The Times Specialist Sunday puzzle clues 2017 Oct 08

• 100 cents in South Africa Crossword Clue
• 2007 war drama starring James McAvoy and Keira Knightley, adapted from an Ian McEwan novel Crossword Clue
• Actress who gained fame as a medium in Blithe Spirit Crossword Clue
• Actress who played Nefer in The Egyptian Crossword Clue
• A decorative frill around the neck, also a variety of sandpiper Crossword Clue
• A former insurance clerk who won 1984 Olympic skating gold with a former policeman Crossword Clue
• An abbreviated word form such as photo or telly Crossword Clue
• 'And, like the baseless ____ of this vision / The cloud-capped towers …' (The Tempest) Crossword Clue
• Anglicised name for Mongolia’s capital Crossword Clue
• Another name for an artist or illustrator Crossword Clue
• Area of central Asia to the east of the Caspian Sea Crossword Clue
• A Roman greeting or a soothing ointment Crossword Clue
• “At the present moment, the whole ____’s lit up. When I say ‘lit up’ I mean lit up by fairy lamps” (Lieutenant-Commander Thomas Woodrooffe, in a notorious radio broadcast) Crossword Clue
• BBC comedy show famous for its “going out for an English” sketch Crossword Clue
• Capital of Australia's Victoria state Crossword Clue
• Clergyman ranked below priest Crossword Clue
• Company for whose frozen peas advert Patsy Kensit made a popping sound Crossword Clue
• Conic section with two focal points Crossword Clue
• Connection used to attach a hose to a water main Crossword Clue
• Cumbrian river which enters the Irish Sea at Workington Crossword Clue
• Devotional name for Communion bread and wine Crossword Clue
• European explorer who discovered New Zealand Crossword Clue
• Father McKenzie is also named in this Beatles song Crossword Clue
• Gourd fruit with a striped skin Crossword Clue
• Henchman of Auric Goldfinger Crossword Clue
• Largest living lizard species Crossword Clue
• Main antagonist of Mervyn Peake’s Gormenghast trilogy Crossword Clue
• Of a payment, made with no acceptance of liability Crossword Clue
• Official language of Cambodia Crossword Clue
• Owner of The Fat Duck in Bray, Berkshire Crossword Clue
• Pauley Perrette plays gothic forensic scientist ____ Sciuto in NCIS Crossword Clue
• Peter Cook and Dudley Moore’s 1960s TV show Crossword Clue
• Phylum of segmented worms Crossword Clue
• Popular music pianist born Trevor Stanford Crossword Clue
• Punk band featuring guitarist (formerly bassist) Captain Sensible Crossword Clue
• Release eggs Crossword Clue
• River which forms part of the border between Germany and Poland Crossword Clue
• Silky cloth with raised design Crossword Clue
• Simon and Garfunkel song which starts with boarding a Greyhound bus in Pittsburgh Crossword Clue
• Site of a notorious massacre of Cheyenne and Arapaho natives in 1864 Crossword Clue
• Small marsupial made popular in a game, originally for the Sony PlayStation Crossword Clue
• State capital of Maine Crossword Clue
• Strong tissue connecting bones Crossword Clue
• Terrain of mixed woodland and pasture, some of which slowed the progress of Allied forces in Operation Overlord Crossword Clue
• The ____ is based on memoirs of governess Anna Leonowens Crossword Clue
• The opposite of zenith Crossword Clue
• This instrument of Austria and Switzerland inspired a theme in the finale of Brahms’s first symphony Crossword Clue
• To sing while rapidly switching from natural to falsetto Crossword Clue
• To stop a sailing vessel’s progress Crossword Clue
• Truro, Chatham, and Barnstable are on this peninsula Crossword Clue
• Urchin Crossword Clue
• US golfer who hit the honorary starting tee shot of the US Masters from 1984 to 2002 Crossword Clue
• Variety of winter-ripening pear Crossword Clue
• Water-borne sheet detached from an ice field Crossword Clue
• “With maximum effort”, referring to old technology Crossword Clue