The Times - Specialist - November 18 2018 Crossword Puzzle Answers

The Times - Specialist - Sunday Times GK Jumbo No 136
Clues	Answers
"In life, in death, o Lord, ____" (HF Lyte, usually to music by WH Monk)	Abide With Me
"The last hundred years has seen a general ____ the democratic idea" (GK Chesterton)	decline in
A chief god of ancient Egypt, the brother of Set	OSIRIS
A delicate or potentially embarrassing situation	Thin ice
A volunteer role in animal training	puppy walker
According to its website, ____ has the biggest university campus in the UK	KEELE
After the Danube, the second-longest river in central or western Europe	RHINE
Archangel often named with Gabriel, Michael and Raphael	URIEL
As a musical direction, "becoming slower"	RALLENTANDO
Comedian who appeared with his father in the 1930s as "Bert Carson and his Little Wonder"	Ernie Wise
Complicated bow which is hard to untie, thus symbolizing deep affection	True lovers' knot
Composer of the ragtime opera Treemonisha	Scott Joplin
Conditions or stipulations	Ifs and buts
Corona discharge sometimes seen around ships’ masts	St Elmo's fire
Equipment used in much commercial marine fishing	trawl net
Final active stage or last possible moment	the last gasp
Folded tortilla filled with minced beef, chicken, cheese or beans	BURRITO
Hairstyle popularised by the Ronettes	BEEHIVE
Home town of comedian Peter Kay	BOLTON
Housay, Grunay and Bruray, once home of the smallest secondary school in Britain	Out Skerries
In Greek myth, a shepherd and the nymph he loved	Acis and Galatea
In Greek myth, an outlaw who Zeus punished for eternity	IXION
In the USA, property comprising land and or buildings	Real estate
Jackie ____ wrote the lyrics for the Neighbours signature tune	TRENT
Location of the G20 Summit later this year	Buenos Aires
Lynda ____wrote the TV series Widows and Prime Suspect	La Plante
Northern coniferous forests, just south of the tundra	TAIGA
Of a robust traditional or rural character, informally	TWEEDY
Outer Hebridean island from which Bonnie Prince Charlie headed "over the sea to Skye"	BENBECULA
Pantomime character whose first words are often "Master! Your wish is my command!"	Genie of the lamp
People working on the California Zephyr or Coast Starlight	railroaders
Playwright who wrote about working-class Dubliners	Sean O'Casey
Poet who wrote Illustrated Excursions in Italy	Edward Lear
Preliminary version of a film	Rough cut
Reflective moment which once ended Sundays on the BBC	EPILOGUE
Retain composure, when provoked	Keep one's cool
Retired professors, say, who retain their titles on an honorary basis	EMERITI
Second John Buchan novel featuring Richard Hannay	GREENMANTLE
Sideboard with shelves above drawers and cupboards	Welsh dresser
South Africa’s third largest city, once called Port Natal	DURBAN
Stewed vegetables, usually including tomatoes, aubergines, courgettes and peppers	RATATOUILLE
Stone coffin with carvings	SARCOPHAGUS
Suffolk town on the River Gipping associated with poets John Milton and George Crabbe	STOWMARKET
The "Queen of Soul" who died in August this year	Aretha Franklin
The darker inner region of a sunspot	UMBRA
The Indian cricketer "Ranji" was called the "maharajah of ____" after buying Ballynahinch Castle in County Galway	CONNEMARA
The McIlhenny Company’s contribution to a cocktail bar	Tabasco sauce
The multi-headed monster killed by Hercules in the second of his 12 labours	HYDRA
The Roman name for the Greek god of medicine and healing, a son of Apollo	AESCULAPIUS
To show someone’s involvement in a crime	IMPLICATE
To ____ on something is to endorse it or to mark it with your distinctive character	Set one's seal
US soul singer whose Shout Bamalama was strongly influenced by Little Richard’s frantic jump-blues style	Otis Redding
Where Lincoln delivered an address at the dedication of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery in 1863	GETTYSBURG
Winner of the Swiss Indoor tennis title in October __ his 99th professional singles tournament win	Roger Federer
Words first used by Shakespeare in Henry VI, Part 3 rather than Julius Caesar	Et tu Brute
Working for regular pay	STIPENDIARY