The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2022 10 02

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Flower shown on Austria’s two eurocent coin EDELWEISS
Su capital es Sevilla ANDALUCIA
“I have be-dimmed / The ____ sun” (Prospero in The Tempest) NOONTIDE
English equivalent of “casus belli” act of war
Oven-controlling device whose name was superseded by “gas mark” REGULO
Ancient region where cuneiform writing was used MESOPOTAMIA
Mrs Slocombe’s assistant in Are You Being Served? Miss Brahms
A horse race won ____ is close to a dead heat by a nose
A bird named after its diet carrion crow
The ___ was a government owned bookmaker, 1928-2011 TOTE
____’s disastrous adventures were first seen on TV in 1973 Frank Spencer
Italian cheese similar to Limburger and Pont-l’Évèque TALEGGIO
Al ____ won four Olympic discus titles, 1956-68 OERTER
A laser pointer’s light power output is often up to five ____s MILLIWATT
Community First ____s are local volunteers who may attend an emergency call before paramedics RESPONDER
Secrets of success X factors
“We are able to create a range of climatic conditions in our seven display ____” (Oxford Botanic Gardens website) GLASSHOUSES
Nicholas ____ wrote The Cruel Sea in 1951 MONSARRAT
Of text, converted by a system like pinyin romanised
Publishing company whose website calls its founders “two dashing young entrepreneurs” Mills and Boon
A phrase created by mishearing, such as “damp squid” or “preying mantis” EGGCORN
In VAT calculations, ____ tax is deducted from VAT on sold goods or services INPUT
Verse: poetaster; painting: ____ DAUBER
Informally, a very cheap means of transportation Shanks's pony
“____ will be going away shortly” — recent poetic statement about changes in Microsoft Outlook coming soon
What ____ is not yet decided remains to be seen