The Times - Specialist - September 24 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answers

The Times - Specialist - Sunday Times GK Jumbo No 076 September 24 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answers

Clues	Answers
“Hackney-coaches ____ the law of the land; they were settled by the Legislature; plated and numbered by the wisdom of Parliament” (Dickens, in Sketches by Boz)	are part and parcel of
“When you looked at the ____, Ireland and England seemed like lovers” (William Trevor)	MAP
“____ lives after them” (Antony, in Julius Caesar)	The evil that men do
A brass instrument, also the French word for “paperclip”	TROMBONE
A common feature of airport terminals	TRAVELATOR
A disease of farm animals, causing an unsteady gait	STAGGERS
A high chest of drawers, usually in two sections, one on top of the other	TALLBOY
A justification, originating in US law, for the reproduction of copyright material	fair use
A misleading mark on the wings of certain butterflies	EYESPOT
A predictable way of life	RUT
A sound like that of a honking car horn or in jest, a 1A	parp
A sword used in fencing	EPEE
A type of 1A 45, or a fairly large container for liquids	BUCKET
A type of 1A 45, or a fairly small container for liquids	CUP
A type of 1A 45, or a fast part of a racing circuit	STRAIGHT
A type of 1A 45, or a tool for clearing drain blockages	PLUNGER
An imitation of the sound of a fanfare	ta-dah
An ordinary thing used for artistic purposes	objet trouve
Aquiline facial features	Roman noses
Born-again or happy-clappy	EVANGELICAL
Bret ____ wrote stories about the California gold rush	HARTE
British explorer who, in 1909, reached a new furthest south latitude of 88 degrees and 23 minutes	Ernest Shackleton
Circular tent used by nomads in eastern and central Asia	YURT
Dawn ____ was the first female swimmer to break the “magic minute” for 100m, in 1964	FRASER
Description of various items of clothing, mostly for women	two-piece
Device placed in or over a 1A’s 40 to change volume and/or sound quality	MUTE
English composer who also played the 1A, rather less successfully than 30	ELGAR
English composer who played the 1A professionally to support himself while studying at the Royal College of Music	HOLST
Equally wonderful	every bit as good
Former county town in Wales, where Henry VII was born	PEMBROKE

 

Clues	Answers
Fruit also called alligator pear	AVOCADO
Fruit used to make marmalade	bitter orange
Harry Potter and the Deathly ____, last novel in the series	HALLOWS
How easy-going people take things	as they come
In an inferior but popular way	cheesily
In the 1954 movie The ____ Story, James Stewart appeared as the eponymous 1A player and band leader	glenn Miller
Informally, the 36th president of the USA	LBJ
Lampooner	PARODIST
Malarial fever, or a shivering fit	AGUE
Meredith Willson musical, filmed in 1962, with a signature song linking the number and theme of this puzzle	the Music Man
Nearby “watering hole” visited by 1A players, reputedly	local pub
Of music, lacking an established key	ATONAL
Prime minister in the British Labour Party’s first majority government	ATTLEE
Released from a connection or obligation	DISENGAGED
Scottish jazz 1A player who also acted, appearing in The Goon Show and Superman III	george Chisholm
Seen from a distance	ESPIED
Six works for one string player by JS Bach, each with six movements	cello suites
Someone very good at something	a dab hand
Steered a boat away from the shore	stood off
Subject of the 1854 Northcote-Trevelyan report	civil service
The emblem of St James, son of Zebedee	scallop shell
The large end of a 1A’s tubing	BELL
The vessel on which a fleet’s commander is quartered	FLAGSHIP
The ____ and 1A are the only wind instruments played by more than one winner of the BBC Young Musician of the Year contest	CLARINET
The ____, movie with dinosaurs, made 19 years before Jurassic Park	Land That Time Forgot
To supply with equipment	tool up
Vulgarity	UNCOUTHNESS
What 1A players can do better than their brass colleagues	GLISSANDOS
What some chocolates must logically have, though it is rarely mentioned	hard centre
____, a 1A player in Tommy Dorsey’s orchestra, later worked as an arranger, with Frank Sinatra and Linda Ronstadt among others	nelson Riddle