The Times Specialist Sunday puzzle clues 2023 May 07

• 1982 Roald Dahl book made into a 2016 Disney film Crossword Clue
• A basic technique used with this toy is the sleeper Crossword Clue
• After wartime removal and disappearance, reconstruction of the ____ Room in the Catherine Palace, near St Petersburg was completed in 2003 Crossword Clue
• A one-word anagram of GENERAL Crossword Clue
• Arctic plain with permanently frozen subsoil Crossword Clue
• Area of Manhattan on the Hudson River Crossword Clue
• A small kind of sawbill duck Crossword Clue
• A system or plan used if no other arrangement can be made Crossword Clue
• A thin decorative material, or a disease of plum trees Crossword Clue
• Canadian former snooker player noted for his natty (often white) attire Crossword Clue
• Capital of Italy's Piedmont region Crossword Clue
• Central Asian floor covering illustrated on a national flag Crossword Clue
• Common intertidal edible gastropod Crossword Clue
• Female protagonist of Wuthering Heights Crossword Clue
• Football club based at the Johan Cruyff Arena Crossword Clue
• Former name for the capital of Kazakhstan Crossword Clue
• Former nation, consisting of 15 republics for its last 35 years Crossword Clue
• Free from obstruction Crossword Clue
• French toast Crossword Clue
• Genus of plants with latex-like sap and flowers with no petals or nectar Crossword Clue
• Gilded silver or bronze Crossword Clue
• Group of stars in Cancer, known as the Beehive Cluster or Manger Crossword Clue
• Guadeloupe and Antigua are two of the ____ Crossword Clue
• Having irises of different colours Crossword Clue
• Low-cost carrier whose CEO is Michael O'Leary Crossword Clue
• Media of expression Crossword Clue
• Military force formed after the Bolshevik Revolution Crossword Clue
• Muslim festival called Bairam in Turkey Crossword Clue
• 'November's sky is ____ and drear, / November's leaf is red and sear' (Walter Scott) Crossword Clue
• Old stringed instrument similar to the dulcimer Crossword Clue
• One associated with the command 'Stand and deliver!' Crossword Clue
• Popular slogan of lawyers in TV commercials Crossword Clue
• Programming language used to handle database information Crossword Clue
• Receptacles for nautical compasses Crossword Clue
• Singer given two Grammy nominations after the release of her 1989 debut album Affection Crossword Clue
• Singer of Britain's first winning Eurovision Song Contest entry Crossword Clue
• Small open aircraft typically used for recreational purposes Crossword Clue
• Statement of belief adopted at a church council in AD325 Crossword Clue
• Strong smells associated with cooking Crossword Clue
• Sweet rice wine used as a flavouring in Japanese cuisine Crossword Clue
• That which assessed a candidate's ability in a field Crossword Clue
• That which, cryptically, might be called an eaves dropper Crossword Clue
• The 'Goldfinger' singer, as of January 2000 Crossword Clue
• The study of ethics Crossword Clue
• This was first used in the Tour de France in 1919, sixteen years after the first tour Crossword Clue
• Those who attack or defend online information systems Crossword Clue
• 'Tilling and grazing are the two ____ by which France is fed' (Maximilien de Bethune, Duc de Sully) Crossword Clue
• Tippi Hedren's daughter, also an actress Crossword Clue
• 'Vast expanses of frustration, boredom, sadness and ____' (Caitlin Moran, describing lockdown in February 2021) Crossword Clue
• Writer of Boys From the Blackstuff Crossword Clue