The Times Specialist Sunday puzzle clues 2023 Dec 31

• A ____ king or queen has no crown or subjects Crossword Clue
• Alternative to candy in a seven-word Ogden Nash poem Crossword Clue
• An amount of potentially useful but unusable material Crossword Clue
• Ancient Greek colonists in the central Mediterranean Crossword Clue
• An employer of inspectors, set up in 1992 Crossword Clue
• An old version of a word meaning carelessly lazy Crossword Clue
• Another name for mangetout Crossword Clue
• Architectural style combining elements from multiple sources Crossword Clue
• Australian cattle breed, named after a New South Wales coastal area Crossword Clue
• Ballet dance with an unusual number of performers Crossword Clue
• Became a King’s Counsel Crossword Clue
• Because of an adjustment to the International Date Line, this day in 1994 did not exist in parts of ____ Crossword Clue
• Cocktail which is about 50 per cent ginger wine Crossword Clue
• Desert region of southern Israel Crossword Clue
• In biology, this is often described as a single helix Crossword Clue
• In the style of an influential German-American architect Crossword Clue
• Italy’s Banca Monte dei Paschi di ____ is one of the world’s oldest banks Crossword Clue
• Member of the Thought Police, known only by his surname, in Orwell’s 1984 Crossword Clue
• Members of special operations units in one US military force Crossword Clue
• Most inhabitants of San José or Alajuela are ____ Crossword Clue
• Mount Thor, said to have the world’s biggest vertical drop, is in this part of Canada Crossword Clue
• New world animal with species commonly called “big hairy” and “pink fairy” Crossword Clue
• “O ____ Absalom, ____ ____ Absalom!” (2 Samuel xviii, 33) Crossword Clue
• One name for the first antiretroviral HIV medication Crossword Clue
• On this day in 1757, Elizabeth I of Russia issued a ukase incorporating the Prussian city of ____ into Russia Crossword Clue
• On this day in 1879, ____ made the first public use of incandescent lighting, in Menlo Park, New Jersey Crossword Clue
• On this day in 1961, Raidió ____ made its first TV broadcasts Crossword Clue
• On this day in 1992, ____ split into two republics Crossword Clue
• On this day in 1999, Russian president Boris ____ resigned Crossword Clue
• Plants depicted in a vase in several Van Gogh paintings with a limited colour palette Crossword Clue
• Screenwriter and director whose service in the Vietnam war influenced much of his work Crossword Clue
• Small case hanging from the obi of kimono wearers Crossword Clue
• Somewhat perversely, what is lacking in ____ roads is often pitch or concrete Crossword Clue
• “The gun […] was a toy, as you could tell really by the ____ look of it” (Ruth Rendell crime novel) Crossword Clue
• The kind of sound made by a propeller or an insect’s wings Crossword Clue
• The leading members of a major British political party Crossword Clue
• The only six-letter month on a Spanish calendar Crossword Clue
• The player seated on the left side of a large piano stool Crossword Clue
• The product of the melting of a cirque glacier Crossword Clue
• The Roman city which later became Colchester Crossword Clue
• The ____s in Crystal Palace Park (pictured) were made with large moulds. On this day in 1853, a dinner was held inside one of them Crossword Clue
• The state capital of Kansas Crossword Clue
• This mollusc is “ormer” in Britain and “paua” in New Zealand Crossword Clue
• To instigate a decision in a formal meeting Crossword Clue
• Unit of length often equated with 45 inches Crossword Clue
• Unlike Arkhangelsk, the port of Murmansk is ____ Crossword Clue
• What oboe and bassoon players are likely to worry about Crossword Clue
• What Robert McKenzie measured on election nights Crossword Clue
• When a bill is ____, it becomes law Crossword Clue