The Times Specialist Sunday puzzle clues 2019 May 05

• 1999 Richard Curtis film starring Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant Crossword Clue
• 43A would have danced with Chris ____ if he had won his 1976 Wimbledon final Crossword Clue
• A 64ft “Contra Trombone” in Sydney Town Hall is one of the world’s longest ____s Crossword Clue
• A “cabbage” butterfly or a major pig breed Crossword Clue
• A logical basis for a course of action Crossword Clue
• ____ and Pembroke are the only two Oxford University colleges on squares of the same name Crossword Clue
• A resident of Baghdad Crossword Clue
• Art retailer, noted for iconic posters of the 1970s and 1980s Crossword Clue
• A short-sighted person Crossword Clue
• A tiny amount of something like doubt or evidence Crossword Clue
• Basil ___, the Cape Coloured cricketer who played for Worcestershire, and England from 1966 to 1972 Crossword Clue
• Basil ____ won the 1950 design competition for the new Coventry Cathedral Crossword Clue
• Citadel built after the 1745 Jacobite rising, guarding the sea approaches to Inverness Crossword Clue
• ____ directed the films Vera Drake and Mr Turner Crossword Clue
• Edible, yellow, funnel-shaped mushrooms Crossword Clue
• European chief negotiator for Britain’s exit from the EU Crossword Clue
• French city famed for enamelware, and later, porcelain Crossword Clue
• Inflatable plastic or rubber mattresses Crossword Clue
• Informally, an attraction at the southern end of the A23 Crossword Clue
• Informal name for bistort, also describing its twisted roots Crossword Clue
• John Aubrey’s collection of short biographies about contemporaries such as Hobbes and Milton Crossword Clue
• Large duck of the merganser genus Crossword Clue
• Large sandpiper with a slightly upturned bill Crossword Clue
• London’s ____ has a zoo, theatre, lake and bandstand Crossword Clue
• Musical instrument, often used to convey a pastoral mood Crossword Clue
• Number of yards in a chain Crossword Clue
• One concerned with the classification of diseases Crossword Clue
• One who believes that natural objects have desires and intentions Crossword Clue
• Part of a sail that may be rolled up to reduce its area Crossword Clue
• Plant of the Veronica genus, with small blue or pinkish white flowers Crossword Clue
• Polish composer whose Venetian Games is his most experimental piece, using “aleatory counterpoint” Crossword Clue
• ____’s first role with Hammer Film Productions was in The Curse of Frankenstein Crossword Clue
• Soap in which early characters were Helen Daniels, Des Clarke and Nell Mangel Crossword Clue
• Strict secretiveness within a community Crossword Clue
• The 17th century in French art and literature Crossword Clue
• The Duke of Medina Sidonia commanded ____ from his flagship, the Sao Martinho Crossword Clue
• The fourth 007 film starring Sean Connery Crossword Clue
• The Holy Grail is said to have been hidden in the Chalice Well at the foot of this Somerset hill Crossword Clue
• The last steam engine built by British Railways Crossword Clue
• The ____ Sea is bounded by mainland Italy, Sicily, Sardinia and Corsica Crossword Clue
• The successor to Enda Kenny as taoiseach, in June 2017 Crossword Clue
• The water boa Crossword Clue
• Translation of the second word of Caesar’s attributed comment “Veni, vidi, vici” Crossword Clue
• Using very modern technology Crossword Clue
• Variety of peach with a smooth skin Crossword Clue
• “What is hope? Nothing but paint on the face of ____” (Byron) Crossword Clue
• ____ Wheel, the sister organisation of Rotary International Crossword Clue
• Winner of the 1972 US Open and 1973 French Open Crossword Clue