The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2024 01 07

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Title of albums by Roxette (2001) and Bryan Adams ROOM SERVICE
French version of “How are you?” comment allez-vous
Title given to Richard I of England and Louis VIII of France Coeur de Lion
Pseudoscientific forerunner of chemistry ALCHEMY
A military blockade INVESTMENT
Classical Greek name for Santorini THERA
Wild marjoram as a culinary herb OREGANO
Metallic neck ornament worn around 2000 years ago TORC
Headquarters of Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club TRENT BRIDGE
Arsenal (previously West Ham) footballer born in January 1999 Declan Rice
The ____ was REM’s most successful UK single Great Beyond
Access to heaven as mentioned in Revelation 21 Pearly Gates
Crop also called Indian corn MAIZE
Vegetable which is usually green in Britain and white in Germany ASPARAGUS
Video chat platform launched in 2003 and written by four Estonian developers SKYPE
Julius ____ was Tanzania’s first president NYERERE
Composer of Georgia on My Mind Hoagy Carmichael
A ____ victory is one gained at too great a cost PYRRHIC
Up against superior weapons OUTGUNNED
1984 romantic drama film about a high school football player and cheerleader RECKLESS
Writer of The Divine Comedy DANTE
Clusters of separate flowers attached to a stem by short equal stalks at equal intervals RACEMES
Palpebrae EYELIDS
TRAVELLING AT 100 MPH Ton-up
Guitarist whose name is an anagram of NARCOLEPTIC ERIC CLAPTON
An Enzedder, formally New Zealander
Constellation maps star charts
That which is generally taken to be around 20°C room temperature
Standup comedian who portrayed Siouxsie Sioux in a 2018 Sky Arts TV show Maisie Adam
Australian English name for crisps potato chips
Site of Yucatan’s Temple of Kukulcan Chichen Itza
French brand of enamelled cast-iron cookware Le Creuset