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Saturday, March 2, 2019

The Times - Specialist - March 3 2019 Crossword Puzzle Answer

The Times - Specialist - Sunday Times GK Jumbo No 151
CluesAnswers
'I could ____ a Mandrake Restorative Draught in my sleep' (Lockhart, in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets)whip up
'The answer to this is carefully' (Delia Smith on How to ____)boil an egg
2007 Disney film combining live action filming, traditional animation and CGIENCHANTED
Children's Literature: Series created by Dr Seuss, including The Cat in the Hat and Green Eggs and Hambeginner Books
Classical Literature: In Terence's play The ____, the title character is a present from Phaedria to ThaisEUNUCH
English Literature: Scriptwriter who created the Daleksterry Nation
Food: Writer given most credit for leading British tastes in a new direction, from the 1950s onwardselizabeth David
Music: Paired percussion instrument created in Cuba, around 1900BONGOS
The Bible: In St Paul's writing, a charismatic preacherAPOSTLE
The English Language: George Bernard Shaw said there were touches of the philologist and phonetician Henry ____ in PygmalionSWEET
A Great Highland ____ usually has three dronesBAGPIPE
A ____ is intended to keep rain out of a tentstorm flap
Alloy of lead, tin and antimony, developed by Gutenbergtype metal
Alloy, usually not including the second metal in its namenickel silver
Ancient alphabet of the British Isles, now only visible on stone monumentsOGAM
Australian informal expression for 'unimpressive' — a British equivalent with one letter insertednot much chop
Author of the 1947 novel Under the VolcanoMalcolm Lowry
Avenue where the Tour de France has finished since 1975Champs-Elysees
Behaving arrogantly or condescendinglyon one's high horse
Clothing design technique popularised in the late 1960stie-dye
Drug called diamorphine when prescribed for pain reliefHEROIN
Female badgersSOWS
Foodstuff also known as hardtackship's biscuit
Full, especially with foodREPLETE
Highlight of music hall performances by Wilson, Keppel and Bettysand dance
In 2008, Paul ____ became the first black British manager in England’s top football divisionINCE
In Greek myth, Apollo's twin sisterARTEMIS
In Jane Austen's Emma, Jane Fairfax is Miss Bates's ____NIECE
Informally, an athlete like Emil Zatopek or Mo Farahdistance runner
Italics in clues indicate one of the seven ____ books owned by today's setter, as a source of the Q and Aoxford Companion
Items offered on Gumtree are often '____'in good condition
Labour party leader between Lansbury and GaitskellATTLEE
Large shopping centre just off the M25 near Dartfordbluewater
Marine arthropod often seen in fossil formTRILOBITE
One who gives up easilyDEFEATIST
Poet like Pindar or HoraceODIST
Possible part of the process of solving a crossword clueaha moment
Ruling family in Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast trilogyGROAN
Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew is mostly set in ____PADUA
Showjumper Richard ____ won three Olympic gold medalsMEADE
Sign that an exchange is ready to initiate a phone calldialling tone
The beautiful witch in the 1964-72 TV sitcom BewitchedSAMANTHA
The lingua franca of the Hanseatic LeagueMiddle Low German
This pass was the scene of a battle between Persians and outnumbered GreeksTHERMOPYLAE
Weight redistribution device used in winter walksSNOWSHOE
William Ralph ____, Dean of St Paul's cathedral, was nominated three times for the Nobel prize for literatureINGE
____ at End House is the sixth Agatha Christie novel featuring Hercule PoirotPERIL
____ Elkins was the eponymous character in a 1960s filmALFIE
____ particles include neutrinos and bosonsSUBATOMIC
____ played male and female school heads in 1950s British comedy filmsAlastair Sim

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