The Times - Specialist - February 13 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 

The Times - Specialist - Sunday Times GK Jumbo No 305
Clues	Answers
“Pirate” broadcaster founded by Ronan O'Rahilly in 1964	Radio Caroline
“Present ____ / Are less than horrible imaginings” (Hamlet)	FEARS
“Stop messing about!” was this comedy actor's catchphrase	Kenneth Williams
1978 single by the Police, named after a character in Cyrano de Bergerac	ROXANNE
A small cafe, originally one which allowed smoking	ESTAMINET
Actress who played Kelly Garrett in Charlie's Angels	Jaclyn Smith
Character whose clumsiness with guns is a running joke in The Pickwick Papers	Nathaniel Winkle
Children's author who co-founded the Fabian Society	Edith Nesbit
Cold or chilly as a medical term	ALGID
Colloquially, to create a commotion	raise Cain
Composer of Fingal's Cave	MENDELSSOHN
Conferences or discussions, originally between African tribespeople	indabas
Device which may be programmed by a cardiac electrophysiologist	PACEMAKER
Edinburgh arts venue, formerly the Charlotte Baptist Church	rose theatre
Finnish electronics company founded as a pulp mill in 1865	NOKIA
Football club based at Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy	Raith Rovers
Game of dexterity, also called knucklebones	JACKS
Hungarian-born actress who wrote “____'s Complete Guide to Men”	Zsa Zsa Gabor
In geometry, the state of being in contact at a single point	tangency
Informally, a relative by marriage	in-law
Largest of the Solomon Islands	GUADALCANAL
Leontes, King of Sicily, is a principal character in this Shakespeare play	The Winter's Tale
Location of the festival which awards the Palme d'Or	CANNES
Member of a sect portrayed as opposing Christ in the New Testament	PHARISEE
Ndabaningi ____ was a founder member of the militant Zanu organisation in Rhodesia	SITHOLE
Normally decennial national event, expected in 2022 in Scotland	CENSUS
Official order or proclamation	EDICT
Old Testament book whose name comes from a 33A of Israel	NUMBERS
On January 20, 2022, ____ became the youngest female pilot to fly solo around the world	Zara Rutherford
PC peripheral used in the days of dialup connections	MODEM
Poet and critic who resigned as Encounter's literary editor when its covert CIA funding was confirmed in 1967	Stephen Spender
Sister of Regan and Cordelia in King Lear	GONERIL
SL ____, Sporting CP and FC Porto have never been relegated from Portugal's Primeira Liga	BENFICA
The acorns of the ____ oak grow directly from its twigs, rather than hanging on stalks	SESSILE
The act of preventing something	OBVIATION
The chief port of Russia's Pacific coast	VLADIVOSTOK
The circumcentre of a triangle is where ____ drawn from the midpoints of its sides meet	perpendiculars
The execution period of a computer program	RUNTIME
The Grand Canyon State	ARIZONA
The keeper of an illicit liquor shop	SHEBEENER
The main tent of a circus	big top
The post of an officer ranking between major and brigadier	colonelcy
This sugar is an RNA component	RIBOSE
U2's second studio album, released in 1981	OCTOBER
Unusually, Egham ____ includes rowing, skiffing and punting races	REGATTA
Wine-growing region, perhaps surprisingly located between the Garonne and Dordogne rivers	Entre-Deux-Mers
Yellow supergiant which is the brightest star of Cygnus	DENEB
____ (the virgin) was a nickname given to Joan of Arc	La Pucelle
____ International Airport is named after the US navy's first Medal of Honor recipient in the Second World War	O'Hare
____, near the northern border, is Iran's second largest city	mashhad