Today's The Times Specialist Sunday Puzzle Crossword Clues & Answers

Clues & Answers For The Times Specialist Sunday

(December 29, 2024)

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• 1. Leroy Anderson work premiered by the Boston Pops Orchestra on May 4, 1948 - Crossword Clue
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• 6. Common name for the brown seaweed <i>Fucus vesiculosus</i> - Crossword Clue
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• 14. Michel Eugène Chevreul, whose work on fatty acids revolutionised soap making, is seen as a pioneer in ____ chemistry - Crossword Clue
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• 15. One of the rarest kinds of Christmas tree in UK homes this week - Crossword Clue
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• 16. Fixative used in potpourri and many gin brands - Crossword Clue
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• 17. In 1959, the USSR's ____ 1 was the first spacecraft to escape from the Earth's orbit - Crossword Clue
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• 18. "____ no planless fantasizing, but rather a search for the logically simplest possibilities and their consequences." (Einstein on relativity theories) - Crossword Clue
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• 19. Group joined by Theresa May and Harriet Harman in 2024 - Crossword Clue
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• 21. ____ numbers have imaginary square roots - Crossword Clue
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• 22. Males of this eastern European reptile have a blue throat - Crossword Clue
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• 23. Device which may deal with voltage sags or spikes - Crossword Clue
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• 24. A seasonal cartoon in which Lucy suggests play direction as a solution to depression - Crossword Clue
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• 29. Written in 11th-century Japan, <i>The Tale of </i>____ is seen as one of the first novels - Crossword Clue
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• 30. A loan phrase for "(the) right word at the right time" - Crossword Clue
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• 32. A belt worn over a shoulder to carry something, especially a weapon - Crossword Clue
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• 34. A ____ keeps sporting scores in an old-fashioned way - Crossword Clue
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• 36. Andy Roberts was the first ____ to play for the West Indies in a Test - Crossword Clue
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• 37. Painter's equipment called "chevalet" in French - Crossword Clue
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• 40. Old Christmas song with the line "Our toast it is white and our ale it is brown" - Crossword Clue
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• 44. A hammock-like bed once used by naval officers - Crossword Clue
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• 45. Dendrochronology makes use of ____ - Crossword Clue
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• 47. Comic book supervillain, also "Edward Nygma" - Crossword Clue
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• 48. Distillation device used by alchemists - Crossword Clue
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• 49. Co-presenter of <i>Children in Need </i>on BBC TV, 1995-2004 - Crossword Clue
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• 50. To shape a piece of stone by striking it - Crossword Clue
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• 52. ____s are used to kill ticks or mites - Crossword Clue
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• 53. African antelope with vertical white stripes - Crossword Clue
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• 54. ____ is mined in Terry Pratchett's <i>Discworld </i>series - Crossword Clue
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• 55. Nina and Frederik's version of this song reached No 3 in the December 1960 charts - Crossword Clue
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• 56. "Poor slaves in metre, dull and ____" (Dryden in <i>Absalom and Achitophel</i>) - Crossword Clue
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DOWN

• 1. Set of words ignored in a computer-made index - Crossword Clue
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• 2. Informally, the colours representing the MCC - Crossword Clue
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• 3. Tommy ____ is trained by Rocky Balboa in <i>Rocky V</i> (1990) - Crossword Clue
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• 4. "All that's missing from the book is the sex, drugs and […] the ____" (review of Rick Astley's memoirs) - Crossword Clue
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• 5. Coffee brand which originated in a shop opened in the Netherlands in 1753 - Crossword Clue
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• 7. ____, ____, ____ is a 1945 seasonal song by Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne - Crossword Clue
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• 8. Knitting technique making open (usually vertical) stripes in a garment - Crossword Clue
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• 9. <i>Erithacus rubecula</i>, formerly called "ruddock" - Crossword Clue
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• 10. "Under different circumstances he would be a bouncer on some door in the ____" (Chris Eubank on Nigel Benn) - Crossword Clue
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• 11. 1988 comedy film about teenagers on holiday in Hawaii - Crossword Clue
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• 12. To have ____ is to be very worried about something - Crossword Clue
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• 13. In 2020, Arts Minister Helen Whately stopped the export of a ____ and flag used by Shackleton in 1907 - Crossword Clue
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• 20. A dolmen is a single-chamber ____ tomb - Crossword Clue
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• 25. ____ Cathedral's Tour de Beurre was financed by selling indulgences for eating butter in Lent - Crossword Clue
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• 26. Cut of beef named after connective tissue which is removed from it - Crossword Clue
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• 27. Italian region where Malvasia di Lipari is a locally produced choice for seasonal dessert wine - Crossword Clue
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• 28. The Italian seasonal drink Bombardino can be made with ____, brandy, cinnamon and whipped cream - Crossword Clue
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• 30. Harry Belafonte's recording of ____ was the UK Christmas No 1 in 1957 - Crossword Clue
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• 31. Local name for an inhabitant of the southernmost West Indies island - Crossword Clue
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• 33. A former name for Belfast's Titanic Quarter - Crossword Clue
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• 35. Informally, "reacted as someone else planned" - Crossword Clue
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• 38. The original name of the world's most recorded Christmas song - Crossword Clue
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• 39. A name for golfing other than putting - Crossword Clue
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• 41. Old dance; a movement in each Bach cello suite - Crossword Clue
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• 42. In Olympic shooting, Team GB have yet to win a medal in the 10m ____ event - Crossword Clue
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• 43. In motoring, a British alternative to "convertible" - Crossword Clue
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• 44. The title of the musical <i>Fiddler on the Roof</i> was inspired by some paintings by ____ - Crossword Clue
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• 45. ____ Jesus plays as a forward for Arsenal and Brazil - Crossword Clue
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• 46. In ___, Pinnekjott, is a Christmas dish of preserved lamb - Crossword Clue
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• 51. Informally, the future role of JD Vance - Crossword Clue
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