The Times - Specialist - November 5 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answers

The Times - Specialist Crossword Puzzle Solutions - November 5 2017

Clues	Answers
'An ornament and a safeguard' as seen on some old £1 coins	Decus et tutamen
'Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again' novel	REBECCA
A shoe with a braided sole, often made from 42	ESPADRILLE
A speech balloon in a comic or cartoon	FUMETTO
Actor who played Simon Templar in The Saint and narrated an English language audio guide for Beijing’s Forbidden City	Roger Moore
African country whose Caprivi Strip gives it access to the Zambezi River	NAMIBIA
Ancient script recording an early form of Greek	Linear B
Anne ____ starred in The Princess Diaries and Brokeback Mountain	HATHAWAY
Anton ____ was so pleased with Hans Richter’s conducting of his fourth symphony that he gave him a one thaler tip to buy some beer	BRUCKNER
Artist’s workshop	ATELIER
Bankrupt	INSOLVENT
City on the Loire, associated with La Pucelle	ORLEANS
Co-founder of Private Eye and its editor until 1986	Richard Ingrams
Co-presenter of Rip Off Britain	Angela Rippon
Composer of L’Arlesienne and Jeux d’Enfants	Georges Bizet
Dark grey rain-bearing clouds	NIMBI
Disciple sent by Jesus to restore the sight of Saul of Tarsus	ANANIAS
Echo or ring	RESOUND
Eddie Stobart’s profession	Road haulage
Fibre used for making sacks and rope	JUTE
First minister of Scotland from 2007 to 2014, and SNP leader for more than 20 years	Alex Salmond
From Spain or Portugal	IBERIAN
Gas used to fill balloons of various sizes	HELIUM
Graham Greene novel set in Cuba	Our Man in Havana
Green peppermint-flavoured liqueur	Creme de menthe
In a theatre, a projection in front of the proscenium arch into the auditorium	Apron stage
Irish city and county, also a humorous poem	LIMERICK
Luxury German car firm, based in Stuttgart	Mercedes Benz
Matryoshka is another name for a ____ doll	RUSSIAN

 

Clues	Answers
Muse of epic poetry and of poetic inspiration	CALLIOPE
Name like Wilson, Fitzgerald or Sigurdadottir	PATRONYMIC
Nancy Wilkinson was the first contender to win this TV quiz in 1972	MASTERMIND
North Devon resort and main departure point for Lundy	ILFRACOMBE
Nottinghamshire and England batsman Derek ____ scored 174 against Australia in the 1977 Centenary Test	RANDALL
Petroleum-selling alliance founded in 1960	OPEC
Plants in a genus related to the amaryllis, including Guernsey lilies	nerines
Rupert Bear’s home village	NUTWOOD
Shakespearean actress who often played opposite Sir Henry Irving	Dame Ellen Terry
Sixteenth-century Italian composer of church music, masses and motets	PALESTRINA
Soft variety of gypsum used for statues and vases	ALABASTER
Someone who takes control of a vehicle by force	HIGHJACKER
Southern constellation, 'the Ship'	ARGO
The densest naturally occurring element, often alloyed with iridium	OSMIUM
The femur	THIGHBONE
The first Westminster seat won by Plaid Cymru, in 1966	CARMARTHEN
The oldest known Slavic alphabet, usually attributed to Saints Cyril and Methodius	glagolitic
The ____ Stone was the key to the translation of Egyptian hieroglyphics	ROSETTA
Those honourably discharged from full-time work	EMERITI
Town in southwest Fife with a bridge across the Forth	KINCARDINE
Tuscan city with intact city walls, completed in the 17th century	LUCCA
US chocolate product first sold in 1900	Hershey bar
US dancer and choreographer, pioneer of “modern dance”	Isadora Duncan
US state capital, where the annual 500 motor race is held	INDIANAPOLIS
Wagner opera about a 13th-century German minnesinger	TANNHAUSER
Watering hole for golfers	NINETEENTH
What British spelunkers do	POTHOLING
White sparkling wine from Catalonia	CAVA
____ Villiers, secretary of state for Northern Ireland from 2012 to 2016	THERESA