The Times Specialist Answer List – 14-November-2022

The Times Specialist – Solution List – 14-November-2022

1.North Asian marten known for its dark brown fur

SABLE

2.River that enters the sea at Sunderland

WEAR

3.Shaggy-haired relative of the llama

ALPACA

4.Isabel -, Chilean author of The House of the Spirits

ALLENDE

5.Capital city that stands on the River Vistula

WARSAW

6.Metrical foot consisting of two stressed syllables

SPONDEE

7.Hypothetical substance once supposed to be present in all combustible matter

PHLOGISTON

8.US army officer who met his end at Little Bighorn

CUSTER

9.Pointed tool used for piercing wood or leather

AWL

10.Dip of chickpeas blended with tahini, lemon and garlic

HUMMUS

11.Device used to deliver pulmonary medication

INHALER

12.Medical name for the anvil bone of the ear

INCUS

13.Michael -, German-born Irish actor who played Steve Jobs in a 2015 biopic

FASSBENDER

14.La -, classic Fellini film starring Anita Ekberg

DOLCE VITA

15.Phosphorescent glow seen on marshland at night

WILL O THE WISP

16.Race won this year by Sam Waley-Cohen riding Noble Yeats

 GRAND NATIONAL

17.Round section of a sphere with a diameter shorter than that of the sphere

SMALL CIRCLE

18.Former name for the port side of a ship

LARBOARD

19.Northern Irish actor who plays Superintendent Ted Hastings in Line of Duty

ADRIAN DUNBAR

20.Only country to border Iran, China and the Arabian Sea

PAKISTAN

21.Drink combining dry white wine and cassis

KIR

22.Handheld firework

SPARKLER

23.Alternative British name for a “US billion”

MILLIARD

24.Influential US funk band led by Nile Rodgers

CHIC

25.Dairy product made from the curds of skimmed milk

COTTAGE CHEESE

26.The “L” in a BLT sandwich

LETTUCE

27.David Attenborough series shown on Netflix in 2019

OUR PLANET

28.Nobel laureate who wrote L’Étranger and La Peste

ALBERT CAMUS

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