The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2022 10 16

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Privately-owned body administering UK School exams EDEXCEL
MP who described David Cameron and George Osborne as “two arrogant posh boys” Nadine Dorries
Sudden deep fall in security prices, especially as a result of automated trading flash crash
First woman to fly solo from Britain to Australia, in 1930 Amy Johnson
First Test cricketer to reach 200 wickets and 2000 runs Richie Benaud
The Big Bang Theory character played by Jim Parsons Sheldon Cooper
Banks of marine fog which move inland sea frets
Unfinished novel by F Scott Fitzgerald, published in 1941 The Last Tycoon
Max ____, AI character played by Matt Frewer HEADROOM
A large variety of cooking apple, named after a royal Lane's Prince Albert
2002 sci-fi horror film directed by M Night Shyamalan SIGNS
That which attracts pollinators NECTAR
The Chester ____ Plays are a medieval drama series revived in 1951, and will next be performed in June and July 2023 MYSTERY
Turkish city once called Smyrna IZMIR
The first solar system planet identified as such by use of a telescope URANUS
1765 tax legislation affecting British colonies in America STAMP ACT
Section of society most influenced by commercials ADMASS
Spanish for “aunt”, seen in a liqueur name TIA
Constriction of a bodily passage STENOSIS
Actor who played Chief Martin Brody in Jaws and Jaws 2 ROY SCHEIDER
A rain cloud NIMBUS
Formal leave of absence EXEAT