The Times Specialist Sunday puzzle clues 2023 Dec 10

• 2023 film based on the origin of a Nike shoe brand in the 1980s Crossword Clue
• 400m runner who officially did not finish an Olympic semi-final in 1992 as he was assisted by his father Crossword Clue
• A follower of Madame Blavatsky Crossword Clue
• A human infant usually ____ for 18 months or more Crossword Clue
• A raw and spirited style of playing in jazz Crossword Clue
• At ____ in 1991, four answers in this puzzle were the UK’s first 4x400m winners in a global championship since 1936 Crossword Clue
• BBC sitcom with Tom Hollander as a priest in Hackney Crossword Clue
• Bergen to Kirkenes shipping service, serving over 30 ports Crossword Clue
• Bertie Wooster’s fearsome aunt Crossword Clue
• Co ____ became part of Leinster rather than Ulster in 1596 Crossword Clue
• Comedy actor Roy ____ played Veruca Salt’s father in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory Crossword Clue
• Female ____s are the great apes with the longest interbirth period — six to nine years Crossword Clue
• First singer of Falling in Love Again Crossword Clue
• French type of military cap, still used in the Foreign Legion Crossword Clue
• In 1648, Pride’s Purge created the ____ Parliament Crossword Clue
• In 1862, Henry Isaac ___ founded the company that later created Aero and Smarties Crossword Clue
• In addition to his political career, Cardinal ___ is credited with inventing the table knife Crossword Clue
• Insect larvae in a destructive swarm Crossword Clue
• Latin for “anvil”; one of the three ossicles in the ear Crossword Clue
• Leader of fenland resistance to Norman rule, c 1070 Crossword Clue
• Literally “sparkling”, metaphorically “excitingly clever” Crossword Clue
• “Love, safety, belongingness and respect from other people are almost panaceas for the ____ disturbances” (Maslow) Crossword Clue
• Maslow’s hierarchy of ____s is a theory in psychology Crossword Clue
• Metal pan full of hot embers, used in homes c 1650-1900 Crossword Clue
• Michael ____’s omission from the US team in 44A made the British win much more likely Crossword Clue
• Musical instrument with a broken string in Holbein’s The Ambassadors Crossword Clue
• Name, meaning “east”, for the USSR’s first manned spaceflight project Crossword Clue
• Norse god who took the forms of a mare, salmon and fly Crossword Clue
• ____ painting is a name for the style of Jackson Pollock Crossword Clue
• Real head of the family in Giles cartoons Crossword Clue
• Runner whose 19.87 200m personal best was the British record, 1994-2023 Crossword Clue
• Semicircular recess at a church’s east end Crossword Clue
• Someone who ____ can influence a decision Crossword Clue
• Someone who ____ provides possible explanations Crossword Clue
• Some ____s are the largest mobile man-made structures Crossword Clue
• Something that potatoes, sausages and rice puddings have Crossword Clue
• The first monarch to use ____ as a residence was Henry I Crossword Clue
• The Grand Ballon is the highest of these French mountains Crossword Clue
• The melody of the German Christmas song O ____ was used for The Red Flag Crossword Clue
• The only player who has been top scorer in English football’s top tier with three different clubs Crossword Clue
• These may be produced when someone 48A badly Crossword Clue
• The sphere of record keepers with administrative duties Crossword Clue
• Tip of a long process extending from a neuron’s cell body Crossword Clue
• To change course by swinging a sail across a following wind Crossword Clue
• To make (something) less dangerous Crossword Clue
• Ts and Cs often say that “We reserve the right to […] as we ____” Crossword Clue
• TV sitcom about employees of Wernham Hogg Crossword Clue
• Type of camera lens which may produce a circular image Crossword Clue
• What became Radio 4 in 1967 Crossword Clue
• What you can stir up to cause a commotion Crossword Clue
• Winner of 400m hurdles bronze at the 1992 Olympics Crossword Clue
• Winner of 400m silver at the 1996 Olympics Crossword Clue