The Times Specialist Sunday puzzle clues 2019 Jul 28

• A composer’s daughter and a composer herself, who worked as Benjamin Britten’s assistant Crossword Clue
• Actor who played Sergeant Caleb Cluff in the BBC TV series Cluff, 1964-65 Crossword Clue
• Asian river, the world’s longest flowing through only one country Crossword Clue
• A sure thing, such as a certain winner in a race Crossword Clue
• Bus and lorry manufacturer which made the Antar, the British Army’s main tank transporter for about 30 years until 1986 Crossword Clue
• Charles ____, conductor, especially of opera, who championed the music of Janacek Crossword Clue
• City where two Shakespeare plays are set Crossword Clue
• Cold phase of a central Pacific ocean climate pattern Crossword Clue
• Commemoration of the truce signed between the Allies and Germany in 1918 Crossword Clue
• Co-presenter of BBC Breakfast with Dan Walker Crossword Clue
• Creator of the literary detectives Vera Stanhope and Jimmy Perez Crossword Clue
• Darkness more clear than noonday holdeth her, / Silence more ____ than any song (Christina Rossetti) Crossword Clue
• Delamere in Cheshire or Kielder in Northumbria Crossword Clue
• Garden boundary which may be affected by a fungal blight nowadays Crossword Clue
• Georges ____, one of Les Six, later wrote the music for The Lavender Hill Mob and The Titfield Thunderbolt Crossword Clue
• Greek kebab shop owner portrayed by Harry Enfield Crossword Clue
• Highly stylised Japanese drama with music and dance Crossword Clue
• Home of Stanlow oil refinery and Vauxhall Motors works Crossword Clue
• It flows through Zaragoza towards the Mediterranean Crossword Clue
• It follows pi and precedes sigma Crossword Clue
• Its three longest tributaries are the Allier, Cher and Vienne Crossword Clue
• Karma ____, global hit for Culture Club Crossword Clue
• King of the Franks from 768, and the Lombards from 774 Crossword Clue
• Laid aside temporarily, but ready for future use Crossword Clue
• Large luxurious car, often chauffeur-driven Crossword Clue
• Leave much to be ____, fall short of requirements Crossword Clue
• Long-running British TV game show based on the French programme Des chiffres et des lettres Crossword Clue
• Loss of bodily sensation caused by nerve damage Crossword Clue
• Music-hall song associated with Marie Lloyd Crossword Clue
• Nickname of 19th-century policemen Crossword Clue
• One of the world’s two doubly-landlocked countries Crossword Clue
• People, usually young, working to gain experience Crossword Clue
• Plant genus containing the edible currants and gooseberry Crossword Clue
• Pop singer who often performed with his four older brothers, and had a solo hit with Puppy Love in 1972 Crossword Clue
• Queen of England for about six months in 1540 Crossword Clue
• Robert Dudley, Earl of ____, was a favourite of Elizabeth I Crossword Clue
• Satirical, ridiculing piece of writing Crossword Clue
• Seafood seller depicted by a statue in Dublin Crossword Clue
• Sphere set with jewels Crossword Clue
• Successor to Douglas Fairbanks as a filmed swashbuckler Crossword Clue
• The borders of this US state are three straight lines and the Bois de Sioux and Red rivers Crossword Clue
• The ceremonial staff seen with the 13A at coronations Crossword Clue
• The first ____ took place in 1956 with 20 large vessels sailing from Torquay to Lisbon Crossword Clue
• The lettuce called romaine in North America Crossword Clue
• The Really Useful Group promotes the work of this composer Crossword Clue
• The solo album Graceland and the single Bright Eyes are associated respectively with the members of this duo Crossword Clue
• ____ the way, facilitated progress Crossword Clue
• Thin stiff transparent fabric, usually of silk, rayon or nylon Crossword Clue
• Tolkien and C S Lewis were members of this informal literary discussion group in Oxford during the 1930s and 1940s Crossword Clue
• Village on Skye’s Trotternish peninsula, near the Quiraing Crossword Clue