The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2023 10 22

crossword answers
Clue Answer
French-based name for a private viewing of paintings before public exhibition VERNISSAGE
The capital of Laos VIENTIANE
Red Dwarf character played by Norman Lovett and Hattie Hayridge HOLLY
____ won eight grand slam titles but not Wimbledon IVAN LENDL
“'The British tourist is always happy abroad as long as ____” (Robert Morley) The natives are waiters
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“Small showers last long, but sudden ____ are short” (Shakespeare in Richard II) STORMS
The UK’s 1980s answer to Apple as a significant computer brand APRICOT
City in which Marks & Spencer started as a market stall LEEDS
Eye inflammations known medically as hordeola STYES
The real surname of Mark Twain CLEMENS
Ice skating move named after ____ Paulsen AXEL
1976 live double album by Mike Harding One Man Show
Mr ____ is Captain Hook’s boatswain in Peter Pan SMEE
Norway’s second female prime minister, in office 2013-2021 ERNA SOLBERG
A frequently metaphorical speaker’s platform SOAPBOX
The atomic number of nitrogen SEVEN
A person in a “body suit” has many ____ TATTOOS
Launched at high speed CATAPULTED
Star Wars character voiced by Frank Oz YODA
Long-tailed monkey which resembles a squirrel MARMOSET
1970s board game whose box featured amateur models Bill Woodward and Cecilia Fung MASTERMIND
Tissue swellings caused by serous fluid (US spelling) EDEMAS
“I believe”, archaically or jocularly METHINKS
Originally American old term for a percussionist in a jazz or dance band trap drummer
Actor who played villain Hans Gruber in Die Hard Alan Rickman
BBC1 children’s observation game show, 1970-84 Screen Test
Preservative substance made from wood tar or coal tar CREOSOTE