The Times Specialist Sunday puzzle clues 2017 Dec 17

• 2017 winner of The Great British Bake Off Crossword Clue
• A deed held by a third party, which takes effect when a specified condition is fulfilled Crossword Clue
• African republic which underwent civil war from 1992 to 2002 Crossword Clue
• A male hawk Crossword Clue
• A method by which a gambler hopes to gain an advantage over the house Crossword Clue
• A player of this instrument may press buttons or keys like those of a piano Crossword Clue
• Assigned delivery periods Crossword Clue
• BBC rugby league commentator remembered for his “early bath” and “up and under” catchphrases Crossword Clue
• British silver coins withdrawn from circulation in 1993 Crossword Clue
• Capital of Dominica Crossword Clue
• Common British butterflies — or Soviet officers? Crossword Clue
• Compiler of the Younger 49D Crossword Clue
• Composer of Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Crossword Clue
• D H Lawrence’s closely autobiographical novel about the Morel family Crossword Clue
• Dingwall was its county town Crossword Clue
• East London location of a Ford factory since 1931 Crossword Clue
• Either of two medieval Icelandic anthologies Crossword Clue
• Ellis Bell Crossword Clue
• Famously armless statue of Aphrodite in the Louvre Crossword Clue
• Female runner who had a 100% record until she was defeated by Hippomenes Crossword Clue
• Food which supposedly arouses one’s sexual appetite Crossword Clue
• ____ Husain, Radio 4 Today presenter since 2013 Crossword Clue
• Inhabitants of Timisoara, Ploiesti or Iasi, for example Crossword Clue
• Its states include Haryana, Manipur and Tripura Crossword Clue
• “I wanted your ____ verges / But you gave me the hard shoulder” (Adrian Maurice Henri) Crossword Clue
• Joseph’s younger son who received the principal blessing of his grandfather Jacob Crossword Clue
• ____ lynx is another name for a caracal Crossword Clue
• Monetary unit of Thailand, one hundredth of a baht Crossword Clue
• Ms Ciccone whose Like a Prayer album was released in 1989 Crossword Clue
• Offenbach’s “Underworld” hero Crossword Clue
• Oxford University student from USA, Germany or the British Commonwealth Crossword Clue
• Pact between the Vatican and a secular government Crossword Clue
• Paracetamol, eg, in plain packaging with no branding Crossword Clue
• Phil Redmond’s soap-opera set in Chester Crossword Clue
• ____politik, German power politics Crossword Clue
• Poultry in Australia Crossword Clue
• ____ recorded Elgar’s Violin Concerto when aged 16 in 1932 Crossword Clue
• Redraw electoral boundaries so as to give one party an unfair advantage Crossword Clue
• Regalia including 23,578 gemstones Crossword Clue
• ____ Reid, co-presenter of Good Morning Britain since 2014 Crossword Clue
• Rev W Awdry’s tank engine Crossword Clue
• Rumpy or stumpy Crossword Clue
• Russian revolutionary, born Lev Davidovich Bronstein in 1879 Crossword Clue
• Sports presenter who succeeded Richard Whiteley as host of Countdown in 2005 Crossword Clue
• Steed, Cathy Gale, Emma Peel or Tara King Crossword Clue
• Tail-ender sent in to bat when a wicket falls close to the end of a day’s play Crossword Clue
• Temporary places to sleep, colloquially Crossword Clue
• The composer with the most pages in Nicholas Slonimsky’s Lexicon of Musical Invective Crossword Clue
• The heavens streaked with long parallel white masses of cloud Crossword Clue
• The Thames Tunnel, now used by the East London line, connects ____ and Wapping Crossword Clue
• Top of the Lake star, ____ Moss Crossword Clue
• Traitors were hurled from the ____ rock on Rome’s Capitoline Hill Crossword Clue
• Tree-dwelling nocturnal Madagascan lemur with long thin fingers Crossword Clue
• US musical and comedy star associated with the song There’s No Business Like Show Business Crossword Clue
• Wartime farm workers Crossword Clue
• Weir of ____, Robert Louis Stevenson novel set in southern Scotland Crossword Clue
• “What we call ‘morals’ is simply blind ____ to words of command” (Havelock Ellis) Crossword Clue
• Where movies are edited Crossword Clue