The Times - Specialist - October 1 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answers

The Times - Specialist - Sunday Times GK Jumbo No 077 October 1 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answers
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“Mankind are an ____ race. Give them but bugbears and idols — it is all that they ask; the distinctions of right and wrong […] are worse than indifferent to them” (William Hazlitt)INCORRIGIBLE
1966 single by Marvin Gaye and Kim WestonIt Takes Two
2007 film based on a 1998 novel by Gabriel Garcia MarquezLove in the Time of Cholera
A direction-finding instrumentCOMPASS
A jill or gill, or a hobFERRET
A location, sometimes notional, for a sporting offendersin bin
Actress who hosted the religious programme Praise Be!Thora Hird
Alternative to “emersion” as the reappearance of a celestial body following an eclipseEGRESS
An alarm signal, often sounded on a bellTOCSIN
An orthodox school of Hinduism, which sees the universe as consisting of consciousness and mattersankhya
Any of various prophesying women of classical antiquitySIBYL
Billy ____ is the stage name of singer William BroadIDOL
Casino card game based on red and black diamondsrouge-et-noir
Christians who do not celebrate Christmas or EasterJehovah's Witnesses
Deep Blue beat this game’s world champion in 1997CHESS
Elias ____’s collection of rarities formed the basis of an Oxford museumASHMOLE
Exercise equipment used for several disciplinesMULTIGYM
Fabric made with waste silkSCHAPPE
Folklore figure played by Kate Moss in Blackadder: Back & Forthmaid marian
Former name of the city regarded as the cultural capital of Karnataka, IndiaMYSORE
Fritz ____’s Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry, first published in German in 1914, is now in its seventh editionULLMANN
Graphical symbol often loosely referred to as a smileyEMOTICON
Gulfweed, or a floating mass of itSARGASSO
Harry Potter’s aunt and uncle live in Little Whinging in this English countySURREY
Hyundai model known in some countries as Verna and SolarisACCENT
Measure of energy available for mechanical useENTROPY
Musical comedy drama series set in William McKinley High SchoolGLEE
Nascar, drag and dirt racing venue in Concord, North CarolinaCharlotte Motor Speedway
Nation with territory in both Asia and EuropeTURKEY
One of only two US states not divided into countiesALASKA
 
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Personification, given the name Artemis, of liberty in ancient Greeceeleutheria
Poet who wrote How Do I Love Thee?elizabeth Browning
Political satire novel originally subtitled A Fairy StoryAnimal Farm
Pouch used for sending of documents overseas, free from customs inspectiondiplomatic bag
Pseudonym of Louis Marie-Julien Viaud, an author of exotic novels based on his life as a naval officerPierre Loti
Retired professors who retain their titlesEMERITI
Self-declared king of Israel, killed at the wood of EphraimABSALOM
Shakespeare character whose final line is “Now go thy ways, thou hast tamed a curst shrew”HORTENSIO
Short name for a wild or half-tamed horseBRONC
Singer and actress who gained fame as mechanic Charlene RobinsonKylie Minogue
South African vulturesaasvogels
Strong demands for actionclarion calls
Strong solution of sodium or potassium hydroxideLYE
Substance used for cleaning leathersaddle soap
That being the caseif so
The “Kritik der Politischen Oekonomie” of Karl MarxDas Kapital
The 1942-3 ____ campaign was named after the largest of the independent Solomon IslandsGUADALCANAL
The first US secretary of state chosen by Donald TrumpRex Tillerson
The German customs union founded in 1834ZOLLVEREIN
The H of HRTHORMONE
The killing of a godDEICIDE
The national anthem of this island republic is La BayamesaCUBA
The Queen celebrated her 91st birthday at ____ racecourseNEWBURY
The tower of a churchSTEEPLE
The traditional head-dress of a bishopMITRE
The Winter’s Tale’s “snapper-up of unconsidered trifles”AUTOLYCUS
Those who were in favour of the end of slaveryABOLITIONISTS
Tool typically used to create a small hole for a nail or screwAWL
Type of light which flashes on and off very quicklySTROBE
___ is described as the oldest city in the NetherlandsNijmegen

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