The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2023 10 29

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