The Times Specialist Sunday puzzle clues 2022 Aug 07

• 1982 film in which Dustin Hoffman’s character uses deception to secure a soap opera role Crossword Clue
• 1991 film starring Michael J Fox as aspiring surgeon Benjamin Stone Crossword Clue
• 2001 action film starring Steven Seagal and rapper DMX Crossword Clue
• A common name for various notably prickly shrubs Crossword Clue
• A judge’s review of evidence given to the jury Crossword Clue
• A Lancashire ____ is traditionally served with pickled red cabbage Crossword Clue
• Ancient Greece’s “father of geometry” Crossword Clue
• A rowdy reveller Crossword Clue
• “Authority intoxicates, / And makes mere sots of magistrates; / The ____ of it invade the brain” (Samuel Butler) Crossword Clue
• Ben ____ was the main writer of the 1920s and 1930s Aldwych farces Crossword Clue
• Decoration of furniture with veneers, mainly of wood Crossword Clue
• Footballer who co-hosted Match of the Day, 1992-2014 Crossword Clue
• Game show first seen on British TV sets in 1951 Crossword Clue
• Garden game involving at least a dozen shots per player Crossword Clue
• German romanesque churches often have ____ at both ends of the nave Crossword Clue
• Hamlet character with a name previously used in The Odyssey Crossword Clue
• “Idle hands are the Devil’s ____” (English proverb) Crossword Clue
• In 2018, British cyclist ____ became the third rider, after Eddy Mercx and Bernard Hinault, to hold all three Grand Tour titles simultaneously Crossword Clue
• In America, a luxury car noted for handling rather than comfort Crossword Clue
• Informally, anaesthetised Crossword Clue
• In social insects, a distinct form like queen or worker Crossword Clue
• Irish poet who wrote the lyrics for The Last Rose of Summer and The Minstrel Boy Crossword Clue
• Joe ____’s plays include Loot and Entertaining Mr Sloane Crossword Clue
• Leading Shakespeare actress in late 19th-century Britain Crossword Clue
• Lionel Messi made his professional debut for FC ____ Crossword Clue
• Main protagonist of children’s books by Tove Jansson Crossword Clue
• Measurement taken from crotch to ankle Crossword Clue
• Not suitable Crossword Clue
• Old-fashioned or conservative behaviour Crossword Clue
• One of two names for a tissue transplant from an unrelated member of the same species Crossword Clue
• Piglet: Do you think it's a-a-a Woozle? Pooh: It may be. ____ it is, and ____ it isn’t Crossword Clue
• Plant recommended by Culpeper to cure dimness of sight Crossword Clue
• Prolific actor whose sole Oscar was for his role as Nick Chevotarevich in The Deer Hunter Crossword Clue
• Purple ____ was once thought to improve dairy cow yields Crossword Clue
• River which empties into the Arabian Sea near Karachi Crossword Clue
• Rodney’s girlfriend, later wife, in Only Fools and Horses Crossword Clue
• Russian novelist Ivan ____ created the character Oblomov, a personification of procrastination and idleness Crossword Clue
• Singer who recorded I Know Him So Well (from Chess) with Barbara Dickson Crossword Clue
• Small bird, widespread in much of Europe, and found in ancient pinewoods in northern Scotland Crossword Clue
• Someone who ____ does not play safe Crossword Clue
• Someone who ____ made a rather dishonest attempt to get something or impress someone Crossword Clue
• Spaghetti Junction lies in this suburb of Birmingham Crossword Clue
• Surrey town named from Old English for “river-source” Crossword Clue
• The 2013 ____ Dealers Act made it illegal to pay cash for ____ Crossword Clue
• The capital of Brazil, 1763-1960 Crossword Clue
• The first name of the singer-songwriter known as Duffy Crossword Clue
• The Mysterious ___ at Styles was Agatha Christie’s first book Crossword Clue
• The world’s largest bird of prey Crossword Clue
• To make a security no longer tradeable at a stock exchange Crossword Clue
• Troublesome friends may be “emotionally ____” Crossword Clue