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Sunday, June 9, 2019

The Times - Specialist - June 9 2019 Crossword Puzzle Answer

The Times - Specialist - Sunday Times GK Jumbo No 165
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“Enthusiasm is the ____ of man; it is the passing of the human to the divine” (Ralph Waldo Emerson)HEIGHT
1990s antiques quiz show aired on BBC TwoGoing Going Gone
2004 demolition derby racing game developed by Bugbear EntertainmentFLATOUT
A name for a pompous individual, apparently originated by Rudyard Kiplinglittle tin god
A narrow marine passageSTRAIT
A plant of the Euphrasia genus, used by herbalistsEYEBRIGHT
A senior executive in the former Board of AdmiraltySea Lord
A small piece of software which runs within anotherAPPLET
A village in the Netherlands or South AfricaDORP
A ____ aims to achieve socialism by gradual rather than revolutionary meansFABIAN
Actor who played Lukewarm in the sitcom PorridgeChristopher Biggins
BBC sitcom which starred Robert Lindsay as “Wolfie”Citizen Smith
Born Solomon Cohen, a star of the Carry On filmsSid James
Clemenceau’s response to Woodrow Wilson’s “____ points” on post-war peace was “____? The good Lord had only ten”FOURTEEN
Condition affecting social communication and interactionAUTISM
Echo, ____, HotelGOLF
EM Forster novel containing the line “Adventures do occur, but not punctually”A Passage to India
Fermented rye drink, sold from tanks in Russian city streetsKVASS
Feudal allegianceFEALTY
French-born pirate who helped to defend New Orleans from the British in the final battle of the War of 1812Jean Lafitte
In 2009, ____ McLeod was the first black player to qualify for the World Snooker ChampionshipRORY
In cell cytoplasm, organelles which store and release energyMITOCHONDRIA
Italian actress and daughter of Ingrid BergmanIsabella Rossellini
Latin American percussion instrument made from a gourdGUIRO
Latin word used in an abbreviated form when citing a work already citedIBIDEM
Location of Italy’s busiest airportFIUMICINO
Natural covering such as skin or exoskeletonINTEGUMENT
Original presenter, for 25 years, of University ChallengeBamber Gascoigne
Phoebe’s identical twin in FriendsURSULA
Poisonous gas used in the First World WarPHOSGENE
PollexTHUMB
Ritualistic martial art, literally “way of the sword”KENDO
Sesame Street’s saxophone-playing owlHOOTS
Shabby hotel or unkempt personFLEABAG
Singer of Arcade, winner of the 2019 Eurovision Song ContestDuncan Laurence
Small arachnid feeding on bloodTICK
Stupor-producing drugNARCOTIC
Sugar-refining equipment which raises liquid by air or steam pressuremonte-jus
The Greek goddess of fertility and agricultureDEMETER
The Ottoman empire’s equivalent of a prime ministerGrand Vizier
The three days before Ash WednesdaySHROVETIDE
To “lay by the ____” is to put (someone) in fettersHEELS
Trade name for the sedative drug also called quinalbarbitoneSECONAL
Until July 2016, Puerto Rico’s ____ Observatory housed the world’s largest radio telescopeARECIBO
Violet-scented substance used in perfumeryorris root
____ hosted the 2002 Winter Olympicssalt lake city
____ in Tunisia is one of the cities labelled as Islam’s fourth holiestkairouan
____ national park was Tanzania’s first Unesco world heritage siteSERENGETI

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