The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2022 10 30

crossword answers
Clue Answer
1984 American black comedy horror film in which a small furry creature is purchased as part of a Christmas present GREMLINS
Kellogg’s cereal of dried fruit and fibre-rich flakes Sultana Bran
Pub equipment to protect glasses and speed up drying drip mat
The former leader of ____ said its depiction in The Da Vinci Code was a chance to publicise its religious work OPUS DEI
____ up, accurately aligned TRUED
This predatory fish can be five feet long in European species PIKE
A separate part of an attack or operation PRONG
Someone like Casanova, Byron or Frank Harris skirt-chaser
Words before a novel title in many film descriptions adapted from
Slender and mostly bottom-dwelling marine fish EELPOUT
A pattern using alternating squares of different colours chequerwork
Informally, lifts some wheels twocs
Unheated structure used to protect small plants cold frame
Description of trompe-l’oeil and op art illusionistic
US term for a double one in dice games snake eyes
The trade union led by Mick Lynch rmt
Alternatives to woodburners, not needing chimneys gas stoves
Central American country in a state of civil war, 1960-96 GUATEMALA
A sports car driver may prefer to have a ____ BUCKET SEAT
In a preoccupied manner ABSENTLY
The Palace of Westminster’s tallest structure Victoria Tower
Actress widely known for her role as Buffy Summers Sarah Michelle Gellar