The Times Specialist Sunday puzzle clues 2017 Nov 26

• 1986 BBC TV series (later a book) in which Beryl Bainbridge looked at the lives of families in a divided nation Crossword Clue
• According to the King James Bible, the patriarch ____ did not die but was “translated” Crossword Clue
• A drinking vessel often used as a sporting trophy Crossword Clue
• A figure of early Christianity, sometimes identified as the son of Alphaeus Crossword Clue
• A line on a map joining places of equal temperature Crossword Clue
• A mineral like limestone, and a Triumph car of the 1970s Crossword Clue
• “And over the ____s […] that were in the low plain was Baal-hanan the Gederite: and over the cellars of oil was Joash” (1 Chronicles 27:28) Crossword Clue
• A pair of one-act plays by Terence Rattigan, both set in the same Bournemouth hotel Crossword Clue
• A semisolid lump Crossword Clue
• A simple six-holed woodwind instrument Crossword Clue
• Beatles song by John Lennon, about his mother Crossword Clue
• Britain’s longest ____ crosses the Humber Crossword Clue
• British city with a real rather than fictional Albert Square Crossword Clue
• British surgeon who pioneered the use of carbolic acid as an antiseptic Crossword Clue
• Chief Inspector Roderick ____ appears in all the detective novels of Ngaio Marsh Crossword Clue
• Country house and deer park near Sevenoaks Crossword Clue
• Czech Republic’s second-largest city, and Moravia’s largest Crossword Clue
• Detective fiction author who wrote The History of Spiritualism in 1926 Crossword Clue
• Event such as Red Nose Day or Children in Need Crossword Clue
• Garden plant introduced to Europe from China in the early 19th century Crossword Clue
• Having an intestine separate from the body’s outer wall Crossword Clue
• Having, or seeming to have, windows or similar features Crossword Clue
• “… if we desire to secure peace, […] it must be known that we are ____ ready for war” (George Washington) Crossword Clue
• Incentives to join companies Crossword Clue
• In East Anglia, strong beer; more generally, a drink containing beaten egg Crossword Clue
• Legume used to make tofu and tempeh Crossword Clue
• London’s Parliament Hill is a popular location for ____ Crossword Clue
• Make an optimistic (or possibly pessimistic) guess Crossword Clue
• ____ may be monozygotic or dizygotic Crossword Clue
• Mollie ____ played Mrs Slocombe in Are You Being Served? Crossword Clue
• Norman and Sir are the main characters in this Ronald Harwood play Crossword Clue
• One who denies or opposes Crossword Clue
• Partial australopithecine skeleton, found in Ethiopia in 1974 Crossword Clue
• Person born in a period of up to 18 years starting in 1946 Crossword Clue
• ____ Reader is free software used for displaying PDF files Crossword Clue
• Rosa ____ is possibly the most famous bus passenger in history Crossword Clue
• Since 2013, nationality of Tina Turner Crossword Clue
• Skimble-scamble, all of a ramble Crossword Clue
• Spanish director Pedro ____’s first film to gain international attention was Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown Crossword Clue
• Star Wars character who is 900 years old when he dies Crossword Clue
• The poet Federico Garcia ____ was killed by Nationalist forces at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War Crossword Clue
• The second to speak of two characters in Through the Looking Glass, often depicted as 24 Crossword Clue
• The state song of Connecticut Crossword Clue
• The “three baskets” of Buddhist scripture Crossword Clue
• The venue for Crufts dog show since 1991 Crossword Clue
• To speak proudly about Crossword Clue
• Two people are ____ when directly facing each other to fight or argue Crossword Clue
• US state with “Famous Potatoes” on its licence plates Crossword Clue
• Very small and greatly reduced copy of text or an image Crossword Clue
• Where livestock are kept while being fattened for market Crossword Clue
• Worldwide discussion group set up in 1980, with groups including rec.puzzles.crosswords and alt.barney.dinosaur.die.die.die Crossword Clue