The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2023 08 13

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Ornamental evergreen shrub native to New Zealand HEBE
Prime Minister succeeded by Margaret Thatcher James Callaghan
Small bottle whose name may derive from Arabic for “draw water” CARAFE
Someone from Ljubljana or Maribor SLOVENE
Spicy creole dish; a Hank Williams song of 1952 JAMBALAYA
Sweet dried chilli peppers ANCHOS
That waged between Britain and China 1839-42 Opium War
The “Grand Old Man” of cricket W G Grace
The capital of Belgium’s Flemish Brabant province leuven
The name of four English rivers OUSE
The only woman to have an instrumental UK No 1 hit Winifred Atwell
The target ball in bowls JACK
To leave a position or, hyphenated, to join one again RESIGN
Type of daisy which is also called marguerite ox-eye
Ursa Minor’s old name CYNOSURE
Name for a flamboyant fashion/pop style coined by musician Richard Burgess NEW ROMANTIC
Measuring device attached to an inverted bottle of spirits OPTIC
Historically, extra weight added to some goods purchases to compensate for wastage in transit TRET
Gas typically used in welding ACETYLENE
Formerly, a junior boy scout WOLF CUB
Drawn from wide-ranging sources ECLECTIC
Departments or provinces of Greece nomarchies
A conspicuous blunder; a TV woollen extraterrestrial CLANGER
A canal used exclusively for leisure craft cruiseway
From effect to cause A POSTERIORI