The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2023 06 11

crossword answers
Clue Answer
The only American state bird which is a domestic breed RHODE ISLAND RED
As a musical instruction, becoming slower, and often louder too ALLARGANDO
The mafia’s code of silence OMERTA
In old military slang, a kit inspection rag-fair
To signify or foreshadow BETOKEN
Gabriel and Raphael, for example ARCHANGELS
Mix of raw vegetables served as an hors d’oeuvre CRUDITES
Actress who starred alongside Madonna in Desperately Seeking Susan Rosanna Arquette
The first études written for public performance were ____s piano piece
The misspeaking character in The Rivals by Sheridan Mrs Malaprop
Grange Hill character, played by Todd Carty, who was given his own spin-off series TUCKER JENKINS
To go before, in time or order ANTECEDE
New Mexico city where Microsoft was founded in 1975 ALBUQUERQUE
Singer whose most recent non-compilation album Caution was released in 2018 Mariah Carey
Vacation centred on conservation ECOTOUR
In fiction, Melville’s Captain Ahab or Dickens’s Silas Wegg AMPUTEE
____ and Mark Frost were co-creators of Twin Peaks David Lynch
The ____ Star is a 1970 David Bowie single, released as a follow-up to Space Oddity PRETTIEST
A cold leek and potato soup VICHYSSOISE
1983 film directed by and starring Barbra Streisand YENTL
12:50 TEN TO ONE
Nigeria’s capital until 1991 LAGOS
A family tree STEMMA
The colourful badlands of Arizona Painted Desert