The Times Specialist Sunday puzzle clues 2023 Nov 05

• 1969 No 1 single by fictional band the Archies Crossword Clue
• 2006 film starring Forest Whitaker as Idi Amin Crossword Clue
• Actor who won several awards for his role as Jesse Pinkman in Breaking Bad Crossword Clue
• Adding something like gravel to a railbed or a ship’s bilge Crossword Clue
• A high-pressure weather system Crossword Clue
• An artillery wagon, or a watertight structure Crossword Clue
• “A novel that does not ____ a hitherto unknown segment of existence is immoral” (Milan Kundera) Crossword Clue
• An usher in a Scottish law court Crossword Clue
• A Second World War Royal Australian Air Force member Crossword Clue
• A small dog, probably originally from China; informally, a (human) boxer Crossword Clue
• Brian Murphy’s co-star in the sitcom George and Mildred Crossword Clue
• Connected series of texts by early Christian theologians Crossword Clue
• Ethiopian runner who broke the women’s world record at the 2023 Berlin Marathon Crossword Clue
• Familiar name of the Roman poet Publius ____ius Naso Crossword Clue
• Feint is a name for some ____ paper Crossword Clue
• Giant ____ are the world’s largest kind of antelopes Crossword Clue
• ____ has replaced cash registers in many large shops Crossword Clue
• Having been apprehended and manacled Crossword Clue
• In the Russian-based Nadsat language of A Clockwork Orange, “____show” means “excellent” Crossword Clue
• ____ is now known as Uluru Crossword Clue
• Item of Japanese clothing which may be tied in the taiko musubi style Crossword Clue
• Land mass comprising the mainlands of two countries and part of a third, the largest of its kind in Europe Crossword Clue
• Legal drama series whose title appeared as a Californian licence plate Crossword Clue
• Major ingredient of some kinds of halva Crossword Clue
• Melodious or entrancing, in the style of a mythical poet Crossword Clue
• Members of a ruling elite Crossword Clue
• Name adopted by militant female campaigners for women’s voting rights, though it was first used insultingly in the Daily Mail Crossword Clue
• Of an object in a video game, to appear in an environment Crossword Clue
• Ornamental screen behind an altar Crossword Clue
• Pacific region containing about two thirds of the world’s volcanoes Crossword Clue
• Second half of the first line of My Way, as sung by Frank Sinatra Crossword Clue
• Since 2006, this blended wine must be at least 70 per cent Sangiovese, and use no white grapes Crossword Clue
• Small marsupial, also called rat-kangaroo Crossword Clue
• Small vessels towed behind larger ones Crossword Clue
• Soft-centred and sweeter version of an originally American confection Crossword Clue
• Solving a problem by force Crossword Clue
• Sri Lankan city which, minus its fifth letter, is a type of orange Crossword Clue
• That which, perhaps surprisingly, did not feature in the original Kama Sutra Crossword Clue
• The ____ Company’s staging of Mykola Lysenko’s adaptation of Natalka Poltavka was their last before a 2022 invasion Crossword Clue
• The “people’s princess' Crossword Clue
• To criticise (something) harshly Crossword Clue
• “To die will be ____” (Peter Pan) Crossword Clue
• Type of lens invented by Benjamin Franklin Crossword Clue
• US drama series set at St Eligius Hospital in Boston Crossword Clue
• Very clearly; for a specific purpose Crossword Clue
• ____ West (played by Kevin Kline) is the main antagonist in A Fish Called Wanda Crossword Clue