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Saturday, April 27, 2019

The Times - Specialist - April 28 2019 Crossword Puzzle Answer

The Times - Specialist - Sunday Times GK Jumbo No 159 
CluesAnswers
1923 Pulitzer prize winner for One of OursWilla Cather
1962 single by Nancy Sinatra; 2018 single by David Guetta, Martin Garrix and BrooksLike I Do
1984 musical film starring Kevin Bacon and Lori SingerFOOTLOOSE
A pin for holding the hair in placeBARRETTE
A small carnivore or a type of antelopeSABLE
A symptom of kidney failureanuria
About 25 per cent of the UK’s groups of ____ are recognised by the Royal NavySea Scouts
Actor who founded southeast London’s Dulwich CollegeEdward Alleyn
Actress and singer who was Hollywood’s “Sarong Queen”Dorothy Lamour
Afrikaans term for a foreigner, such as a British immigrant in 19th-century Transvaaluitlander
Archipelago formerly known as the New HebridesVANUATU
Author of How Green Was My ValleyRichard Llewellyn
Author of the MetamorphosesOVID
Blade which may be attached to a rifle muzzleBAYONET
Breathing tube inserted after a tracheotomyCANNULA
Cassiterite is the only commercially important ____tin ore
Central California city, a gateway to the Sierra NevadaFRESNO
Chris ____ played Roy Trenneman in The IT CrowdO'Dowd
Company which published the first edition of Roget’s Thesaurus in 1852longman
Constellation noted for the “W” shape of its brightest starsCASSIOPEIA
Cylindrical firm cheese produced in France’s Auvergne regionCANTAL
Dickens character whose dog is called Bull’s-eyeBill Sikes
District of London in which Enid Blyton was bornDULWICH
Fictional character who has affairs with Rodolphe Boulanger and Léon DupuisEmma Bovary
Game show first shown in September 2008 on BBC FourOnly Connect
Hilary Mantel novel documenting the rise to power of Thomas CromwellWolf Hall
In astronomy, an informal alternative to “circumstellar” as a description of a habitable zoneGOLDILOCKS
In literature or music, a recurring themeLEITMOTIF
In old slang, a ____-worry was a tea-partyMUFFIN
Insectivore of the Soricidae familySHREW
Jamaican musical genre, a precursor to reggaeSKA
James Joyce novel which revolves around the Earwicker familyFinnegans Wake
Location which inspired the unofficial anthem of YorkshireIlkley Moor
Oily secretion which lubricates hair and skinSEBUM
One sixth of a drachma in ancient GreeceOBOL
Opera in which the eponymous character’s father is the Emperor AltoumTURANDOT
Paul Theroux novel adapted into a 1986 filmThe Mosquito Coast
Resembling skinDERMATOID
Robbie Coltrane played Rubeus ____ in Harry Potter filmsHAGRID
The current world chess championMagnus Carlsen
The distinctive standards of an institution or individualETHOS
The European Space Agency’s programme contributing to the International Space StationCOLUMBUS
The headquarters of the Council of Europe are in ____STRASBOURG
The Isle of Bute is in the ____Firth of Clyde
The most recent Grand National winner sponsored by a company of the same nameSEAGRAM
The only member of Robin Hood’s Merry Men present in the most common account of his deathLittle John
The President of IndiaRam Nath Kovind
The proboscis monkey is the only member of this genusNASALIS
The ____ Peninsula separates the Thames and Medway estuariesHOO
Two-pronged attachment to a boat, for securing ropesCLEAT

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