The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2023 11 19

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