The Times Specialist Sunday puzzle clues 2022 Mar 13

• 1997 film starring Richard Gere as a US businessman wrongfully tried for murder in China Crossword Clue
• A highly recommended written work Crossword Clue
• American Beauty (1999) was ____’s directorial film debut Crossword Clue
• “And my large kingdom for a little grave / A little little grave, an ____ grave” (Richard II) Crossword Clue
• An imaginary place of idle luxury Crossword Clue
• Archaically, someone with unbalanced religious zeal Crossword Clue
• Boxer who, at 21, became the youngest world heavyweight champion before Mike Tyson Crossword Clue
• Colloquially, someone involved with a particular thing or activity Crossword Clue
• Comedian whose tours include Craic Dealer, Crowd Tickler, and Voice of Reason Crossword Clue
• Cut into cubes Crossword Clue
• Floor ____s are nails around two inches long, with a flat tapering shape Crossword Clue
• Former rock band fronted by bassist Geddy Lee Crossword Clue
• Ill-fated (often applied to lovers) Crossword Clue
• Informally, daybreak Crossword Clue
• In medieval music, the full range of recognised notes Crossword Clue
• In sudoku, a three by three block Crossword Clue
• Köttbullar, which you might eat while considering Billy or Poäng purchases Crossword Clue
• Large and mainly white, this breed was given royal status by Louis XIV Crossword Clue
• Last of the A Series of Unfortunate Events novels by Lemony Snicket Crossword Clue
• London’s neon equivalent of New York’s Times Square Crossword Clue
• Longest serving host of Call My Bluff on BBC2 Crossword Clue
• Made somewhat sour Crossword Clue
• Make a grinding or crunching noise, often in a damaging process Crossword Clue
• Member of the dinosaur clade which included diplodocus Crossword Clue
• Mother-of-pearl Crossword Clue
• Nonsense, originally a meaningless musical refrain Crossword Clue
• Oilseed crop, domesticated for more than 3,000 years Crossword Clue
• ____ played the old school English butler working for a brash American author in the ITV sitcom Two’s Company Crossword Clue
• Possible contamination with ____ monocytogenes is the reason for pregnant women to avoid some soft cheeses Crossword Clue
• Redevelopment of Birmingham’s ____ district began with demolition of the Masshouse Circus road junction Crossword Clue
• River Wye ruin, the subject of a Wordsworth poem Crossword Clue
• Saudi Arabia’s main port, on the Red Sea coast Crossword Clue
• ____ shoes have no laces or other fastenings Crossword Clue
• South Africa’s administrative capital Crossword Clue
• Strengthen or support (something); suffer (something) Crossword Clue
• The 13 string quartets by the British composer Elizabeth ____ (1907-1994) are seen as some of her best compositions Crossword Clue
• The birthplace of Princess Margaret Crossword Clue
• The capital of Somalia Crossword Clue
• The first of the 14 characters killed in Titus Andronicus Crossword Clue
• The former Cow Gum was this kind of glue Crossword Clue
• The instrument imitated in the “ranz des vaches” section of Rossini’s William Tell overture Crossword Clue
• The last James Bond film directed by Terence Young Crossword Clue
• The opening sentence of Hard Times by Charles Dickens, spoken by Thomas Gradgrind Crossword Clue
• The role of Sammy Nestico for Count Basie’s band, and Nelson Riddle for Frank Sinatra Crossword Clue
• The Romance language used by medieval troubadours Crossword Clue
• Type of mirror which is tall and tiltable Crossword Clue
• US equivalent of our BSI or Germany’s DIN Crossword Clue
• ____ was a UK equivalent of the US “Kilroy” in 1940s graffiti Crossword Clue