The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2022 10 09

crossword answers
Clue Answer
French writer Nicolas Chamfort’s description of chance a nickname of providence
Thomas ____ was a Cavalier poet favoured by Charles I CAREW
Content of a spirit lamp? GENIE
Heckled; given military accommodation BARRACKED
Arabic for “book”, often used as a term for a sacred book KITAB
In a manner showing annoyance IRRITATEDLY
A beau ____ is a perfect model IDEAL
The Irish equivalent of usury gombeen
An illusion in which a stationary object seems to move autokinesis
Noël Coward song first sung by Beatrice Lillie in 1931 Mad Dogs and Englishmen
A cord or belt, especially around a cleric’s waist CINCTURE
The capital of India NEW DELHI
Possession of a controlling influence POWERFULNESS
Crust present during a healing process SCAB
The first English football club to have foreign ownership Tranmere Rovers
A frame around a window frame or door panel SASH
A company travelling across a desert CARAVAN
Thor Heyerdahl’s raft Kon-Tiki
Church official who acts as a caretaker and attendant VERGER