The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2022 07 24

crossword answers
Clue Answer
In English, a letter such as W and Y, sometimes L and R semivowel
John le Carré novel which concluded his Karla Trilogy Smiley's People
A supplier of news or foreign exchange BUREAU
Lacking space, especially oppressively closed-in
US vice president when Jimmy Carter was president WALTER MONDALE
Common first word in names of French publishing firms EDITIONS
Inhabitants of India’s smallest state GOANESE
EXCESSIVE IN QUANTITY SUPERABUNDANT
BBC cookery programme originally hosted by Loyd Grossman MASTERCHEF
The St John’s wort genus HYPERICUM
Attempt to punch (someone) swing at
Title shared by singles by Sheena Easton in 1980 and Meat Loaf in 1984 Modern Girl
Informally, very intoxicated pie-eyed
Not explored by adventurers, and an anagram of ADVENTURERS untraversed
Fictional band fronted by guitarist Nigel Tufnel Spinal Tap
The quality of being deadly LETHALITY
Footballer who became England’s youngest-ever senior player in May 2006 Theo Walcott
The number of sides of a hendecagon ELEVEN
Adjective describing an airborne military force PARATROOP
Loose dresses worn by Hawaiian women, eg at weddings MUUMUUS
Commonest name for an international law enforcement agency formed in 1998 EUROPOL
Informally, to fly into a rage GO BALLISTIC
One who may operate on a glaucoma eye surgeon
Imperial measure — one quarter of a bushel PECK
Formal word for physical beauty PULCHRITUDE
Not profitable UNECONOMIC
“People are dying. Entire ____s are collapsing.” (Greta Thunberg, 2019) ECOSYSTEM
British acronym for a possible cause of a railway accident SPAD