The Times Specialist Sunday puzzle clues 2021 Nov 21

• 1984 hit single by Russ Abbot Crossword Clue
• A capital city in Wade-Giles rather than Pinyin romanisation Crossword Clue
• Actor who was Cissie Braithwaite alongside Les Dawson’s Ada Shufflebotham Crossword Clue
• A flat-bottomed river craft used for cargo Crossword Clue
• Africa’s largest country Crossword Clue
• A high jump contest in show-jumping Crossword Clue
• “And thus it is that that men who rise well will often stand ____” (Henry Taylor on climbing the political slippery pole) Crossword Clue
• A nosepiece on a helmet Crossword Clue
• Another name for GMT Crossword Clue
• “A spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of ____” (Poor Richard’s Almanack) Crossword Clue
• Body of water at the eastern end of the Kiel Canal Crossword Clue
• Boeing B-17 bomber used in the Second World War Crossword Clue
• Co-founder, with Midge Ure, of Band Aid Crossword Clue
• Collection of PG Wodehouse short stories in which Jeeves and Wooster first appear Crossword Clue
• “Come, go we to the king. Our power is ____” (Macbeth) Crossword Clue
• Computer routine or output which identifies problems Crossword Clue
• Daniel ____ formed an “SAS” partnership with Luis Suarez at Liverpool Crossword Clue
• Former independence activist Rajendra ____ became India’s first president in 1950 Crossword Clue
• French term meaning “lake”, used especially for one formed by sand dunes blocking a river Crossword Clue
• German philosopher who influenced Marx and Engels Crossword Clue
• Historic name for inhabitants of central and northern Asia Crossword Clue
• In one spelling, an Arabian ruler or chieftain Crossword Clue
• Isle of Wight town with the world’s oldest pleasure pier Crossword Clue
• Japanese maple may be used in this form of horticulture Crossword Clue
• Mary ____ was the first British woman to win track and field Olympic gold, in 1964 Crossword Clue
• ____ musivum is mosaic work in enamel or coloured glass Crossword Clue
• Name associated with poetry, baseball and pigeons Crossword Clue
• Nembutal is a drug of this type Crossword Clue
• One informal name for horripilation Crossword Clue
• Passages in quicker time at the ends of pieces or movements Crossword Clue
• Phoenician goddess identified with Aphrodite, Isis and others Crossword Clue
• Places where you can study trees or shrubs Crossword Clue
• ____ played Patsy’s mother in Absolutely Fabulous Crossword Clue
• Prevented from taking part in a game Crossword Clue
• Rotterdam soccer club whose home ground is known as De Kuip (the tub) Crossword Clue
• Royal house of English kings from Henry II to Richard III Crossword Clue
• Secluded part of a garden, especially one belonging to a large house Crossword Clue
• Singer, subject of the 2004 documentary ____: A Different Story Crossword Clue
• Site of a former nuclear generating station about ten miles southeast of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Crossword Clue
• Stage surname of Cyril Mead, comic partner of Edward McGinnis Crossword Clue
• Surname shared by an American actor, English singer, and Formula One world champion Crossword Clue
• Theme and variations pieces for bagpipes Crossword Clue
• The meaning of “tref” or “trefa” Crossword Clue
• The “micronation” consisting of HM Fort Roughs, off the Essex coast Crossword Clue
• The northern part of the Isle of ____ is surrounded by the southern part of the Cowal peninsula Crossword Clue
• The press is sometimes called the ____ Crossword Clue
• The Spanish exhortation “Go with God” Crossword Clue
• ____ was Q in 17 James Bond films, 1963-99 Crossword Clue