The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2023 08 27

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