The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2023 08 27

crossword answers
Clue Answer
____ sections are important in Euclidean geometry CONIC
Winner of an Oscar for her portrayal of Queen Anne in The Favourite OLIVIA COLMAN
Opening or closing like a kind of camera diaphragm irising
Understanding or agreement between people a meeting of minds
Of food products, not homemade shop-bought
Tried out under real operating conditions road-tested
Seville’s ____ is a royal palace in extensive gardens ALCAZAR
In a US spelling, a cabinet holding wine bottles cellarette
German Western Front offensive started in late 1944 Battle Of The Bulge
Frequent description of Oxbridge-educated pianist Gunner Graham in It Ain’t Half Hot Mum lah-di-dah
Sauce whose name means “garlic oil” in Provençal AIOLI
Pen name of Hablot Browne, illustrator of Dickens novels PHIZ
British and Anguillan 100m and 200m record holder zharnel Hughes
Of someone’s disposition, bright and optimistic SUNNY
Adverb often followed by “expensive” eye-wateringly
A ____ plane or car goes very fast high-performance
Tony Benn and Edwina Currie were political ____s DIARIST
The ____ Trust, founded by an American banker, has provided affordable housing in London since 1862 PEABODY
King of Norway, 1957-91 Olaf V
The ____ bell once signalled major events at Lloyd’s of London LUTINE
Stand used to protect tables from hot dishes TRIVET
Commonly mentioned legislation, in force 1715-1973 RIOT ACT
Artist who produced a series called Blue Nudes MATISSE
Most famous island in San Francisco Bay ALCATRAZ
Member of a British or French military group LEGIONNAIRE
Dress for Victorian ladies for informal parties at home tea gown
A word like intelligent, educated, or knowledgeable TETRASYLLABLE
A leafy vegetable; a Somerset town CHARD