The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2021 12 05

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Britain’s smallest falcon MERLIN
To appear after a long spell of invisibility RESURFACE
Konrad ____ shared a 1973 Nobel prize for his work on animal behaviour LORENZ
Description not currently applying to many deciduous trees in Britain IN LEAF
Rugby union international whose tally of 38 tries for France remains a record Serge Blanco
Departing from a place or subject wandering off
The English equivalent of quatre-vingt-dix NINETY
Jocular local name for native of Hobart or Launceston taswegian
The puffin, in Scotland Tammie Norie
1987 Percy Aldon film, released in Germany as Out of Rosenheim Bagdad Cafe
Powder which can be made from cassava, chestnuts or chickpeas FLOUR
A horse or rider in a race over hurdles STEEPLECHASER
Apparatus used to maintain a constant low temperature CRYOSTAT
A fairly cheap Italian restaurant OSTERIA
The opposite of what a martinet would be LENIENT
Forename of Channel 5’s newest Egghead, who writes quizzes for The Times OLAV
A decorative flourish in calligraphy CURLICUE
The satanic nations mentioned in Revelation 20 Gog and Magog
Greek writer of Parallel Lives PLUTARCH
Military expedition advancing to a territory’s interior, notably by Xenophon in Asia Minor ANABASIS
Actress who played “Hot Lips” in MASH on TV Loretta Swit
Nickname currently on new Alaskan license plates Last Frontier
Alloy of nickel and titanium, which has shape memory NITINOL
____ elatior was a popular house plant in late Victorian Britain ASPIDISTRA
Literary assistant who takes dictation or copies manuscript AMANUENSIS
The ____ of most 1990s computer monitors was 4:3 aspect ratio
Usually bicoloured confection, made from grated palm fruit and sugar syrup coconut ice
A piece of equipment: more specifically, a fire engine APPLIANCE