The Times Specialist Sunday puzzle clues 2024 Dec 29

• 1988 comedy film about teenagers on holiday in Hawaii Crossword Clue
• A belt worn over a shoulder to carry something, especially a weapon Crossword Clue
• A dolmen is a single-chamber ____ tomb Crossword Clue
• A former name for Belfast's Titanic Quarter Crossword Clue
• African antelope with vertical white stripes Crossword Clue
• A hammock-like bed once used by naval officers Crossword Clue
• A ____ keeps sporting scores in an old-fashioned way Crossword Clue
• "All that's missing from the book is the sex, drugs and […] the ____" (review of Rick Astley's memoirs) Crossword Clue
• A loan phrase for "(the) right word at the right time" Crossword Clue
• A name for golfing other than putting Crossword Clue
• Andy Roberts was the first ____ to play for the West Indies in a Test Crossword Clue
• A seasonal cartoon in which Lucy suggests play direction as a solution to depression Crossword Clue
• ____ Cathedral's Tour de Beurre was financed by selling indulgences for eating butter in Lent Crossword Clue
• Coffee brand which originated in a shop opened in the Netherlands in 1753 Crossword Clue
• Comic book supervillain, also "Edward Nygma" Crossword Clue
• Common name for the brown seaweed Fucus vesiculosus Crossword Clue
• Co-presenter of Children in Need on BBC TV, 1995-2004 Crossword Clue
• Cut of beef named after connective tissue which is removed from it Crossword Clue
• Dendrochronology makes use of ____ Crossword Clue
• Device which may deal with voltage sags or spikes Crossword Clue
• Distillation device used by alchemists Crossword Clue
• Fixative used in potpourri and many gin brands Crossword Clue
• Group joined by Theresa May and Harriet Harman in 2024 Crossword Clue
• Harry Belafonte's recording of ____ was the UK Christmas No 1 in 1957 Crossword Clue
• Erithacus rubecula, formerly called "ruddock" Crossword Clue
• In 1959, the USSR's ____ 1 was the first spacecraft to escape from the Earth's orbit Crossword Clue
• In 2020, Arts Minister Helen Whately stopped the export of a ____ and flag used by Shackleton in 1907 Crossword Clue
• Informally, "reacted as someone else planned" Crossword Clue
• Informally, the colours representing the MCC Crossword Clue
• Informally, the future role of JD Vance Crossword Clue
• In motoring, a British alternative to "convertible" Crossword Clue
• In Olympic shooting, Team GB have yet to win a medal in the 10m ____ event Crossword Clue
• In ___, Pinnekjott, is a Christmas dish of preserved lamb Crossword Clue
• ____, ____, ____ is a 1945 seasonal song by Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne Crossword Clue
• ____ is mined in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series Crossword Clue
• Italian region where Malvasia di Lipari is a locally produced choice for seasonal dessert wine Crossword Clue
• ____ Jesus plays as a forward for Arsenal and Brazil Crossword Clue
• Knitting technique making open (usually vertical) stripes in a garment Crossword Clue
• Leroy Anderson work premiered by the Boston Pops Orchestra on May 4, 1948 Crossword Clue
• Local name for an inhabitant of the southernmost West Indies island Crossword Clue
• Males of this eastern European reptile have a blue throat Crossword Clue
• Michel Eugène Chevreul, whose work on fatty acids revolutionised soap making, is seen as a pioneer in ____ chemistry Crossword Clue
• Nina and Frederik's version of this song reached No 3 in the December 1960 charts Crossword Clue
• "____ no planless fantasizing, but rather a search for the logically simplest possibilities and their consequences." (Einstein on relativity theories) Crossword Clue
• ____ numbers have imaginary square roots Crossword Clue
• Old Christmas song with the line "Our toast it is white and our ale it is brown" Crossword Clue
• Old dance; a movement in each Bach cello suite Crossword Clue
• One of the rarest kinds of Christmas tree in UK homes this week Crossword Clue
• Painter's equipment called "chevalet" in French Crossword Clue
• "Poor slaves in metre, dull and ____" (Dryden in Absalom and Achitophel) Crossword Clue
• ____s are used to kill ticks or mites Crossword Clue
• Set of words ignored in a computer-made index Crossword Clue
• The Italian seasonal drink Bombardino can be made with ____, brandy, cinnamon and whipped cream Crossword Clue
• The original name of the world's most recorded Christmas song Crossword Clue
• The title of the musical Fiddler on the Roof was inspired by some paintings by ____ Crossword Clue
• To have ____ is to be very worried about something Crossword Clue
• Tommy ____ is trained by Rocky Balboa in Rocky V (1990) Crossword Clue
• To shape a piece of stone by striking it Crossword Clue
• "Under different circumstances he would be a bouncer on some door in the ____" (Chris Eubank on Nigel Benn) Crossword Clue
• Written in 11th-century Japan, The Tale of ____ is seen as one of the first novels Crossword Clue