The Times - Specialist - November 14 2021 Crossword Puzzle Solution

 

The Times - Specialist - Sunday Times GK Jumbo No 292
Clues	Answers
"They are ill ____s that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea" (Francis Bacon)	discoverer
1960s pop idol whose hits included What Do You Want and Poor Me	adam faith
A New York taxi rank	CABSTAND
A person to whom cold callers would like to speak	HOMEOWNER
Actor who has starred in The Jewel in the Crown, Game of Thrones and Gosford Park	Charles Dance
African ruminant whose reddish-brown coat has white stripes on the upper legs	OKAPI
Ancient city near Tunis, destroyed by Romans in 146BC	CARTHAGE
Angelo Dundee was Muhammad Ali''s ____	cornerman
Attempts to damage the reputations of public figures	Smear campaigns
Boarding school dormitory practical joke	Apple-pie bed
Borders location of a famous smithy	gretna green
Brand	TRADENAME
Bring goods back into the country	REIMPORT
British singles winner at the US Open in September	Emma Raducanu
Casta diva is the famous soprano solo in this opera by Bellini	NORMA
Chief port of the 12th-century Kingdom of Jerusalem	ACRE
Cinematic movement represented by Hiroshima Mon Amour and Jules et Jim	Nouvelle Vague
Country where leks can be spent in Durres and Vlore	ALBANIA
Foodstuff often accompanying meat (especially sausages) and potatoes or dumplings	SAUERKRAUT
Forename of Richard Nixon''s vice-president	SPIRO
Former biennial sailing event which included the Fastnet race	Admiral's Cup
Former high security prison on the Isle of Wight	PARKHURST
French novelist and dramatist who wrote Les Misérables	victor hugo
Fruit used in the early 20th century to prevent scurvy in the Royal Navy	Loganberries
Gilbert and Sullivan''s Iolanthe is subtitled The ____ and the Peri	PEER
Grandmother of Mia, Lena and Lucas Tindall	Princess Anne
In British forces, the naval equivalent of a major-general	rear admiral
In Malta, this songbird is thought of as prestigious, and domesticated	GREENFINCH
Lacking vigour or in a decline	at a low ebb
Language error such as Mike Tyson''s "I might just fade into Bolivian" comment after a 2002 defeat	MALAPROPISM
Large triangular park in south London where a tree in memory of the actor Jeremy Brett was planted in 2007	Clapham Common
Light tanker used to supply water or fuel an aircraft	BOWSER
Loch ____ in the Trossachs is featured in Walter Scott''s poem The Lady of the Lake	KATRINE
Northern upland temporary accommodation for herdsmen	SHIELING
On ____ Island, off the Antrim coast, Irish was spoken by some residents until the 1960s	RATHLIN
Pater noster	Our Father
Patou is a French informal name for this livestock guardian	Pyrenean mountain dog
Seabird which has pinkish underparts in summer plumage	Roseate tern
Strangles is also known as ____ distemper	EQUINE
The 26 bishops representing the Church of England in parliament	Lords Spiritual
The capital of New York state	ALBANY
The Duke of Norfolk''s castle is in this West Sussex town	ARUNDEL
The Twelve Bens mountains dominate County Galway''s ____ National Park	CONNEMARA
Widely recognised and well-respected	ICONIC
____ pleats are ones all folded in the same direction	KNIFE