The Times Specialist Sunday puzzle clues 2021 Jan 17

• Actor whose roles include Bilbo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings Crossword Clue
• A “missing link” Crossword Clue
• A process of preparing for physical exertion Crossword Clue
• Argentinian footballer awarded the Ballon d’Or a record six times Crossword Clue
• As a suffix, having a particular height Crossword Clue
• Astringent compound in red wine Crossword Clue
• A tree knot Crossword Clue
• Australia’s prime minister for more than 18 years between 1939 and 1966 Crossword Clue
• Bette Midler’s 1972 debut album Crossword Clue
• Bones, to an anatomist Crossword Clue
• Colloquially, an obsessive fan of a celebrity, from a 2000 song by Eminem Crossword Clue
• Databases of configuration settings in computer operating systems Crossword Clue
• Detective created by Colin Dexter Crossword Clue
• Dutch darts player, No 1 in the PDC world rankings for seven years until January 3 Crossword Clue
• Examples of ____ architecture include the Temple of Kukulkan at Chichen Itza Crossword Clue
• First British chef awarded three Michelin stars, in 1994 Crossword Clue
• From Europe south of the Pyrenees Crossword Clue
• Hollow where nerves and blood vessels enter and leave an organ such as the kidney Crossword Clue
• Illicit liquor (variant spelling) Crossword Clue
• In Greek mythology, a sea-goddess, the mother of Achilles Crossword Clue
• Irish novelist who said that she “rebelled against the coercive and stifling religion into which I was born and bred” Crossword Clue
• Legal wrong often remedied by an action for damages Crossword Clue
• ____ moss is an edible “red” seaweed, common on Irish shores Crossword Clue
• Of a computer, vulnerable to intrusion Crossword Clue
• One skilled at telling anecdotes Crossword Clue
• Panegyrics Crossword Clue
• Partially dries (cloth) with a twisting motion Crossword Clue
• ____ played Ilsa Lund opposite Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca Crossword Clue
• Racing driver “outed” as Top Gear’s The Stig in 2010 Crossword Clue
• Region variously defined but always including Norfolk and Suffolk Crossword Clue
• Riyadh is this country’s capital Crossword Clue
• Segment of an insect’s body which bears the forewings Crossword Clue
• Sitcom which starred Windsor Davies and Donald Sinden as rival antique dealers Crossword Clue
• Stage name of US singer and civil rights activist Eunice Waymon Crossword Clue
• Temporary cessations of activity Crossword Clue
• The denial of a doctrine or belief Crossword Clue
• The language spoken by Jesus Christ Crossword Clue
• The Lion King characters Timon and Pumbaa are a ____ and warthog Crossword Clue
• The longest river in the British Isles Crossword Clue
• The optic nerve emerges from this part of the midbrain Crossword Clue
• The peninsula occupied by Norway and Sweden Crossword Clue
• The time in June when 15A was believed to be most likely to appear Crossword Clue
• The town called Caerfyrddin in Welsh Crossword Clue
• Wartime slogan encouraging home-grown food Crossword Clue
• Washing machines which were popular in the 1960s Crossword Clue
• Will-o’-the-wisp Crossword Clue
• With a peak speed around 25 mph, the common ____ is the slowest antelope Crossword Clue
• World-weariness (adopted from German) Crossword Clue