The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2023 10 29

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Fruits which are used in Hawaiian pizza toppings PINEAPPLES
1997 courtroom drama film based on a John Grisham book The Rainmaker
“He who has ____ his fears will truly be free” (Aristotle) OVERCOME
The Italian dish zuppa inglese resembles ____ TRIFLE
Painted canvas covered frame, part of a stage setting FLAT
Item such as an Inverted Jenny or Treskilling Yellow POSTAGE STAMP
“Creamy neutral paint colours are back — just don’t call it ____” (Sunday Times headline, 2023) MAGNOLIA
Informal name for Indiana Hoosier State
Home of Royal Greenwich Observatory, 1948-90 herstmonceux
Supermodel who Marc Quinn sculpted in 18 carat gold Kate Moss
Sitcom in which Diane Morgan plays single mum Liz MOTHERLAND
“An ____ nation has no friends. The German people seriously worry me.” (Konrad Adenauer) UNSTEADY
1965 Beatles single; railway-based board game TICKET TO RIDE
Nationality of composer Anton Bruckner AUSTRIAN
Titular character of Dickens’s unfinished final novel EDWIN DROOD
Early writing system using a wedge-shaped stylus CUNEIFORM
Shakespeare’s Danish haunted castle ELSINORE
Manager of a computer network SYSOP
Arms which can be pump-action or double-barrelled SHOTGUNS
Plant whose name derives ultimately from “parsley” in Greek CELERY
1982 George Thorogood song used in Terminator 2 Bad To The Bone
Nicholas Crane’s distinctive equipment in Coast episodes UMBRELLA
A name used for God in Hebrew scripture ELOHIM
Party decoration beaten to get at sweets inside PINATA
____ Rybakina won her first Wimbledon title in 2022 ELENA