The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2022 07 24

crossword answers
Clue Answer
John le Carré novel which concluded his Karla Trilogy Smiley's People
Lacking space, especially oppressively closed-in
Loose dresses worn by Hawaiian women, eg at weddings MUUMUUS
Not explored by adventurers, and an anagram of ADVENTURERS untraversed
Not profitable UNECONOMIC
One who may operate on a glaucoma eye surgeon
The number of sides of a hendecagon ELEVEN
The quality of being deadly LETHALITY
The St John’s wort genus HYPERICUM
Title shared by singles by Sheena Easton in 1980 and Meat Loaf in 1984 Modern Girl
US vice president when Jimmy Carter was president WALTER MONDALE
In English, a letter such as W and Y, sometimes L and R semivowel
Imperial measure — one quarter of a bushel PECK
Formal word for physical beauty PULCHRITUDE
Footballer who became England’s youngest-ever senior player in May 2006 Theo Walcott
Fictional band fronted by guitarist Nigel Tufnel Spinal Tap
EXCESSIVE IN QUANTITY SUPERABUNDANT
Common first word in names of French publishing firms EDITIONS
Attempt to punch (someone) swing at
Adjective describing an airborne military force PARATROOP
A supplier of news or foreign exchange BUREAU
Informally, very intoxicated pie-eyed
Inhabitants of India’s smallest state GOANESE
“People are dying. Entire ____s are collapsing.” (Greta Thunberg, 2019) ECOSYSTEM
BBC cookery programme originally hosted by Loyd Grossman MASTERCHEF
British acronym for a possible cause of a railway accident SPAD
Commonest name for an international law enforcement agency formed in 1998 EUROPOL
Informally, to fly into a rage GO BALLISTIC