The Times Specialist Sunday puzzle clues 2021 Dec 26

• 1924 musical, the first Broadway collaboration of George and Ira Gershwin Crossword Clue
• A ____ Christmas (1965) was the first TV special based on the Peanuts comic strip Crossword Clue
• A colloquial name for smoked cannabis Crossword Clue
• Aldgate Pump is sometimes seen as the beginning of this part of London Crossword Clue
• American term for social awareness in an urban environment Crossword Clue
• American TV host who presented the Academy Awards in 2017 and 2018 Crossword Clue
• Anarchist Mikhail ____ was initially an ally but later an opponent of Karl Marx Crossword Clue
• An ____ contributes to a metric determining online engagement Crossword Clue
• Animated TV series born of two short films called The Spirit of Christmas Crossword Clue
• An organism which lives without oxygen Crossword Clue
• A skilled worker or craftsman Crossword Clue
• A two-horse chariot of ancient Rome Crossword Clue
• Branch of medicine dealing with pregnancy and childbirth Crossword Clue
• British motoring magazine first published in 1895 Crossword Clue
• Christmas Island is an external territory of this country Crossword Clue
• Cliff Richard’s 1988 seasonal No 1 hit single Crossword Clue
• Corm of (especially) taro Crossword Clue
• Country in which Holy Meal (on Christmas Eve) is the most important event of the year Crossword Clue
• Coupling which allows adjustment of length and tension Crossword Clue
• Dave Edmunds’s 1970 seasonal No 1 hit single Crossword Clue
• Denpasar is the capital of this Indonesian island Crossword Clue
• Film actress who, with George Antheil, developed a radio guidance system for torpedoes Crossword Clue
• Fleshy envelope covering the seed of some plants Crossword Clue
• France’s oldest national daily newspaper Crossword Clue
• Frost formed on objects by rapid freezing in mist or fog Crossword Clue
• Ghiberti’s baptistery doors in Florence are an example of ____ in sculpture Crossword Clue
• “Gone! And never called me mother!” only appears in stage versions of this Ellen Wood novel Crossword Clue
• Good wishes Crossword Clue
• In 1975, when New Scientist asked its readers to name the best-known and most characteristic scientist of all time, Magnus ____ was ranked third behind Newton and Einstein Crossword Clue
• Informally, having a liking for camping, hiking etc Crossword Clue
• In geologic time, a subdivision of an epoch Crossword Clue
• In some forms of poker, this can be used by any player to form a hand Crossword Clue
• “I stopped believing in ____ when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph.” (Shirley Temple) Crossword Clue
• Michel ____ led an unsuccessful cavalry charge at Waterloo Crossword Clue
• Mud’s 1974 seasonal No 1 hit single Crossword Clue
• Name of an Old English letter, a ligature of a and e Crossword Clue
• Not bearing gifts? Crossword Clue
• “O ____ construction! I scorn that with my heels” (Much Ado about Nothing) Crossword Clue
• Of a situation, became more intense or exciting Crossword Clue
• Of a television service, using land transmission rather than satellite Crossword Clue
• “Of two evils I have chose the ____” (Matthew Prior, Imitation of Horace) Crossword Clue
• Orient Crossword Clue
• Ralph Fiennes’s roles include that of Lord ____ Crossword Clue
• Sailing vessel of the largest size used in battle Crossword Clue
• ____ says “God bless us, every one!” in A Christmas Carol Crossword Clue
• Second brightest star in the night sky Crossword Clue
• Striker in Nottingham Forest’s successful European Cup sides, with three England caps Crossword Clue
• The Beatles’ 1963 seasonal No 1 hit single Crossword Clue
• The Furies of Greek mythology Crossword Clue
• The quest to destroy the One Ring begins here Crossword Clue
• The sleeve of this 1983 New Order single was designed to look like a floppy disk Crossword Clue
• The sociopathic chihuahua and dim-witted cat of a former animated TV series Crossword Clue
• The symbol ending every statement in computer languages like Java and C Crossword Clue
• “Time” in the title of Proust’s multi-volume novel Crossword Clue
• Type of long-grain rice used in Indian cuisine Crossword Clue
• Vegetable with the richest protein content (US spelling) Crossword Clue
• White ____ is a cocktail of vodka, coffee liqueur, and milk Crossword Clue
• You are probably solving this puzzle on Italy’s ____ di Santo Stefano Crossword Clue