The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2024 05 12

crossword answers
Clue Answer
US-born actor who had two UK No 1 hit singles in 1977 David Soul
Plots of (usually) fictional works STORYLINES
The outer integument of some seeds and fruits HUSK
New wave band whose chart debut was Lookin’ After No 1 The Boomtown Rats
The Islamic equivalent of kosher HALAL
Hans Christian Andersen’s The ____ is set in Switzerland Ice-Maiden
French department whose inhabitants are called Altiligériens Haute-Loire
EXTINCT FLIGHTLESS BIRD OF NEW ZEALAND MOA
Retail outlet founded in Preston in 1985 matalan
Champagne brand named after a monk Dom Perignon
Canadian actor, and rock band Dogstar’s bass guitarist Keanu Reeves
Prince Andrew’s interviewer on BBC2’s Newsnight in 2019 Emily Maitlis
Pointed blades which follow coulters PLOUGHSHARES
To cancel a computer process because of (or to avoid) an error ABORT
The Syd ____ Orchestra is a big band which played on TV shows hosted by Les Dawson and Ted Rogers LAWRENCE
UK 1977 Eurovision Song Contest entry by Lynsey de Paul and Mike Moran ROCK BOTTOM
Tree for which London’s Seven Sisters district is named ELM
One of Berlin’s two international airports replaced by Berlin Brandenburg in 2020 TEGEL
Digitally generated facial image used to identify a suspect e-fit
Jewish equivalent of ravioli KREPLACH
VOCALLY TWANGY NASAL
An unfair or unkind comment about someone vulnerable CHEAP SHOT
A French medieval singer-songwriter TROUBADOUR
“The heroic lay is ____ now — / The heroic bosom beats no more!” (Byron, in Don Juan) TUNELESS