The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2023 04 09

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Voice next to lake making wild animal retreat LAIR
Lecturer wearing a tatty grey sweater ARGYLE
Suffolk’s ____ Ness is part of a national nature reserve ORFORD
The Czech Republic’s second-largest city BRNO
Bite-sized hors d’oeuvres amuse-bouches
Country clubs are below accepted value suffering shortfall AMERICA
Disheartened cake lover not very happy about WI cooking CREOLE
Setter on slipping lead wags tail around chow ALIMENT
A piece usually regarded as weak in chess isolated pawn
Restaurant’s introducing decrees after tumbling industrial espionage targets TRADE SECRETS
Historic large silver coin of central Europe THALER
Tiny creature after which Iceland’s lake Myvatn is named MIDGE
Contemporary English version bound in black material COEVAL
Female Asian elephants have no clearly visible ____ TUSKS
(Still) being discussed under negotiation
Vale Academy kick off against United ADIEU
Indian side tap it around after tea CHAPATTI
Weeping willow’s top leaves grew given tips from expert GREET
Afternoon snooze in confines of comfortable sofa CANAPE
English rock band founded in 1988, originally called Seymour BLUR
FRUITLESS of no avail
Unripe plums, 50 per cent off GREEN
Indian plant after grinding can be tofu BEAN CURD
Most unwelcoming foreign cities ICIEST
Don’t worry about it no biggie
Besties say “soz” after some cutting texts ESSAYS
Subterranean part of a banana plant or crocus CORM
Premier League prima donna? DIVA
Supreme Court historically imprisons pompous Colonel made penniless SUBLIME
Troy squeezes head off pimple ILIUM
Major safari destination in Tanzania Serengeti National Park
A ____ normally works anonymously for a major politician speechwriter
Black carbon in metal forged when temperature’s dropped MELANIC
Fast Internet connection cut off in street SWIFT
The lower middle class petit bourgeoisie
A ____ noble plays heroic roles in ballet DANSEUR
Rampant seed is unbeatable opponent NEMESIS
The kind of men who spoke Oddle Poddle on 1950s TV FLOWERPOT
A right shower caught and put on trial ARRAIGN
Former territory to which many British loyalists moved after US independence Upper Canada
Words like emmet (tourist) or ginnel (narrow passage) regionalisms
A French-based name for a crew cut en brosse
Bumpers are ____ under National Hunt rules flat races
A standard go board has ____ horizontal or vertical lines NINETEEN
Back part of house vacated, holes found underground CAVES
According to EM Forster’s chapter titles, Lucy Honeychurch told ____ at least eight people lies to
Newlyweds maybe left in carriage COUPLE
The ____, pop group who lasted just a year? Four Seasons
Innocent or surprised wide-eyed
What could be reinterpreted as “sods”, no? SOANDSOS