The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2024 03 03

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Territory sold by Russia in 1867 to prevent it from falling into British hands in a future war ALASKA
To pitch tents ENCAMP
Type of ham whose name means “dried beforehand” PROSCIUTTO
Words after “Women” or “Shakespeare” in film titles in love
Seaweed-derived substance used instead of gelatine in vegan cooking AGAR
Informal term for a barrister BRIEF
Bread manufacturer which Samuel L Jackson and Sylvester Stallone have advertised warburtons
Beef cut usually cooked slowly SHIN
US president between (Theodore) Roosevelt and Wilson TAFT
Archbishop of Canterbury who wrote Cur Deus Homo ANSELM
The trumpet manucode, for example bird of paradise
A term of address for a male priest His Reverence
2006 dystopian film starring Hugo Weaving in a Guy Fawkes mask and Natalie Portman V for Vendetta
1990s BBC series in which Andrew Lincoln played Egg This Life
1979 date of Margaret Thatcher’s first election victory as a party leader Third of May
“Qu’ils mangent de la ____” (Rousseau) BRIOCHE
Singer whose 1978 number one single asked listeners about his carnal desirability Rod Stewart
Australian city named after William IV’s consort ADELAIDE
Brand name for a portable device used to treat anaphylaxis EPIPEN
Character introduced in The Little White Bird PETER PAN
French-derived term for obsessive passion amour fou
Garden plant; a male lover’s name in various old ballads SWEET WILLIAM
Nickname of Brighton and Hove Albion SEAGULLS
Queen Boudicca’s tribe ICENI
Acts limiting grain imports into Britain, repealed in 1846 CORN LAWS