The Times Specialist Sunday puzzle clues 2017 Sep 03

• 1933 film in which a woman tricks a wealthy bachelor into marriage, and then into staying in the marriage Crossword Clue
• A form of competition that should suit solvers of general knowledge crosswords Crossword Clue
• A genteel afternoon social event, usually with live music Crossword Clue
• A gentle reminder or warning Crossword Clue
• A language spoken in Jakarta Crossword Clue
• Alloy of nickel and iron, with a very low coefficient of thermal expansion Crossword Clue
• An 1877 invention of Thomas Edison, as it was called then Crossword Clue
• … and those using it today hope that it will ___ time Crossword Clue
• Another name for alfalfa Crossword Clue
• Ask for the same thing again Crossword Clue
• A unit of language, the meaning of which cannot be understood from a subset of its components Crossword Clue
• Character with three suitors in The Merry Wives of Windsor Crossword Clue
• Defence secretary John ____ offered his resignation when the Falkland Islands were invaded Crossword Clue
• Doubtful, especially in quality or legality Crossword Clue
• Extremely beautiful or kind Crossword Clue
• Fashionably old-fashioned Crossword Clue
• George Cayley discovered many of the principles by which this form of transport works … Crossword Clue
• German Benedictine abbess, whose musical compositions only became well-known 800 years after her death Crossword Clue
• Gordon ____ of South London Harriers lost famous battles with Vladimir Kuts in the 5,000m and 10,000m at the 1956 Olympics Crossword Clue
• Govern very strictly Crossword Clue
• Graham ____ was the Galloping Gourmet on 1970 TV screens Crossword Clue
• I may do a shuffle ball change or a shim sham shimmy Crossword Clue
• India’s capital city Crossword Clue
• Informally, a chamber pot, or last-minute lowering of an agreed price Crossword Clue
• In the Radio Times Guide to Films, this title is shared by films made in 1989 (horror), 1990 (drama), and 2003 (romantic comedy) Crossword Clue
• Japanese term for people with obsessive interests Crossword Clue
• Lively form of dance music, which ends each of Bach’s cello suites Crossword Clue
• Membranes with slimy secretions Crossword Clue
• Mexican dish with a name identifying the sauce added to it Crossword Clue
• Mourning Becomes ____ is a cycle of plays by Eugene O’Neill Crossword Clue
• Mulatu Teshome became the president of this country in 2013 Crossword Clue
• Name for a vineyard, seen on some port wine labels Crossword Clue
• Of a ball, struck high into the air Crossword Clue
• On a graph, the full set of solutions to x squared plus y squared equals a constant value Crossword Clue
• Outside a living organism Crossword Clue
• “Parla ____?” — a phrase to learn for an Italian holiday Crossword Clue
• ____ played Lewis in the Morse and Lewis detective series Crossword Clue
• Ralph Fiennes 30A this 1996 film, as a Hungarian cartographer Crossword Clue
• Renée and ____’s Save Your Love was the UK’s Christmas No 1 in 1982 Crossword Clue
• See 15A Crossword Clue
• Someone confirming a document or signature’s validity Crossword Clue
• Someone talking a lot about a little Crossword Clue
• Something sold to pay for something new Crossword Clue
• State again Crossword Clue
• Struck with a heavy sound Crossword Clue
• Teachers, usually of individual students rather than classes Crossword Clue
• The capital of 42D Crossword Clue
• The highest point in something’s development Crossword Clue
• The king of Uruk, hero of an ancient epic poem Crossword Clue
• The north face of this Alpine peak was first climbed in 1938 Crossword Clue
• The only mortal mentioned by name in the Nicene Creed Crossword Clue
• Thin fabric of silk or silk and cotton, usually with a printed pattern, or something made from it Crossword Clue
• Title unofficially awarded to Dame Judi Dench and Sir David Attenborough Crossword Clue
• To assign no tax to something that could be taxed Crossword Clue
• To catch a train to Bordeaux, go to the Gare ____ Crossword Clue
• “Too much counterpoint; what is worse, Protestant counterpoint” (____ on JS Bach) Crossword Clue
• To trap, or gain power over someone dishonestly Crossword Clue
• Very boring Crossword Clue
• What a jury is expected to do Crossword Clue