS
To add a new part to something originally made without it RETROFIT
Work done by IGN and Freytag & Berndt MAPMAKING
CAR MANUFACTURER, OF MODEL S AND MODEL X TESLA