The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2022 05 22

crossword answers
Clue Answer
UPPER ARM BONES HUMERI
Salad greens related to chicory ENDIVES
The bobcat is a type of ____ LYNX
The inner peel of a citrus fruit PITH
The USA’s second largest state TEXAS
What absolute power does absolutely, according to Lord Acton CORRUPTS
Old name for a painter of portraits or miniatures LIMNER
Of a court case, rejected DISMISSED
Not subjected to hindrance UNIMPEDED
____, Sweet Charlotte (1964) featured Mary Astor in her final film role Hush Hush
In Bleak House, ____ secretly marries Richard Carstone Ada Clare
In binomial nomenclature, “sempervirens” denotes ____ plants EVERGREEN
Iceland’s “ring road”, Route 1, was partly ____ until 2019 UNPAVED
Forerunners of electric refrigerators ICEBOXES
Device which amplifies microwaves MASER
Church festival celebrated on January 6 EPIPHANY
Capital of Italy’s Umbria region PERUGIA
Breed of horse often used in dressage and show jumping WESTPHALIAN
Actress who first appeared as Sharon Watts in EastEnders in 1985 Letitia Dean
A wine connoisseur OENOPHILE
A policeman or police force, from a PC created by Enid Blyton PLOD
A decree, from Latin for “let it be done” FIAT
A continuous discharge of firearms FUSILLADE
“Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open ____ and die.” (Mel Brooks) SEWER
“The wife, where danger or ____ lurks, / Safest and seemliest by her husband stays” (Paradise Lost) DISHONOUR
Tool typically used to fix or remove spark plugs box spanner
The imprisoned banker in The Shawshank Redemption Andy Dufresne
The BBC’s chief news correspondent, 1989-2003 Kate Adie
Singer who made her film acting debut in The Bodyguard Whitney Houston
Prime minister of Canada, 1968-79 and 1980-84 PIERRE TRUDEAU
In camping, ____ are supported by poles or frames at each end ridge tents
What Caesar reportedly said after his Pontic campaign VENI VIDI VICI
Tony ____ was Spandau Ballet’s lead singer HADLEY