The Times Specialist Sunday puzzle clues 2023 Aug 13

• 1812-46 legislation which, it might be said, went against the grain Crossword Clue
• 1962-73 Nasa program which visited three planets Crossword Clue
• A canal used exclusively for leisure craft Crossword Clue
• According to etiquette, after-dinner port should be passed to ____ Crossword Clue
• A conspicuous blunder; a TV woollen extraterrestrial Crossword Clue
• Actor who voiced Lightning McQueen in the Cars films Crossword Clue
• Actress who played Uhura in the original Star Trek Crossword Clue
• Agency of the Soviet Union preceding the OGPU and KGB Crossword Clue
• Alexander Pope poem which Samuel Johnson said 'excelled every composition of the same kind' Crossword Clue
• Continent which is roughly divided in two by the equator Crossword Clue
• Departments or provinces of Greece Crossword Clue
• Designer of the Volkswagen Beetle Crossword Clue
• Drawn from wide-ranging sources Crossword Clue
• Formerly, a junior boy scout Crossword Clue
• From effect to cause Crossword Clue
• Gas typically used in welding Crossword Clue
• Greek writer regarded as the father of tragedy Crossword Clue
• Historically, extra weight added to some goods purchases to compensate for wastage in transit Crossword Clue
• In English placenames, this indicates location on a Roman road Crossword Clue
• In Roman Britain, ____ was at the northern end of the Via Devana Crossword Clue
• In the version patented by Johann Nepomuk Maelzel, these wind-up timing devices have settings from 40 to 208 Crossword Clue
• In US finance, the best ____ are designated AAA Crossword Clue
• Jake Gyllenhaal's co-star in Brokeback Mountain Crossword Clue
• John von ____ did important work in the Manhattan Project, but is not depicted in the film Oppenheimer Crossword Clue
• Kenneth ____ was the first president of 31A Crossword Clue
• London's Leadenhall Building is informally known as 'the ____' Crossword Clue
• Many Italian cities have streets or squares named after the poet Torquato ____ Crossword Clue
• Measuring device attached to an inverted bottle of spirits Crossword Clue
• Name for a flamboyant fashion/pop style coined by musician Richard Burgess Crossword Clue
• Ornamental evergreen shrub native to New Zealand Crossword Clue
• Prime Minister succeeded by Margaret Thatcher Crossword Clue
• Racing cyclist called 'the Professor' and 'Mr Prologue' Crossword Clue
• Republic called Northern Rhodesia until 1964 Crossword Clue
• Rock group America's 1972 hit, originally called Desert Song Crossword Clue
• Rodin sculpture thought to depict Dante observing the circles of Hell Crossword Clue
• Small bottle whose name may derive from Arabic for 'draw water' Crossword Clue
• Someone from Ljubljana or Maribor Crossword Clue
• Spicy creole dish; a Hank Williams song of 1952 Crossword Clue
• Sweet dried chilli peppers Crossword Clue
• That waged between Britain and China 1839-42 Crossword Clue
• The capital of Belgium's Flemish Brabant province Crossword Clue
• The 'Grand Old Man' of cricket Crossword Clue
• The name of four English rivers Crossword Clue
• The only woman to have an instrumental UK No 1 hit Crossword Clue
• The song of the male ____ can exceed 30 minutes Crossword Clue
• The target ball in bowls Crossword Clue
• To leave a position or, hyphenated, to join one again Crossword Clue
• Type of daisy which is also called marguerite Crossword Clue
• Ursa Minor's old name Crossword Clue
• Winner of the 2023 US Open, beating Rory McIlroy by one shot Crossword Clue