The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2024 04 28

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Bird noted for its sustained hovering while hunting KESTREL
The solar system’s largest satellite GANYMEDE
Lubricated sharpeners for metal tools OILSTONES
Italian for “joke”; a possible movement in a symphony SCHERZO
Italian eau de vie made from winepress residue GRAPPA
A battleship’s aft-firing cannon or gun stern-chaser
Original name of a Thames rowing event held since 1839 Henley Regatta
Rutger Hauer’s character in Blade Runner Roy Batty
THE CAPITAL OF MALI BAMAKO
Band whose sole surviving member is Micky Dolenz The Monkees
Cartoon character voiced by Julie Kavner since 1987 Marge Simpson
Voluntarily leave (a position) resign from
An Italian coffee brand; nickname of a Yorkshire, Leicestershire and England cricket captain ILLY
Informally, a car fanatic PETROLHEAD
Alex Salmond, ____, Humza Yousaf NICOLA STURGEON
100 sen in Malaysia RINGGIT
Software which creates PDF files Adobe Acrobat
In extremely good order, informally as sweet as a nut
Is of striking or stylish appearance cuts a dash
A wax-coated wick used to convey a flame TAPER
A marginal annotation APOSTIL
Scottish rock band fronted by Sharleen Spiteri TEXAS