The Times Specialist Sunday puzzle clues 2017 Aug 13

• A Jamaican street gang in the USA Crossword Clue
• Albert and Harold of Oil Drum Lane Crossword Clue
• A musician performing without preparation Crossword Clue
• An Iranian Shi’ite religious leader Crossword Clue
• A version of baccarat in which the role of banker moves between players Crossword Clue
• Beyond Our Ken star who later played ARP Warden Hodges in Dad’s Army Crossword Clue
• Beyond Our Ken star who played Ricky Livid Crossword Clue
• Bird with a conspicuous chestnut-coloured tail Crossword Clue
• Bramblings, linnets and siskins, eg Crossword Clue
• Carry On star who portrayed Arthur Fallowfield in Beyond Our Ken Crossword Clue
• Christian rite acknowledging one’s faith and full participation in the church Crossword Clue
• Craftsman from the Guarneri, Amati or Stradivari families Crossword Clue
• Department of south-western France with a sizeable British community Crossword Clue
• Departures from Cape Canaveral Crossword Clue
• En ____ is a way of capturing a pawn in chess Crossword Clue
• Eponymous straight man of Beyond Our Ken Crossword Clue
• First line of romantic verse ending “And so are you” Crossword Clue
• French department in the north of the Pays de la Loire region Crossword Clue
• From an item of clothing, an old name for a working-class woman Crossword Clue
• Frozen encrustation on a window Crossword Clue
• ____ Gas is liquefied butane in a portable cylinder Crossword Clue
• Geddington in Northamptonshire has the best preserved ____, a memorial to Edward I’s first wife Crossword Clue
• Gem State resident Crossword Clue
• Genre of French painting of courtly figures in a rural setting associated with Watteau Crossword Clue
• Gyorgy ____, Hungarian-born composer whose music was used in 2001: A Space Odyssey Crossword Clue
• Informally, a member of the United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing Crossword Clue
• Italian stew of knuckle of veal cooked in tomato sauce Crossword Clue
• James Joyce’s prose work about Humphrey Chimpden Earwicker Crossword Clue
• Jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrong’s nickname Crossword Clue
• Large container for shopping Crossword Clue
• Living beyond the continental shelf in depths over 200 metres Crossword Clue
• ____ Loos wrote Gentlemen Prefer Blondes in 1925 Crossword Clue
• Lower Saxony port from which the first regular shipping service between continental Europe and the USA began in 1847 Crossword Clue
• Machines which merge sets of decks of punched cards Crossword Clue
• Mexican hat with a wide brim Crossword Clue
• Musical director of the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra from 1946 to 1970 Crossword Clue
• Norbert ____ of Manchester United was in England’s 1966 World Cup team Crossword Clue
• Oxfordshire town where Blenheim Palace is situated Crossword Clue
• ____ played Ralph Ernest Gorse in The Charmer Crossword Clue
• Political editor for BBC News since June 2015 Crossword Clue
• Portrayer of Sam Malone in Cheers Crossword Clue
• Queen consort of Richard II Crossword Clue
• Reverend Ndabaningi ____ founded Zanu in 1963 Crossword Clue
• “Set meals”, as we might call them Crossword Clue
• She portrayed Fanny Haddock in Beyond Our Ken Crossword Clue
• Stiffened, as corsets and bras may be Crossword Clue
• Strong impulse to steal with no apparent motivation Crossword Clue
• Tenor aria from Turandot, used as the theme song for the BBC’s 1990 World Cup coverage Crossword Clue
• The English, according to Napoleon Crossword Clue
• These may be stone, iron or stony-iron Crossword Clue
• Thick dairy product with a high fat content Crossword Clue
• This feudal knightly vassal of a baron also had his own vassals Crossword Clue
• Those who play an ancient string instrument with a body like a sliced pear Crossword Clue
• Walden; or, Life in the Woods was the original title of Henry David ____’s best-known book Crossword Clue
• Well-reasoned estimate based on available information Crossword Clue