The Times - Specialist - February 11 2018 Crossword Puzzle Answers

The Times - Specialist - Sunday Times GK Jumbo No 096
Clues	Answers
“… the green-eyed monster which doth mock / The ____ it feeds on” (Othello)	MEAT
1984 single by Shakatak	Down on the Street
A Cistercian monk	BERNARDINE
A ferry from Newhaven will take you to this French port	DIEPPE
A religious teacher, from a Greek word for a messenger	APOSTLE
Actress who played Eleanor Harker in Kavanagh QC	Geraldine James
Agency whose current director is Mike Pompeo	CIA
American artist born Emmanuel Radnitzky	Man Ray
An S-shaped sofa	vis-a-vis
Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman	Mary Wollstonecraft
Author of the novel Dragon’s Teeth, winner of a 1943 Pulitzer Prize	Upton Sinclair
Author of the short story Boule de Suif (suet dumpling)	Guy de Maupassant
Band formed after the demise of Joy Division	New Order
Bite-sized part of a head of cauliflower or broccoli	FLORET
Boat with a central hull and two outriggers	TRIMARAN
Cassio’s jealous lover in Othello	BIANCA
Chancellor of the Exchequer under Clement Attlee	Stafford Cripps
Classical Greek word for oneness or unity	henosis
Dish of meat and vegetables cooked in water or stock	STEW
Egyptian god, posthumous father of Horus	OSIRIS
Federico ____ won his first best foreign language film Oscar in 1956, for La Strada	FELLINI
Former rock band fronted by Ozzy Osbourne	Black Sabbath
Former team principal of McLaren Formula One	Ron Dennis
Frame on which a coffin or corpse is carried	BIER
Genus of African daisies	GERBERA
H is the upper case form of this letter in the Greek alphabet	ETA
Historical colloquialism for policemen	PEELERS
Home ground of Everton FC until 1892	ANFIELD
Hook used for landing large fish	GAFF
Hot sandy wind of Arabia	SIMOOM
Iconic fighter aircraft of the First World War	Sopwith Camel
In motor racing, the inside point of a corner on the racing line	APEX
Last Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi in the American Civil War, besieged by forces led by Ulysses S Grant	VICKSBURG
Maintenance body scrapped and replaced in 2012	Child Support Agency
Narrator of To Kill a Mockingbird	Scout Finch
Novel by Joseph Conrad about the sinking of a ship and subsequent events	Lord Jim
Obsolete name for nitrogen	AZOTE
Of music, using two or more keys simultaneously	POLYTONAL
Official mascot of the 2011 Cricket World Cup	STUMPY
Parish of Reverend Geraldine Granger	DIBLEY
Paul ____ shared the 1933 Nobel prize in physics with Erwin Schrödinger	DIRAC
Play featuring the baronet Sir Anthony Absolute	The Rivals
Popular name for the founder of district nursing in New Zealand	Nurse Maude
Powerful particle accelerator	supercollider
Raised pavilion or similar structure, built to provide a view	BELVEDERE
Roald Dahl short story about the birth of Adolf Hitler	Genesis and Catastrophe
Senior officer in the Royal Navy	Sea Lord
Shoe company whose Gazelle trainers were first sold in 1966	ADIDAS
Smallest unit of sound which is significant in a language	PHONEME
South African president who succeeded Nelson Mandela	Thabo Mbeki
The supposed ability to communicate by thought	TELEPATHY
The ____, 1981 album by ABBA	VISITORS
Thomas Hardy novel subtitled A Rural Painting of the Dutch School	Under the Greenwood Tree
To deceive	HOCUS
Town on the northern side of Windsor Bridge	ETON
TV series starring David Hasselhoff and Pamela Anderson	BAYWATCH
Umtata was the capital of this Bantustan state in South Africa	TRANSKEI
Watery discharge from the nose or eyes	RHEUM
Where mentioned above (Latin)	ubi supra
____ honorable, an open admission of wrong	AMENDE
The Times - Specialist - Mephisto No 2998
Clues	Answers
A historical romance gripping one, not for the old?	AGEIST
A novice disturbed us, making us blush?	vinaceous
Back sections held together by black rods in concrete	re-bars
Company with SA boss on the up	SAAB
Dirty old fool with something greasy	ASSOIL
Draw in international enthralling some Nigerians endlessly	inhaust
France has this old-style commotion making its cheese	romage
Ghost of relation coming to Hamlet initially	HAUNT
Heavy drinker’s attire upsetting Ainslie?	nebris
Horsemen dashing to disaster, battle finally lost	stradiots
I succeed in giving passengers a lift or I fail badly	AIRFOIL
Jock’s wept, big heart being lost	GRAT
Keeping out of hospital, stifling cry of pain, giving assurance	avouching
Knife making one tremble, without hesitation	SHIV
Labourers may get such scowls with bare bum	LOURS
Large vessels allowing animals to drink litres	COWLS
Like computer connection — it must be laid down!	dial-up
Mark day for a match, check outside	date-stamp
Military defence in south European country with borders eroded	sungar
Minor hit group including one getting weird turned up in Ayr?	tapsieteerie
Mucky substances — fellow sure getting messy	MANURES
Notice caller putting out appeal for one to give opinion	ADVISOR
Old home with idle talk about “brothel”	BAGNIO
Particle of impurity in bundle	SHEAVE
Plant swathed in colour, a lilac	ourali
Primitive soul, maiden not seen as goddess	URANIA
Race in street bring little sign of joy	smilet
Senior clergy mostly troubled about a thousand dealers in holy treasures	relic-mongers
Silly person not right is held to be petty	puisne
Soldier traversing the French clay	glei
Soldier with power by monarch to remain hanging round	RESERVIST
Sort of treatise from East, dense, unfinishable	ETHIC
The picture is “too much” — if this?	EPIC
The Yorkshire boy backslides — one with foster parents	dalt
US artiste’s exceptional vocal range	TESSITURA
When near work has to be bending over	ASTOOP