The Times Specialist Sunday puzzle clues 2024 Dec 22

• 2016 animated film set in ancient Polynesia Crossword Clue
• A 1924 Times article headed An Enslaved America described early crosswords as "the pastime of a few ingenious ____s" Crossword Clue
• A film studio co-founded by Robert De Niro is named after this Manhattan area Crossword Clue
• "And your great-great-great-granddaughter / Is ____" (Busted, Year 3000) Crossword Clue
• An old French rifle, anagram of SPACE SHOT Crossword Clue
• Any of 214 fells featured in a famous pictorial guide Crossword Clue
• Author of Gorillas in the Mist Crossword Clue
• Author of Wuthering Heights Crossword Clue
• Birthplace of St Francis, founder of an order of friars Crossword Clue
• "Britain has had the same foreign policy objective for at least the last 500 years: to create a ____ Europe" (Yes, Minister) Crossword Clue
• Continental intergovernmental group founded in 1963 Crossword Clue
• Drink of freshly squeezed fruit juice, sugar and ice Crossword Clue
• Edible crustacean found in northern seas Crossword Clue
• English name for Russia's main seaport before the creation of St Petersburg Crossword Clue
• Epistle which many scholars think was not by St Paul Crossword Clue
• Equivalent of "member of parliament" in the Republic of Ireland Crossword Clue
• First double winner of the Cannes Film Festival's Best Actress award (1966 and 1969) Crossword Clue
• Flower spike of various trees including birch and poplar Crossword Clue
• Game similar to quoits Crossword Clue
• German city with the oldest cathedral in northern Europe Crossword Clue
• "He is secure, and now can never ____ / A heart grown cold, a head grown grey in vain" (Adonais, Shelley) Crossword Clue
• Bridesmaids star who voiced Rapunzel in Shrek the Third Crossword Clue
• In the 1988 film The Accidental Tourist, Edgar is a ____ Crossword Clue
• Isle of Sheppey town, site of a former naval dockyard Crossword Clue
• Italian painter noted for his chiaroscuro works Crossword Clue
• The ____ is a 1950 film noir featuring Marilyn Monroe in an early role Crossword Clue
• James Brown was known as the ____ Crossword Clue
• Mostly seasonal pools or marshy areas in South Africa Crossword Clue
• North American species of this insect can live for thirteen or seventeen years Crossword Clue
• One hundredth of a Malaysian ringgit or Indonesian rupiah Crossword Clue
• Oscar winner for her role as Linda Ash in the 1995 film Mighty Aphrodite Crossword Clue
• Part of this Sibelius tone poem is used as a hymn tune Crossword Clue
• Pumice and basalt are both ____ Crossword Clue
• River which runs through Washington DC Crossword Clue
• Scotland's ____ and Bute council area includes the Mull of Kintyre Crossword Clue
• Sea nymphs of Greek mythology Crossword Clue
• Social media platform acquired by Facebook in 2012 Crossword Clue
• Someone who ____ removes sails or clothes Crossword Clue
• Steamed pudding, traditionally made with suet and dried fruit Crossword Clue
• Terminal parts of large intestines Crossword Clue
• The 108 ____s are the most recent addition to the Vedas Crossword Clue
• The first Vauxhall ____ was a version of the Opel Kadett Crossword Clue
• The ____ had a 1980 hit with Turning Japanese Crossword Clue
• The heartwood of a tree Crossword Clue
• The ____ separates the 36A villages Crossword Clue
• The Westinghouse Atom Smasher built in Pennsylvania in 1937 was the world's first industrial ____ Crossword Clue
• To plunder, archaically Crossword Clue
• Umbilicus is the technical name for this body part Crossword Clue
• ____ yellow is a bright pigment containing ____ sulphide Crossword Clue
• Yorkshire villages whose brass band accompanied Terry Wogan in The Floral Dance on Top of the Pops in 1977 Crossword Clue