The Times Specialist Sunday puzzle clues 2021 Jan 03

• A ballroom dance which is also a Genesis album title Crossword Clue
• Actor who played Mr Hedges in ITV’s Please Sir! Crossword Clue
• A curse or malevolent force, or the amulet supposed to protect against it Crossword Clue
• A human vein included in a well-known English idiom Crossword Clue
• A “lady” in a misheard 17th-century ballad, now a name for misheard words, especially in song lyrics Crossword Clue
• Anthony ____ directed and acted in Shakespeare plays before acting in films in the late 1950s and the 1960s Crossword Clue
• A small boat Crossword Clue
• As often spelled, Marilyn Monroe’s previous name Crossword Clue
• A waitress in the J Lyons & Co chain of tea shops and cafés in London Crossword Clue
• Character played by David Jason in Terry Pratchett’s The Colour of Magic Crossword Clue
• Charles ____’s best-known work is the historical novel The Cloister and the Hearth Crossword Clue
• Chekhov play, reworking his earlier The Wood Demon Crossword Clue
• Court ____s are not normally worn for tennis Crossword Clue
• Cricket fielding position, often taken by a captain Crossword Clue
• Dava Sobel’s Longitude was about the horologist John ____ Crossword Clue
• Developed vetting is the highest level of ____ in work for the UK government Crossword Clue
• Ed Begley played ____ 10 in 12 Angry Men Crossword Clue
• Experimentation to test opinion Crossword Clue
• Forkietail and clipshears are dialect names for this insect Crossword Clue
• George Bernard Shaw play, strongly influenced by Anton Chekhov Crossword Clue
• Henri ____ was a leading photojournalist, using candid photography Crossword Clue
• Henry Wood’s first Promenade Concert in 1895 began with the national anthem and Wagner’s ____ overture Crossword Clue
• Historically, beer brewed without hops Crossword Clue
• Historically, Devil’s Island or Norfolk Island Crossword Clue
• Historic demonstration of reverence in eastern Asia Crossword Clue
• “How doth the little busy ___ / Improve each shining hour” (Isaac Watts) Crossword Clue
• In a French household, this is a “gant de four” Crossword Clue
• Informally, a western film Crossword Clue
• In maths, the union of A with the ____ is A Crossword Clue
• Inspector played by Martin Shaw in a BBC television series Crossword Clue
• Jimmy ____ played a headmaster in the BBC’s Whack-O! sitcom Crossword Clue
• Kyrzbekistan or San Serriffe Crossword Clue
• Marcel Duchamp’s 1917 sculpture Fountain featured a ____ Crossword Clue
• Of a person, weak or ineffectual Crossword Clue
• “On all sides they are guarded by masses of armed men, cannons, ____, fortifications, and the like” (Winston Churchill, on dictators) Crossword Clue
• One name for the red and white headgear accompanying a famous fictional cat’s bow tie Crossword Clue
• Sculptor specialising in public art, whose works appear on pages 24 and 25 of series B UK passports, issued 2015-2020 Crossword Clue
• Site of the oldest surviving Roman amphitheatre Crossword Clue
• Small bird, also called hedge sparrow Crossword Clue
• Southeastern area which supplied most of Britain’s iron until coke became a key part of the ironmaking process Crossword Clue
• The nationality of the composer Arvo Pärt Crossword Clue
• The palaeolithic, mesolithic and neolithic periods Crossword Clue
• The words starting Genesis in the King James Bible Crossword Clue
• Title and main character of Anne Brontë’s first published novel Crossword Clue
• To be in the arms of Morpheus Crossword Clue
• Type of unglazed pottery, often in Wedgwood blue Crossword Clue
• Waste produced in the smelting or refining of ore Crossword Clue
• Women’s Olympic 200m and 400m champion in 1996 Crossword Clue
• “Writing fiction for money is ____” (Stephen King) Crossword Clue