The Times - Specialist - February 20 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 

The Times - Specialist - Sunday Times GK Jumbo No 306
Clues	Answers
A stuffed tortilla baked in sauce, often with a cheese topping	ENCHILADA
A trick or deception __ or utter nonsense	Flim-flam
A type of rhododendron with brightly coloured blooms	AZALEA
A ____ cross is worn on the breast by high-ranking clergy	PECTORAL
Actress Jean ____ is best-known for playing Hilda Ogden in Coronation Street, 1964-87	ALEXANDER
African antelope usually found in dense brush or forest	KUDU
Authorised by a public agency	OFFICIAL
BBC weatherman, born in Gdansk, who is a talented portrait artist	Tomasz Schafernaker
Beam across the tops of columns in classical architecture	ARCHITRAVE
Device with a rotating drum used for hauling in 43Ds	CAPSTAN
Drink which has been "good for you" since the 1920s	GUINNESS
Enjoy a luxurious and carefree existence	Live the life of Riley
Forename of the Witham (Essex) MP, a cabinet minister	PRITI
Fred Winter trained this Irish chestnut 50-1 winner of the 1966 Grand National	ANGLO
Gardeners' World presenter and horticultural designer who runs gardening classes in Stamford	Adam Frost
In a world atlas, three ____ are Bering, Palk and Sunda	STRAITS
In Hinduism, the karma created now, the consequences of which affect future events; a type of heron native to Central and South America	AGAMI
Indicative of an unsophisticated, rural lifestyle	COUNTRIFIED
International food franchise whose UK menus include Stuffed Crust and Cheesy Bites	Pizza Hut
ITV romantic sitcom starring Judi Dench and Geoffrey Palmer	as time goes by
Jalopies with inadequate suspension	BONESHAKERS
Jane Austen wrote that "there is no charm ____ to tenderness of heart"	EQUAL
Julia Roberts plays ____ Brockovich in a 2000 film	ERIN
King Offa's kingdom in central England	MERCIA
Member of the royal family whose titles include Earl of Dumbarton and Baron Kilkeel	Prince Harry
Mild Italian cheese made from whey left over after making other cheeses	RICOTTA
Nickname of Ms O'Shea, a music hall singer and banjolele player	Two Ton Tessie
One who wields power unofficially __ a term originally describing Richelieu's secretary, Père Joseph	Eminence grise
Robert ____ led the defence of Mafeking in the Boer War	Baden-Powell
Rope used for mooring ships	CABLE
Sausage with a name derived from the Italian for "onion"	CHIPOLATA
Scapa Flow island with the UK's second largest UK oil terminal	flotta
Six-Five ____ was the first BBC TV rock'n'roll show	SPECIAL
South American snake, also called "water boa"	ANACONDA
Sporting equipment on which to perform a nollie or kickflip	SKATEBOARD
Stanley ____ was best-known for his religious paintings, often set in his home village, Cookham in Berkshire	SPENCER
Stone-built Neolithic village on Mainland, Orkney	skara Brae
The French city which has a Palace of the Popes	AVIGNON
The male of this duck has a dark head with a white cheek patch	GOLDENEYE
The second-smallest of Scotland's historic counties, bordering Fife	Kinross-shire
The weapon used by Jael to kill Sisera in Judges chapter 4	tent peg
TV presenter and author Lucy ____ is a chief curator at Historic Royal Palaces	WORSLEY
Waters with a maximum depth of around 11,000 metres in the Mariana Trench	Pacific Ocean
Welsh BBC weatherman who raised over £3 million for Children in Need in a 24-hour drumathon in 2021	Owain Wyn Evans
West Indian capital city on the island of New Providence	NASSAU
Yes indeed; under 50 per cent	not half
____ Monsoon is Jennifer Saunders's character in AbFab	EDINA