The Times - Specialist - October 10 2021 Crossword Solution

 

The Times - Specialist - Sunday Times GK Jumbo No 287
Clues	Answers
"A man should be _____ at his birth, not at his death" (Montesquieu)	MOURNED
"I hear hurricanes ablowing. I know the end is coming soon" (____, Creedence Clearwater Revival)	Bad Moon Rising
"It's my party, and I'll cry ____" (Lesley Gore)	If I Want To
"The only way to get rid of a ____ is to yield to it" (Oscar Wilde)	TEMPTATION
"This means nothing to me. Oh, ____" (Ultravox)	VIENNA
1965 Bond film in which Claudine Auger plays Domino	THUNDERBALL
A difficult problem or puzzle	brain-teaser
American sitcom that starred Desi Arnaz and his wife	I Love Lucy
Bird shown on the Great Seal of the United States	bald eagle
Camus novella starting with Meursault's mother's death	The Stranger
Comic star and screenwriter of a 1987 film based on Cyrano de Bergerac	Steve Martin
Common term for a somnambulist	SLEEPWALKER
Composer whose best-known work is probably Panis Angelicus	FRANCK
DH Lawrence novel banned for obscenity in 1915	The Rainbow
Don ____ played Philip Smith in Rising Damp	WARRINGTON
Douglas Adams's Slartibartfast character designed part of this country	NORWAY
Foodstuff item called a "cream puff" in the US, often served with chocolate sauce	PROFITEROLE
French Trappist monks made the original version of this cheese	port salut
Hat named after a George du Maurier character	TRILBY
Hindu deity sometimes represented as a cosmic dancer	SHIVA
In one of two spellings, a fragrant wild rose also called eglantine	SWEETBRIER
Instrument George Formby used when cleaning windows?	UKULELE
Italian spirit made from the residue from a winepress	GRAPPA
Jane ____: an actress since the 1950s, and a cake maker with a brand of baking equipment	ASHER
John Grisham novel made into a 1994 Susan Sarandon film	The Client
Johnny ____ played Sick Boy in the film Trainspotting	Lee Miller
London residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury	lambeth palace
Metaphorical substance which is usually pink in its real form	red tape
Military courtroom drama in which Jack Nicholson's character said Tom Cruise's couldn't handle the truth	A Few Good Men
Mood-stabilizing drug and 1992 hit single for Nirvana	LITHIUM
Name shared by the 1958 and 1960 FA Cup winners	WANDERERS
Names like Magnusson, Fernandez and Mikhailovna	patronymics
One of US comedian Richard ____'s best-known characters was Mudbone, a wino philosopher from Tupelo, Mississippi	PRYOR
Outermost major moon of Uranus, named after a fairy king	OBERON
Primate with around 100 species, all native to the same island	LEMUR
Saint Sebastian survived being shot with these projectiles	ARROWS
Scottish photographer known for his Kate Moss pictures	RANKIN
Sculptor whose most famous work is a bronze David	DONATELLO
Singer of the title song of the film Stand By Me	Ben E King
Teaching of his theory led to the infamous Scopes trial	Charles Darwin
The Chinese ____ is the only reptile in its genus not native to North America	ALLIGATOR
The longest bones in human forearms	ULNAE
The only tennis player ever to win two calendar year singles grand slams	Rod Laver
Thracian gladiator who led a rebellion against Rome	SPARTACUS
Title bestowed on Princess Margaret's husband in 1961	Earl of Snowdon
To coil around or together	intwist
What the final letter of LGBT stands for	TRANSGENDER
White-browed gibbon found in the northeast of India	hoolock
Wooden souvenir, "matryoshka" in its country of origin	Russian doll
Yakety Sax was the music for this comic's chase scenes	Benny Hill