The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2024 01 14

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Pertaining to national productivity, interest rates etc macroeconomic
'So, what, do I just sit here and ____ about me-self?' (Jamie Tartt, footballer in TV series Ted Lasso) blabber on and on
Glam rock band formed by Marc Bolan in 1967 T Rex
Ill-mannered, especially of a male towards a female UNCHIVALROUS
Type of book whose name comes from Latin for “white” ALBUM
Roderick Random’s uncle in a 1748 Tobias Smollett novel Tom Bowling
Lacking fingers and/or toes adactylous
Cycle relay race in which Katie Archibald and Laura Kenny are current Olympic champions MADISON
Desktop PC web search feature, 2010-2017, showing likely desired lists of hits as you typed, eg Yellowstone National Park ones for “yellows” Google Instant
Hastings ____ was Malawi’s first president BANDA
An Arabic ruler (variant spelling) EMEER
To one’s self, in French a soi
Substance formerly used to extinguish fires involving electronic equipment HALON
Set into a surface INLAID
Joni Mitchell’s second album, released in 1969 CLOUDS
“Photography […] records / Dull days as dull, and hold-it smiles as frauds, / And will not censor ____” (Philip Larkin) BLEMISHES
Name for a queen in Italian card packs which have queens DONNA
Genre mixing R’n’B, soul, and rap, mainly circa 1988-93 new jack swing
Convention venue served by Custom House DLR station EXCEL
The Beano’s General ____ ran a remote control model army JUMBO
American brand of playing cards manufactured since 1885 BICYCLE
Hypotension low blood pressure
A volcanic crater CALDERA
Historically, a Lord of ____ presided over Christmas revelry MISRULE
John F Kennedy, ____, Richard Nixon Lyndon B Johnson
YouTuber jailed in 2023 for crashing a plane for views Trevor Jacob
A diaphanous dressing gown or nightwear garment NEGLIGEE
ACADEMIC MEETINGS COLLOQUIA
Divine nectar in Hinduism AMRITA
Neurologist whose book Awakenings became a 1990 film starring Robin Williams and Robert De Niro Oliver Sacks
Argentine footballer who joined Inter Miami in 2023 LIONEL MESSI