The Times Specialist Sunday puzzle clues 2018 Dec 23

• 2009 Pat Holden film about a firm of Tranmere Rovers fans Crossword Clue
• A Christmas tree decoration Crossword Clue
• Actress who played Sally in When Harry Met Sally … Crossword Clue
• American department store which published the 1939 booklet in which Rudolph the Reindeer first appeared Crossword Clue
• American equivalent of a unit trust Crossword Clue
• Annual thoroughbred race held at the Randwick Racecourse in Sydney Crossword Clue
• An old-fashioned British indication of agreement Crossword Clue
• Any of the Gilbert and Sullivan works originally presented by the D’Oyly Carte company Crossword Clue
• A tread and a ____ constitute a step Crossword Clue
• Chinese system of meditative physical exercise Crossword Clue
• Christmas celebrations centre around the Jaffa area of this Israeli city Crossword Clue
• City which has donated the Christmas tree Trafalgar Square since 1947 Crossword Clue
• Colloquially, edible produce from genetically modified sources Crossword Clue
• Colombia’s most capped goalkeeper and the only one with a clean sheet in a Copa America competition (in 2001) Crossword Clue
• Creator of Rip Van Winkle and the idea of Santa’s flying sleigh Crossword Clue
• Creator of the “gentleman detective” Roderick Alleyn Crossword Clue
• Deficient, inadequate Crossword Clue
• Document listing goods and the amount due for payment Crossword Clue
• ____ dos Santos Aveiro plays for Juventus and Portugal Crossword Clue
• Epithet added to a name, as in Alexander the Great Crossword Clue
• Family title most closely associated with Christmas Crossword Clue
• Festival for which Jingle Bells was originally written Crossword Clue
• Firmly fixed Crossword Clue
• Fragrant Mediterranean shrub related to camomile Crossword Clue
• Frank Sinatra played the eponymous detective in this 1967 film Crossword Clue
• From Yiddish, a female gossip or busybody Crossword Clue
• Greek muse of lyric poetry Crossword Clue
• Having an appearance considered suitable for TV Crossword Clue
• How a female shopper may be addressed Crossword Clue
• How Christmas pudding is often served Crossword Clue
• In an elaborately decorated style Crossword Clue
• In words attributed to Lord Acton, “All power corrupts … and absolute power is even ____” Crossword Clue
• Irish poet who wrote lyrics for The Minstrel Boy and The Last Rose of Summer Crossword Clue
• “I strive to be brief, and I become ____” (Horace) Crossword Clue
• Italy’s “Christmas Witch”, with a similar role to Santa Claus Crossword Clue
• Key to the right of the hash symbol on a standard UK keyboard Crossword Clue
• Narrow strips connecting larger land areas Crossword Clue
• Prefix indicating multiplication by a billion, or by the 30th power of 2 Crossword Clue
• Renewal of licence after expiry or suspension Crossword Clue
• Sacrament commemorating the Last Supper Crossword Clue
• “Scintillate” shares an etymological origin with this Christmas decoration Crossword Clue
• Scottish singer who appeared in the Morrisons 2007 Christmas advertising campaign Crossword Clue
• Short-necked jars of ancient Greece Crossword Clue
• Singer whose only Christmas-themed single was December Will Be Magic Again, in 1979 Crossword Clue
• Stage name of the Flemish singer Esther Lambrechts Crossword Clue
• Tenzin Gyatso’s title Crossword Clue
• The branches of this shrub, common around Los Angeles, are used as Christmas decorations Crossword Clue
• The ____ features Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding Crossword Clue
• The ____ was a gift from France to the USA, dedicated in 1886 Crossword Clue
• “Tony Blair speaks with a passion as yet ____ by the cynicism of office” (The Scotsman, in 1997) Crossword Clue
• Wealthy, derived from the Latin for “flow towards” Crossword Clue
• William Makepeace Thackeray’s “novel without a hero” Crossword Clue
• Yorkshire town whose nearby Stockeld Park is noted for its Christmas illuminations Crossword Clue