The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2023 11 19

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Netted hoop of Amerindian origin, hung above a bed DREAMCATCHER
Common reason for reduced flight duration tail wind
Pale long-legged wading birds EGRETS
As was singer Billy Ray Cyrus’s breaky heart in 1992 ACHY
Spaceship whose onboard computer was a Hal 9000 Discovery One
Band who released Brimful of Asha in 1997 CORNERSHOP
In shape, a perfectly formed alum crystal is ____ OCTAHEDRAL
Former monastery in London which later became a school and a home for poor men CHARTERHOUSE
“Poetry is what ____ translation. It is also what ____ interpretation” (Robert Frost) is lost in
Cockney rhyming slang for an American person septic tank
The Italian name for breadsticks GRISSINI
Traditional group of strolling Mexican musicians MARIACHI
Official units of currency in Guadeloupe EUROS
Animal whose males and females are hobs and jills FERRET
Actor who played Mr Pink in Reservoir Dogs Steve Buscemi
Novelist, poet and critic who wrote I, Claudius Robert Graves
Going back on one’s promise RENEGING
1 e4 e5 2 Bc4 Nc6 3 Qh5 Nf6 4 Qxf7# scholar's mate
MAKE EXTREMELY WET SATURATE
Type of hat worn by Inspector Clouseau in 10D TRILBY
Edible type of butter also used in cosmetics SHEA
A natural trap for insects pitcher plant