The Times Specialist Sunday puzzle clues 2021 Dec 19

• 1920 novel which made Edith Wharton the first female winner of the Pulitzer prize for literature Crossword Clue
• 1985 sci-fi novel by Orson Scott Card Crossword Clue
• Actor whose last TV role was as Agrippa in Spartacus Crossword Clue
• Aerobatic manoeuvre resulting in level flight at higher altitude in the opposite direction Crossword Clue
• An ingredient, with beans, of succotash Crossword Clue
• Any bird of the order Strigiformes Crossword Clue
• A series of downloadable digital audio files Crossword Clue
• As Myles na Gopaleen, Flann O’Brien wrote the ____ Lawn column in the Irish Times, 1940-66 Crossword Clue
• A three-sided box on a long handle Crossword Clue
• Australian artist noted for his paintings of outlaw Ned Kelly Crossword Clue
• Blake ____ directed most of the Pink Panther films Crossword Clue
• Body of water on which Anchorage lies Crossword Clue
• British winner of three Olympic dressage gold medals Crossword Clue
• Christmas Crossword Clue
• Covered in liquid Crossword Clue
• Co-writer and performer of the 1964 hit Oh, Pretty Woman Crossword Clue
• Despite its name, a peninsula north of Inverness Crossword Clue
• Food flavouring used as a scent in drag hunting Crossword Clue
• Footballer nicknamed El Pibe de Oro (The Golden Boy) Crossword Clue
• “I ask myself, again and again: was there an alternative to the indiscriminate, brutal, basically ____ rush forward of the Five-Year Plan?” (Eric Hobsbawm) Crossword Clue
• “If I go to him, with my ____ fist / I’ll pash him o’er the face” (Troilus and Cressida) Crossword Clue
• In 2016, Bradley ____ won the British and Commonwealth welterweight titles by defeating Sam Eggington Crossword Clue
• In a 1953 Mervyn Peake novel, Mr ___ goes to Sark to preach Crossword Clue
• In Greek myth, the nymph spurned by Narcissus Crossword Clue
• In mathematics, {} can represent the empty ____ Crossword Clue
• In outdated informal speech, excessive or unfair Crossword Clue
• In poetry, having a stressed syllable after an unstressed one Crossword Clue
• Inside the Statue of Liberty’s base is an inscription that includes “Send these, the homeless, ____ to me” Crossword Clue
• “It is much more high and philosophical to discover things ____ than a posteriori” (Robert Boyle) Crossword Clue
• Lake District peak north of Derwentwater Crossword Clue
• Last novel in Mervyn Peake’s Gormenghast trilogy Crossword Clue
• “Lie thou there, for here comes the ____ that must be caught with tickling” (Twelfth Night) Crossword Clue
• Looped cross symbol of ancient Egypt Crossword Clue
• “Lousy but ____” (East End banner for George V’s Jubilee) Crossword Clue
• Motorsport venue which features Indy Circuit and Grand Prix layouts Crossword Clue
• Passerine bird of the Dicruridae family; a foolish person Crossword Clue
• ____ pinnata has been Mexico’s national flower since 1963 Crossword Clue
• ____ played Domino Petachi in Never Say Never Again Crossword Clue
• ____ played the painter Lili Elbe in The Danish Girl Crossword Clue
• Rope-soled light canvas shoes Crossword Clue
• Satirist and cricket fan who co-founded Private Eye Crossword Clue
• Soviet physicist who won the 1975 Nobel peace prize Crossword Clue
• Spanish explorer, the first documented European to cross the Mississippi River Crossword Clue
• Surname of the minister for women and youth appointed by Helmut Kohl in 1991 Crossword Clue
• The postponed next World Cross Country Championships are due to take place in February 2023 on the infield of this Australian city’s Mount Panorama motor racing circuit Crossword Clue
• To officially cancel Crossword Clue
• Welsh seaside resort with the UK’s longest cable car ride Crossword Clue
• Winston ____’s best-known novels were the Poldark series Crossword Clue
• Working with Lise Meitner, ____ coined the term nuclear fission Crossword Clue
• Writer and presenter of Letter from America Crossword Clue