The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2023 04 30

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Seating positions of most string players in an orchestra DESKS
Eight-time men’s singles champion at Wimbledon ROGER FEDERER
The currency you would use to pay for coffee in Kabul AFGHANI
Historically, high-pitched trumpets CLARIONS
People “in ____” are conspiring secretly CAHOOTS
BBC TV’s ____ starred Paul Eddington as MP Jim Hacker yes minister
____ varieties include Worcester Pearmain and Blenheim Orange APPLE
Maori greeting; a fruity soft drink brand KIA ORA
Operated by private companies, like most UK railways, 1996-2021 FRANCHISED
In ancient Greece, a teacher of oratory RHETOR
The location of a by-election in The Pickwick Papers EATANSWILL
Tree included in some of Monet’s Giverny paintings WEEPING WILLOW
Form of address to a Portuguese man SENHOR
Reaching an exciting culmination CLIMACTIC
____’s first big TV role was Carole in The Rag Trade Sheila Hancock
Australian supermodel, nicknamed “The Body” Elle Macpherson
US enlisted soldiers, informally GI Joes
The capital of France’s Loire department, a former major centre of coal-mining St-Etienne
Harmless non-venomous British reptile Grass snake