The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2022 02 13

crossword answers
Clue Answer
The post of an officer ranking between major and brigadier colonelcy
Poet and critic who resigned as Encounter’s literary editor when its covert CIA funding was confirmed in 1967 Stephen Spender
Old Testament book whose name comes from a 33A of Israel NUMBERS
Official order or proclamation EDICT
Sister of Regan and Cordelia in King Lear GONERIL
Unusually, Egham ____ includes rowing, skiffing and punting races REGATTA
Hungarian-born actress who wrote “____’s Complete Guide to Men” Zsa Zsa Gabor
U2’s second studio album, released in 1981 OCTOBER
This sugar is an RNA component RIBOSE
The main tent of a circus BIG TOP
Conferences or discussions, originally between African tribespeople indabas
The keeper of an illicit liquor shop SHEBEENER
Colloquially, to create a commotion RAISE CAIN
Cold or chilly as a medical term ALGID
A small cafe, originally one which allowed smoking ESTAMINET
“Pirate” broadcaster founded by Ronan O’Rahilly in 1964 Radio Caroline
Normally decennial national event, expected in 2022 in Scotland CENSUS
Informally, a relative by marriage in-law
SL ____, Sporting CP and FC Porto have never been relegated from Portugal’s Primeira Liga BENFICA
The chief port of Russia’s Pacific coast VLADIVOSTOK
The execution period of a computer program RUNTIME
Game of dexterity, also called knucklebones JACKS
Finnish electronics company founded as a pulp mill in 1865 NOKIA
Device which may be programmed by a cardiac electrophysiologist PACEMAKER
Composer of Fingal’s Cave MENDELSSOHN
THE GRAND CANYON STATE ARIZONA