The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2021 07 11

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Relating to refraction, especially in relation to vision DIOPTRIC
Annual TV event hosted by Jools Holland every year since 1992 HOOTENANNY
Blinked or winked nictated
BLOOD POISONING SEPTICAEMIA
Previously used second-hand
An acrophobe has a ____ fear of heights
Radial tree diagram popularised by Tony Buzan in his 1974 TV series Use Your Head mind map
Greek lyric poetry’s triad was strophe, antistrophe and ____ EPODE
Those who receive hospital treatment but do not stay overnight OUTPATIENTS
Legendary island from which Odysseus came ITHACA
A ____ is a trombone made between about 1400 and 1700, or a replica of one SACKBUT
A PUNGENT RED PEPPER CAYENNE
Bowling style used by Shane Warne and Anil Kumble LEG SPIN
Textile machine invented by Eli Whitney cotton gin
Common name for a decubitus ulcer BEDSORE
The condition of having left a valid will TESTACY
This is also known as scrivener’s palsy writer's cramp
VIOLENT SEIZURE OF POWER coup detat
A migrant from Schleswig to eastern Britain ANGLE
Repeating initial word sounds, often for literary effect ALLITERATION
HINDQUARTERS HAUNCHES
The corrupt attorney in The Old Curiosity Shop Sampson Brass
Current manager of Leicester City Brendan Rodgers
“Be ____. / No more amazement. Tell your piteous heart / There’s no harm done” (The Tempest) COLLECTED
Decorative plaster used to coat exterior walls STUCCO
____, parsley and bay leaves are included in practically every recipe for bouquet garni THYME
Italian for bassoons fagotti