The Times Specialist Sunday puzzle clues 2020 Jul 05

• Actor renowned for his role as Spock in Star Trek Crossword Clue
• A French-based name for one talking pretentious nonsense Crossword Clue
• An article of food, usually pluralised to mean food generally Crossword Clue
• A neuron Crossword Clue
• An infatuation, from French for a throat obstruction Crossword Clue
• A short supporting timber; a cask; a pointed tool Crossword Clue
• Austrian physician noted for his use of hypnosis Crossword Clue
• Author of Out of Africa Crossword Clue
• British public transport group active from 1994 to 2002 Crossword Clue
• Canadian snooker player beaten in a 1997 world championship semi-final by the eventual champion Ken Doherty Crossword Clue
• Clarified butter often made from buffalo milk Crossword Clue
• Co-founder, with Malcolm Sargent, of the London Philharmonic Orchestra Crossword Clue
• Comic actor who said his requirements were “A park, a policeman and a pretty girl” Crossword Clue
• ____ depicted Stalinism, more realistically than most Soviet writers, in The Thaw Crossword Clue
• East Midlands town where production of Carlsberg’s Special Brew started in the 1950s Crossword Clue
• Food show host and author of How to Eat Crossword Clue
• Former “Bake Off” winner who made the Queen’s 90th birthday cake Crossword Clue
• In ’Allo ’Allo, the French resistance leader played by Kirsten Cooke Crossword Clue
• In a ____ movement, two separate military forces converge on an enemy Crossword Clue
• Island group formerly known as the New Hebrides Crossword Clue
• Lily the Pink was a 1968 hit for the ____ Crossword Clue
• Low hills of sand Crossword Clue
• Magnesium sulphate is also known as ____ salts Crossword Clue
• Member of the nightshade family reputed to shriek when uprooted Crossword Clue
• MP for Birmingham Ladywood 1983-2010 Crossword Clue
• Musician and producer whose consecutive albums Play and 18 both reached No 1 in the UK charts Crossword Clue
• Norway’s prime minister since 2013 Crossword Clue
• “Now by my maiden honour, yet as pure / As the ____ lily, I protest” (Love’s Labours Lost) Crossword Clue
• Of medicine, acting by absorption after application to the skin Crossword Clue
• Old term for an attic or garret Crossword Clue
• One of the original Coronation Street characters, played by Pat Phoenix Crossword Clue
• One who fears open spaces Crossword Clue
• Period of heat in female animals Crossword Clue
• ____ played goth teenager Lydia Deetz in Beetlejuice Crossword Clue
• Pungent material which can be synthetically derived from turpentine Crossword Clue
• Stars whose brightness suddenly increases before gradually fading Crossword Clue
• “The firm, the ____, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue” (Confucius) Crossword Clue
• The first English tennis player to reach a Wimbledon semi-final after Roger Taylor in 1973 Crossword Clue
• The first performance of a play or showing of a film Crossword Clue
• The fish hawk Crossword Clue
• “The ____ is a bad guesser” (Thomas De Quincey) Crossword Clue
• The Los Angeles ____ have won 16 NBA championships Crossword Clue
• The man who Jesus raised from the dead Crossword Clue
• The state of being foul or disgusting Crossword Clue
• Those who sacked Rome in AD455 Crossword Clue
• US actress born Mary Collins Crossword Clue
• Walking stick made from a dwarf palm’s stem Crossword Clue
• What may be indicated by an upside-down flag Crossword Clue