The Times - Specialist - September 4 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 

The Times - Specialist - Sunday Times GK Jumbo No 334
Clues	Answers
"Recycling and ____ centre (the tip)" (heading on Coventry City Council's website)	DISPOSAL
"Slums must be eliminated. [...] They are an ____, a corruption." (David Lloyd George)	EYESORE
1976 French Open singles champion who recently retired from presenting Wimbledon coverage	Sue Barker
A drinking toast; a former S4C series about a local health office	Iechyd da
A note lasting as long as eight semiquavers	MINIM
A ____ shark has a caudal fin that may be as long as its body	THRESHER
An alternative to jellied eels as a classic Cockney dish	Pie and mash
BBC newsreader who recently became one of Newsnight's lead presenters	Victoria Derbyshire
Bet ____ was Julie Goodyear's iconic Corrie character	LYNCH
Browser game produced by King.com, which developed into one of the most popular mobile apps	Candy Crush
By surface area, Lake ____ is the world's largest lake entirely in one country	MICHIGAN
Cake and ice cream, covered in meringue and briefly placed in a hot oven	baked alaska
Child's "sleep"; friendly farewells	bye-byes
Composer of the best-known Concerto for Orchestra	Bela Bartok
District on a small hill in Paris, popular with artists in Belle Epoque times	MONTMARTRE
Edward I's fortress which overlooks Cardigan Bay	Harlech Castle
Fictional character such as Iron Man or the Hulk	SUPERHERO
French composer of the operas Werther and Manon	MASSENET
Functioned in a specific way	ACTED
Gambols, like one of Santa's reindeer?	PRANCES
Giving a live public performance; acting with a common purpose	in concert
Headgear worn by Joe DiMaggio, Hank Aaron and Roger Clemens, say	Baseball caps
Henri Rousseau and Grandma Moses both produced ____ art	NAIVE
Historic county known as Elginshire until 1919	MORAY
In Star Wars, a space marine led by Emperor Palpatine and his commanders such as Darth Vader	STORMTROOPER
Lamb or pork dishes with rings of upward-pointing ribs	Crown roasts
Long piece of tartan cloth worn over the shoulder in traditional Highland dress	PLAID
Monetary unit of Chile and the Philippines	PESO
Nationality of conductor Maris Jansons and chess grandmaster Mikhail Tal	LATVIAN
One name for a childhood disease causing a bright red rash and fever	SCARLATINA
Painful swelling of a small sac connected to the intestine	APPENDICITIS
Peter Shaffer's 1979 stage play about the fictional rivalry between Salieri and Mozart	AMADEUS
Pigment first synthesised by Johann Jacob Diesbach in Berlin, c 1705	Prussian blue
Relating to meaning in language	SEMANTIC
Relaxed and living luxuriously	In clover
Someone keen and/or knowledgeable about films	CINEASTE
Star of Taxi Driver, Raging Bull and Goodfellas	Robert De Niro
Supporters of the Southern States in the American Civil War	CONFEDERATES
Surname of the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic	EARHART
The Avro ____ was a maritime patrol aircraft used by the RAF in the 1950s and 1960s	SHACKLETON
To become covered during freezing weather	Ice over
Tom yum, avgolemono or borscht	SOUP
UK-based founding member of the European Beer Consumers Union	Campaign for Real Ale
Use of herbs, salts or spices to enhance flavour	SEASONING
____ became Britain's fourth male open era Wimbledon semi-finalist this year	Cameron Norrie
____ Turkey is an alternative name for Anatolia	ASIATIC