The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2024 02 11

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Series which included Nuts in May and Abigail’s Party Play for Today
Rhyming slang expression of incredulity would you Adam and Eve it
____ was a spin-off from The Mary Tyler Moore Show RHODA
To dim (one’s eyes) BLEAR
One name for a major pest sewer rat
The mineral pitchblende is a form of ____ dioxide URANIUM
John Updike novel, filmed in 1987 The Witches of Eastwick
THE MUSE OF HISTORY CLIO
J ____, senator for Arkansas 1945-74, founded a prestigious scholarship programme William Fulbright
In road travel, a possible result of a leaky valve slow puncture
Resin secreted by an Asian bug SHELLAC
Portuguese song genre, featured in a 2023 BBC Prom FADO
Areas of rough water created by opposing currents tide rips
Upton ____’s 1906 book The Jungle was about meat-packing workers, but created more concern about food safety SINCLAIR
Two pages of Series B UK passports show Anish ____’s work KAPOOR
Lollipop-sucking detective of 1970s TV KOJAK
Jess ____’s decision to go “on t’road” starts JB Priestley’s The Good Companions OAKROYD
High-value coin often mentioned in pirate fiction DOUBLOON
Greater Manchester town where Reebok had its headquarters until 1984 BOLTON
Someone acting in a consciously independent way UNILATERALIST
The literary pseudonym of Mary Ann Evans GEORGE ELIOT
Womble named after a Siberian city TOMSK
American shock rock band founded in 1973 KISS
Alex ____ replaced Jonny Bairstow in England’s 2022 T20 world cup squad HALES
1957 Beckett play set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland ENDGAME