The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2023 07 30

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Merchandise reserved for a customer until completion of payment LAYAWAY
One who has (recently) served time in prison ex-convict
Oscar-nominated lead actor in The Buddy Holly Story Gary Busey
TV colleague of John Bird and John Fortune, 1999-2010 Rory Bremner
Trifling amorous relationships DALLIANCES
The economic situation of a company or individual financials
Follow-up to Nik Kershaw’s debut album Human Racing The Riddle
DJ Pete ____ is part of a disastrous situation in rhyming slang TONG
Crustacean which takes over an empty shell hermit crab
Star of Rhoda, spin-off of The Mary Tyler Moore Show Valerie Harper
Astronomical object, also a 2006 single by Muse supermassive black hole
Predatory water insect such as Nepa cinerea, informally scorpion bug
Name of a British railway company, 1923-48 and since 2018 LNER
A US supreme court justification for limiting freedom Clear and present danger
1985 dystopian novel by Margaret Atwood The Handmaid's Tale
MILK SUGAR LACTOSE
Magazine which featured Kate Middleton in 21 consecutive editions HELLO
Japanese title roughly equivalent to Mr or Mrs SAN
Indian state whose capital is Dispur ASSAM
Gentleman’s ____ is an anchovy paste first produced in 1828 RELISH
Funerary figurine in many museum Egyptology displays USHABTI
Bread typically baked in a tandoor NAAN
An act of mischief, in a rarely used singular form SHENANIGAN
“More” in Latin PLUS
An angel depicted as a winged child CHERUB