Category: The Times – Specialist Crossword Answers
14-January-2018 | Page 1 of 1 | Crossword Answers 911

  1. 1.An old informal name for the speaking clock
  2. 2.Nom de plume of Hablot Knight Browne, illustrator of Dickens books
  3. 3.____ relief was given to workhouse paupers
  4. 4.Film director who won an Oscar for Oliver!
  5. 5.Musical instruction to play a note with strong attack
  6. 6.An account of the lineage of gods
  7. 7.____ di Roma is a low-lying area of Italy
  8. 8.Exercise system combining elements of aerobics and martial arts
  9. 9.Main division of a long poem
  10. 10.Actor who played Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything
  11. 11.To soften fibre by soaking it
  12. 12.Drug used in the treatment of Parkinson?€™s disease
  13. 13.Legal proviso or condition
  14. 14.A hermit in Saint Augustine?€™s order
  15. 15.The type of consonant ending ?€?buzz?€, ?€?hiss?€ and ?€?puff?€
  16. 16.Composer of Songs Without Words, for piano
  17. 17.Italian for ?€?plaster?€
  18. 18.A cheap variety of rum
  19. 19.Strong alcoholic drink resembling gin
  20. 20.Chiyo Sakamoto is the protagonist of this Arthur Golden novel
  21. 21.Indian state and a variety of black tea
  22. 22.1969 techno-thriller novel by Michael Crichton
  23. 23.Serving to alleviate rather than cure a problem
  24. 24.Cheek, lip and ____ are all forms of impudence
  25. 25.In cricket, the area within 15 yards of a line between the wickets
  26. 26.Author of Tales of the Unexpected
  27. 27.Puzzle in which seven pieces are arranged in various shapes
  28. 28.Historically, the chief Muslim civil and religious ruler, regarded as the successor of Muhammad
  29. 29.Another name for the star Polaris
  30. 30.Peru?€™s chief sea port, close to Lima
  31. 31.____ Water was the site of five successful attempts at the world water speed record
  32. 32.Gary ____ is the only non-American male golfer to achieve a career grand slam
  33. 33.New York, New York is a song featured in this musical
  34. 34.An expanding muscle
  35. 35.____ Hill is the eastern continuation of London?€™s Fleet Street
  36. 36.Female sidekick of Lord Voldemort in the Harry Potter books
  37. 37.Mexican revolutionary who starred as himself in Hollywood films
  38. 38.Ajax, Feyenoord, and ____ are regarded as the ?€?big three?€ of Dutch football
  39. 39.TV quiz launched in 1988, now hosted by Sandi Toksvig
  40. 40.Early alphabet using parallel strokes and a continuous line
  41. 41.Lightweight fabric often used for nightclothes
  42. 42.A woody climbing plant, especially in a tropical rain forest
  43. 43.To protrude or cause to protrude
  44. 44.Dish of lettuce, croutons, Parmesan cheese, and dressing
  45. 45.Jamaican-born sprinter who won nine Olympic medals, though no golds
  46. 46.A former regular panellist on Mock the Week
  47. 47.The biggest UK hit for Haircut One Hundred
  48. 48.Company which operates the UK?€™s second largest chain of motorway service areas
  49. 49.Iowa city, setting of the musical The Pajama Game
  50. 50.A bike or other vehicle designed for use on rough terrain
  51. 51.Sonny ____ is the only boxer on the Sergeant Pepper?€™s Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover
  52. 52.Cheese from Cornwall, wrapped in nettle leaves
  53. 53.?€?Find New Roads?€ is the slogan of this American car manufacturer
  54. 54.In rhetoric, anticipation and answering of objections
  55. 55.Bolt used to fasten a French window
  56. 56.Sauce base of fat and flour
  57. 57.In blackjack, the option given to a player if the dealer?€™s first card is an ace
  58. 58.Arm or leg cramp as a result of exercise
  59. 59.Plant whose fibre is used in rope-making
  60. 60.Historically, a synonym for ?€?trombone?€, now meaning one from before about 1700, or a replica