The Times - Specialist - October 6 2019 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

The Times - Specialist - Sunday Times GK Jumbo No 182
Clues	Answers
“If the world were clear, ____ would not exist” (Albert Camus)	ART
“It is not the dark place that ____, but the dim eye” (Thomas Carlyle)	HINDERS
“____ is for appearing on, not looking at” (Noel Coward)	TELEVISION
1997 Spice Girls song and a BBC TV programme since 2004	Who Do You Think You Are
A circle is the ____ of points equally far from a given point	LOCUS
A current 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown team captain	Sean Lock
A dog’s rudimentary inner toe	DEWCLAW
American actor whose comedy roles included that of Dr Michael Hfuhruhurr	Steve Martin
Animated cartoon character whose nemesis is Baron Greenback	Danger Mouse
Aston Villa club captain when they were promoted to the First Division in 1988	Allan Evans
Australian fashion designer who opened London’s Flamingo Park boutique in 1973	Jenny Kee
Benjamin Britten opera, and popular name of Elizabeth I	GLORIANA
Bob ____, the underpaid clerk in A Christmas Carol	CRATCHIT
British ocean liner sunk by a German U-boat in 1915	LUSITANIA
By Ed Sheeran and Stormzy, the first UK No 1 single with a title including the place name in the final word	Take Me Back To London
Canadian country music singer born Eilleen Edwards	Shania Twain
Cretaceous dinosaur popularly regarded as chief rival to Tyrannosaurus rex	TRICERATOPS
Dr Seuss book featuring companions Thing One and Thing Two	The Cat in the Hat
Fictional rough collie dog created by Eric Knight	LASSIE
In Europe’s catholic countries, the ____ calendar was introduced in 1582	GREGORIAN
In knitting, a completed line of stitches	ROW
In Macbeth, ____ flees to Ireland after his father is murdered	DONALBAIN
Informally, Boston (Massachusetts)	Bean Town
Insect mentioned in some vacuum cleaner advertising	dust mite
Jewish calendar month formerly called Abib	NISAN
Joanna Lumley was the first house model for this fashion designer	Jean Muir
Mayor of New York City, 1978-89	Ed Koch
Native of Riga	LETT
Nickname of Al Capone	SCARFACE
Norse god of battle, identified with Mars	TYR
One who treats eye disorders and defects	OCULIST
Open tart with sweet or savoury filling	FLAN
Organ which produces both egg cells and spermatozoa	OVOTESTIS
Perennial plant also called livelong	ORPIN
Plant with prickly leaves often featured in Corinthian architecture	ACANTHUS
Portable cassette player launched by Sony in 1979	WALKMAN
Putti	CHERUBS
Quiz show whose theme music is called College Boy	University Challenge
Removing a magnetic field, especially from a screen	degaussing
Rock band formed by brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher	OASIS
Roman Catholic doctrine favouring the stricter course in doubtful cases of conscience	RIGORISM
Rough silk fabric named after a province of China	SHANTUNG
Sir Thomas Beecham founded London’s ____ in 1946	rpo
Slayer of the Minotaur	THESEUS
The celebrated astronomical work of Ptolemy	ALMAGEST
The European bison	WISENT
The first black person to have a No 1 hit in the UK Singles Chart	Winifred Atwell
Tin Pan Alley song which starts “The night was mighty dark so you could hardly see”	Shine On Harvest Moon
To yoke an animal to a wagon	INSPAN
____ took 2,361 wickets for Middlesex, 1949-82	Fred Titmus