The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2023 07 30

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Merchandise reserved for a customer until completion of payment LAYAWAY
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
Star of Rhoda, spin-off of The Mary Tyler Moore Show Valerie Harper
Follow-up to Nik Kershaw’s debut album Human Racing The Riddle
Predatory water insect such as Nepa cinerea, informally scorpion bug
Crustacean which takes over an empty shell hermit crab
Oscar-nominated lead actor in The Buddy Holly Story Gary Busey
Astronomical object, also a 2006 single by Muse supermassive black hole
One who has (recently) served time in prison ex-convict
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
Funerary figurine in many museum Egyptology displays USHABTI
Magazine which featured Kate Middleton in 21 consecutive editions HELLO
Indian state whose capital is Dispur ASSAM
An act of mischief, in a rarely used singular form SHENANIGAN
An angel depicted as a winged child CHERUB
MILK SUGAR LACTOSE
DJ Pete ____ is part of a disastrous situation in rhyming slang TONG
Bread typically baked in a tandoor NAAN
“More” in Latin PLUS
Japanese title roughly equivalent to Mr or Mrs SAN
Gentleman’s ____ is an anchovy paste first produced in 1828 RELISH