The Times Specialist 2023 04 09 - Crossword Answers

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

Innocent or surprised

wide-eyed

What could be reinterpreted as “sods”, no?

SOANDSOS

According to EM Forster’s chapter titles, Lucy Honeychurch told ____ at least eight people

lies to

The ____, pop group who lasted just a year?

Four Seasons

The lower middle class

petit bourgeoisie

A ____ normally works anonymously for a major politician

speechwriter