The Times Specialist Sunday puzzle clues 2019 Jan 20

• 1936 poem and documentary film about a postal train Crossword Clue
• 1951 novel by Nicholas Monsarrat about the crew of HMS Compass Rose during the Second World War Crossword Clue
• 1960s French cinematic movement with a simple underrated style, and sometimes dogmatically political content Crossword Clue
• A Braeburn or Tydeman’s Late Orange is such a fruit Crossword Clue
• A business deal, or a set of related changes to a database Crossword Clue
• A female foreigner, in French Crossword Clue
• A nickname for Melbourne or Sydney, first used by Australian aborigines Crossword Clue
• A preface or preliminary matter Crossword Clue
• A proposed slogan, “Browns, Seasons, Thickens In One” was supposedly the source of this product’s name Crossword Clue
• A quack Crossword Clue
• ____ Arantes do Nascimento is better known as Pelé Crossword Clue
• Argol, the acidic deposit on the inside of a bottle of port Crossword Clue
• Asian river on the banks of which the ancient cities of Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa flourished between 2600BC and 1900BC Crossword Clue
• Athenian courtesan who induced Alexander the Great to set fire to the palace of the Persian kings at Persepolis Crossword Clue
• Avoider of military service, such as Donald Trump Crossword Clue
• Breed of large white beef cattle Crossword Clue
• Cambridge Footlights star who later played Patsy’s mother in Absolutely Fabulous Crossword Clue
• Canadian prime minister after whom Montreal’s international airport is named Crossword Clue
• Cavalry soldier fighting with a curved single-edged sword Crossword Clue
• Charles ____ directed the 1953 film version of 34 Down Crossword Clue
• Claudio ____, Chilean pianist famed for his absorbing master classes Crossword Clue
• Composer born in Dresden (a district of Stoke-on-Trent) Crossword Clue
• Court with a reputation for harshness, abolished in 1641 Crossword Clue
• David ____ was the tenth Doctor to travel in the Tardis on BBC television Crossword Clue
• Display stands with shelves for small objects or ornaments Crossword Clue
• Edward ____ wrote Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Crossword Clue
• Form of pasta traditionally served with ragu bolognese Crossword Clue
• Frederick ____ & Co, publisher of the Observer’s series of books and Beatrix Potter’s tales Crossword Clue
• From the Latin for “shoe”, another name for slipperwort Crossword Clue
• Germany’s northern state which borders Denmark Crossword Clue
• Godfrey ____, “arguably the best wicket keeper the game has ever seen” according to Wisden Crossword Clue
• Hic ____, “here lies” on a tombstone inscription Crossword Clue
• His latest (2018) novel is Middle England Crossword Clue
• In an orchestra, these instruments are sometime seen both left and right of the conductor Crossword Clue
• Inhabitants of an ancient kingdom of northern Mesopotamia, maybe living in Assur or Nineveh Crossword Clue
• It helps to maintain one’s dignity or prestige Crossword Clue
• Lives in basic and unaccustomed circumstances Crossword Clue
• Meaning of the “clearway” road sign Crossword Clue
• Numbers such as 512, 2197 and 8000 Crossword Clue
• One of Tom Stoppard’s “dead” tragicomic characters Crossword Clue
• One quarter Crossword Clue
• Peninsula forming the western part of County Galway Crossword Clue
• Pen y Fan is the highest mountain in this Welsh national park Crossword Clue
• Pictorial logic puzzles also called griddlers Crossword Clue
• Quick recovery wish Crossword Clue
• Seat of Florida State University since 1857 Crossword Clue
• Soft fresh cheese with the consistency of thick yoghurt Crossword Clue
• Suburb of Brussels where Erasmus lived, or Belgium’s most successful football team in European competitions Crossword Clue
• The ____, 1 Across’s portrait of the 1970s Crossword Clue
• The Ballistic Missile Defense Organization Crossword Clue
• The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah band’s Death Cab for ____ was an Elvis Presley parody Crossword Clue
• The capital of France’s Aveyron department Crossword Clue
• The chief Norse gods dwelling in Asgard Crossword Clue
• The smallest European rodent, for which old tennis balls with a drilled hole make good nests Crossword Clue
• Thomas ____, whose Summer’s Lost Will and Testament contains the song Spring, the Sweet Spring Crossword Clue
• What a player leading 6-5 and 40-30 has in tennis Crossword Clue
• Winner of the 1957 Nobel prize for literature Crossword Clue
• Writes down music Crossword Clue