The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2021 03 21

crossword answers
Clue Answer
VERBATIM WORD FOR WORD
Presentation equipment made largely obsolete by Powerpoint and similar software ohp
EXTREMELY STUPID pea-brained
Narrator of a cycle of epic poems by James Macpherson OSSIAN
1637 pastoral elegy by John Milton LYCIDAS
1979 film adaptation of a Thomas Hardy novel TESS
2008 film starring Dev Patel as Jamal Malik SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Somewhere between largo and presto mid-tempo
Shorter of two names for a bloody mary ingredient WORCESTER SAUCE
Soviet Russia’s first secret police organisation, active from 1917 to 1922 CHEKA
How winners of crossword prizes are usually selected AT RANDOM
As a band or orchestra, ready to play TUNED UP
“Sweep on, you fat and greasy ____” (As You Like It) CITIZENS
Resinous substance often used to make varnishes LAC
A car used in short races DRAGSTER
Secret agent assisted by Penfold in an ITV cartoon series DANGER MOUSE
Italian designer Nina ____ founded her fashion house in Paris in 1932 RICCI
Ireland, in classical Latin HIBERNIA
Select to fill a significant role, especially in a religious context ANOINT
An oxymoron CONTRADICTION IN TERMS
Christian ____ created fashion’s New Look in 1947 DIOR
Motorcycle manufacturer based at Donington Park NORTON