The Times - Specialist - October 20 2019 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

The Times - Specialist - Sunday Times GK Jumbo No 184
Clues	Answers
“I am discounting reports of UFOs. Why would they appear only to cranks and ____s?” (Stephen Hawking)	WEIRDO
1965 No 1 hit for Sonny and Cher, taken from their debut studio album	I Got You Babe
A round, semisweet biscuit made from wholemeal flour	DIGESTIVE
A wealthy well-travelled socialite	jet-setter
Adult leader of a pack of Cub Scouts	AKELA
Affluent London district with grand terraces of white stucco houses	BELGRAVIA
Always there!	OMNIPRESENT
Brightly coloured popular aquarium fish, native to the Amazon basin	neon tetra
Byzantine emperor responsible for the revision and compilation of Roman imperial law	JUSTINIAN
Charity supporting single-parent families	GINGERBREAD
Colloquial term for the traditional postal system	snail mail
Common name for Citrus reticulata or its fruit	mandarin orange
Composer of the guitar concerto Fantasia Para un Gentilhombre	Joaquin Rodrigo
Description of an area like 34A rather than the West End	RESIDENTIAL
Female journalist writing articles of sentimental appeal	sob sister
French writer of prophesies in rhymed quatrains	NOSTRADAMUS
Her novel The Sea, The Sea won the 1978 Booker Prize	iris murdoch
Hybrid red fruits whose name shows their Scottish origin	TAYBERRIES
In skiing, a straight high-speed downhill run	SCHUSS
Incense burners for the home	Joss sticks
Irish dramatist who wrote The Vicar of Wakefield	oliver goldsmith
Late January celebration of Shetland’s Norse heritage	Up-Helly-Aa
Latin-based name for a group of people summoned to serve on a jury	VENIRE
Malevolent spirit believed to rob graves and devour corpses	GHOUL
Most irritable	TESTIEST
Musician such as Heinz Holliger	OBOIST
Musicians whose playing is on the slide	TROMBONISTS
New World burrowing rodent with large cheek pouches	GOPHER
Nipper heard ____ in Francis Barraud’s famous painting	His Master's Voice
Old name for a large merchant ship	ARGOSY
Ornamental pot or trough for flowers	JARDINIERE
Playwright whose social dramas include Ghosts and The Wild Duck	IBSEN
Restaurant specialising in roasted and barbecued meat	ROTISSERIE
Sewer-dwelling teenage superheroes whose trainer and adoptive father is a mutant rat called Splinter	Ninja Turtles
Small chalk grassland plant with pink flowers	RESTHARROW
Small cup used for serving Turkish or espresso coffee	DEMITASSE
Tatum ____ was the youngest winner of a competitive Academy award, for her role in Paper Moon	O'Neal
Technology using gas or liquid to operate a control system, rather than electronics	FLUIDICS
The brightest star in the constellation Virgo	SPICA
The ending (in the British Empire) of slavery after William Wilberforce’s campaigns	ABOLITION
The purest and noblest knight of the Round Table	Sir Galahad
The traditional venue for the San Marino Grand Prix	IMOLA
US soprano who died on September 30 — her statement that “pigeonholes are for pigeons” reflected her wide repertoire	Jessye Norman
US-born author of verse volumes The Colossus and Ariel	Sylvia Plath
____ Cole played Joan Norton in Doc Martin	STEPHANIE
____ Day is a public holiday on the first Monday after January 26	AUSTRALIA
____ replaced ash as the main body wood for Fender guitars in 1956	ALDER
____Knightley played Elizabeth Bennet in the 2005 film of Pride and Prejudice	KEIRA