The Times Specialist Sunday puzzle clues 2022 Jul 03

• A dictator or despot Crossword Clue
• A malicious written or verbal attack Crossword Clue
• An important contest in cycling or horse racing Crossword Clue
• A shrimp, crab or lobster Crossword Clue
• A structure protecting plants; informally, a military prison Crossword Clue
• A symptom of this hereditary disease is difficulty in absorbing nutrients from food Crossword Clue
• Austrian-born winner of the 1945 Nobel physics prize for his exclusion principle Crossword Clue
• Author whose best-known character first appeared in an anonymous column in The Independent in 1995 Crossword Clue
• Boise is the capital of this US state Crossword Clue
• Central character of Samuel Richardson’s epistolary novel of 1748 Crossword Clue
• County in which many Hardy novels are set Crossword Clue
• English actress remembered for her husky voice and double entendres Crossword Clue
• English spelling of a name for soccer teams in Bucharest, Tirana and Zagreb Crossword Clue
• Equipment on which engines etc are trialled before production Crossword Clue
• First sequel to a novel about a red-haired Canadian girl Crossword Clue
• French stew, usually of beef, with wine and herbs Crossword Clue
• German group who had a 1984 hit with Big in Japan Crossword Clue
• Great Britain or England, in Australian and NZ slang Crossword Clue
• “He play’d an ancient ditty ____ mute, / In Provence call’d, ‘La belle dame sans merci’” (Keats) Crossword Clue
• Holder of the female 100m and 200m British records Crossword Clue
• In a fugue, a section with overlapping contrapuntal voices Crossword Clue
• Informally, a portable music source that preceded the Walkman and iPod Crossword Clue
• Informally, in the US, to achieve profitable success Crossword Clue
• In Greek mythology, the brother of Electra Crossword Clue
• In IT, a set of rules about a type of data, such as the presence of a grid and clues in a file representing a crossword Crossword Clue
• Iron-tipped spear used historically in southern Africa Crossword Clue
• Italian baritone who sang as Scarpia in many Tosca performances with Maria Callas Crossword Clue
• Mainly North American name for a notebook Crossword Clue
• Musical genre popularised by Saturday Night Fever Crossword Clue
• Mystery thriller film set in swinging Sixties London, winner of the 1967 Palme d’Or at Cannes Crossword Clue
• Palma is the capital of this archipelago Crossword Clue
• Perchance Crossword Clue
• Poetic repetition of sounds, as used in Poe’s “Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary” Crossword Clue
• Possible result of (UK) annual inflation over 9 per cent Crossword Clue
• Roger Moore’s first James Bond film Crossword Clue
• State whose capital, Salvador, was Brazil’s first capital city Crossword Clue
• Stopping of parliamentary activity without dissolution Crossword Clue
• The earliest known printing of this US slang term for “excellent” was in 1951 Crossword Clue
• The little ____ is an aquatic bird also called “dabchick” Crossword Clue
• “The main ____ of a successful prime minister are sleep and a sense of history” (Harold Wilson) Crossword Clue
• The only character seen in all of CS Lewis’s Narnia books Crossword Clue
• The second of David Bowie’s “Berlin Trilogy” albums Crossword Clue
• The Smiths and the “Madchester” scene both influenced this musical genre Crossword Clue
• Toto’s debut single of 1978 Crossword Clue
• To verbally intimidate an opponent in cricket Crossword Clue
• Where to see Hieronymus Bosch’s Garden of Earthly Delights Crossword Clue
• World ____ are events showcasing national achievements, held quinquennially since 2000 Crossword Clue
• “You’ve had a cream of a ____ dream” (Sweeney Agonistes, TS Eliot) Crossword Clue