The Times Specialist Sunday puzzle clues 2017 Sep 17

• 1972 Lou Reed song and notable charity single of 1997 Crossword Clue
• 1996 film starring Robert Redford and Michelle Pfeiffer Crossword Clue
• A collection of 28 short essays by Maya Angelou Crossword Clue
• A diplomatic move or initiative, from a French word now meaning “gait” Crossword Clue
• A firm supplying communications services Crossword Clue
• Also called Elissa, queen and founder of Carthage Crossword Clue
• An abbot’s deputy Crossword Clue
• Another name for kelp, or for sea lettuce Crossword Clue
• A pen name of Karen Blixen Crossword Clue
• A single-celled microorganism, or a single unit Crossword Clue
• A trading name used by ExxonMobil Crossword Clue
• Author who said “Punctuality is the virtue of the bored” Crossword Clue
• Baritone who starred in eight films with Jeanette MacDonald in the 1930s and 1940s Crossword Clue
• Burlesque star, famous for an ostrich feather fan dance Crossword Clue
• City in Zhejiang province, one of China’s first treaty ports Crossword Clue
• Despite the title, five of the stories in this Isaac Asimov collection are about the Multivac computer Crossword Clue
• Dire Straits single of 1982 Crossword Clue
• Distinct forms of species which have adapted to their own environments Crossword Clue
• Domesticated Indian ox with dark colouring except for white “stockings” Crossword Clue
• Early 20th-century detective in a series of ten novels by Clive Cussler Crossword Clue
• Eric ____ wrote the children’s novel The Wind on the Moon Crossword Clue
• Four-time world heavyweight champion who retired in 2014 Crossword Clue
• Greek “thanksgiving”, another name for Holy Communion Crossword Clue
• Historical mountainous region of Anatolia, Turkey Crossword Clue
• H Rider Haggard novel, subtitled A History of Adventure Crossword Clue
• Illustrator of the Horrid Henry series of children’s books Crossword Clue
• In the Penguin Encyclopedia of Card Games, “a more up-market but less intelligent version of Twenty-One” Crossword Clue
• Itzhak Avraham ben Zeev, author of the graphic novel Maus Crossword Clue
• John Lennon’s best-selling single as a solo artist Crossword Clue
• King who solved the riddle of the Sphinx Crossword Clue
• Loss of one’s sense of smell Crossword Clue
• Manufacturer of the M9 pistol, used by the US military Crossword Clue
• Mother-of-pearl Crossword Clue
• Ms Ciccone, and a 1960s nickname of Joan Baez Crossword Clue
• Of a hawk, to turn in flight, especially to retry a failed stoop Crossword Clue
• Peaky Blinders actor who played Locke in Game of Thrones Crossword Clue
• “Picture you upon my knee, / Just ____ …” (1920s lyrics) Crossword Clue
• Principal city of the Otago region, home of New Zealand’s oldest university Crossword Clue
• Putative author of the Iliad and the Odyssey Crossword Clue
• Red resin secreted by insects, used in dyes and varnishes Crossword Clue
• Rock band whose 1975 single Walk This Way was covered by Run-DMC in 1986 Crossword Clue
• Sea area on whose coast Aberystwyth lies Crossword Clue
• Singer whose debut album Rockferry was released in 2008 Crossword Clue
• Southern African antelope with spiral horns Crossword Clue
• Spoken or performed without preparation Crossword Clue
• Stephen King’s first published novel Crossword Clue
• Surname shared by a British novelist and a British middle distance runner Crossword Clue
• Taken from a TV series, something bigger inside than it appears from outside Crossword Clue
• Technology company popularly known as Big Blue Crossword Clue
• The ____, a nickname for the British Expeditionary Force, based on a description attributed to Kaiser Wilhelm II Crossword Clue
• The only county in Ireland’s Connacht province that shares a border with the UK Crossword Clue
• The Sheik of ____ was a 1921 jazz standard Crossword Clue
• The Welsh language’s name for itself Crossword Clue
• Third iteration of a handheld gaming device, rival of Sony’s PSP Crossword Clue
• US academic regarded as the “father of pragmatism” Crossword Clue
• Violinist who represented Thailand at the 2014 Winter Olympics Crossword Clue
• ____ Wood played Frodo Baggins in Lord of the Rings films Crossword Clue