The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2022 03 13

crossword answers
Clue Answer
London’s neon equivalent of New York’s Times Square Piccadilly Circus
CUT INTO CUBES DICED
Informally, daybreak sparrow fart
Type of mirror which is tall and tiltable CHEVAL
Köttbullar, which you might eat while considering Billy or Poäng purchases Swedish meatballs
Longest serving host of Call My Bluff on BBC2 Robert Robinson
1997 film starring Richard Gere as a US businessman wrongfully tried for murder in China Red Corner
The role of Sammy Nestico for Count Basie’s band, and Nelson Riddle for Frank Sinatra ARRANGER
Made somewhat sour ACIDULATED
Former rock band fronted by bassist Geddy Lee RUSH
The opening sentence of Hard Times by Charles Dickens, spoken by Thomas Gradgrind Now what I want is Facts
A highly recommended written work must-read
An imaginary place of idle luxury COCKAIGNE
American Beauty (1999) was ____’s directorial film debut Sam Mendes
Nonsense, originally a meaningless musical refrain FOLDEROL
The last James Bond film directed by Terence Young THUNDERBALL
Make a grinding or crunching noise, often in a damaging process GRAUNCH
Comedian whose tours include Craic Dealer, Crowd Tickler, and Voice of Reason DARA O BRIAIN
US equivalent of our BSI or Germany’s DIN ANSI
The capital of Somalia MOGADISHU
The Romance language used by medieval troubadours PROVENCAL
“And my large kingdom for a little grave / A little little grave, an ____ grave” (Richard II) OBSCURE
Ill-fated (often applied to lovers) star-crossed