The Times Specialist Sunday puzzle clues 2025 Feb 16

• 1958 horror film about a carnivorous amoeboid alien Crossword Clue
• 1971 film, a blaxploitation crime action thriller Crossword Clue
• 1988 slasher film about a murderous ex-policeman Crossword Clue
• 400m runner Derek Redmond once said that "Linford [Christie] is a very well balanced athlete: he has ____" Crossword Clue
• A bass note held throughout a musical passage, sometimes outside the current chord Crossword Clue
• A bore of a kind notably seen in Gloucestershire Crossword Clue
• A description of Christ used by John Newman in Praise to the Holiest in the Height Crossword Clue
• A glass for a large measure of sherry Crossword Clue
• "A key to the understanding of all religion is that a god's idea of amusement is ____with greased rungs" (Terry Pratchett) Crossword Clue
• A name for a form of arthritis Crossword Clue
• Andy ____ was a Liverpool striker, 2011-13 Crossword Clue
• Badenoch and Strathspey town with one of Scotland's two dominant shinty teams Crossword Clue
• Catholic institution founded by Josemaria Escrivá in 1928 Crossword Clue
• Choreographer Frederick ____ succeeded Ninette de Valois as director of the Royal Ballet Crossword Clue
• Creature shown on four European national flags Crossword Clue
• Description of reports about Spring-heeled Jack (19th century) or the "killer in the back seat" (20th century) Crossword Clue
• Edmund Hillary's first major climbs were in the Southern ____ Crossword Clue
• Electrical device often next to a chair or sofa Crossword Clue
• "Eric, being such a ____, was a piece of cake" (Monty Python Fish Licence sketch) Crossword Clue
• Execution of a visual art form by famous exponents Crossword Clue
• Field in which the rule of 70 gives a rough idea of how long an investment takes to double in value Crossword Clue
• Film like Pillow Talk (1959), When Harry Met Sally (1989) or What Men Want (2019) Crossword Clue
• First winner of football's European Golden Shoe, in 1967-68 Crossword Clue
• Forename of the Bond archenemy Goldfinger Crossword Clue
• Form of baptism specified by the 1689 Baptist Catechism Crossword Clue
• In appearance, dashing, jaunty or a bit disreputable Crossword Clue
• Informally, peanut butter and ice cream are ____ foods Crossword Clue
• In heraldry, a dragon-like creature with two legs Crossword Clue
• In US informal speech, love bites or pimples Crossword Clue
• London Georgian town house next to Lincoln's Inn Fields, open to the public since 1837 Crossword Clue
• Many Dickens novels were first published in this way Crossword Clue
• Marcel Duchamp was probably the best-known artist in this iconoclastic movement Crossword Clue
• Mathematician often seen as the founder of topology Crossword Clue
• Moulding, in a shape seen in some gothic arches Crossword Clue
• Named after a seed, a small bone formed inside a human tendon Crossword Clue
• Name for the kind of mosses that create most bogs Crossword Clue
• One of Sheridan's most performed plays Crossword Clue
• Phrase coined by philosopher Gilbert Ryle, used by Arthur Koestler in a 1967 book title Crossword Clue
• Port which is the capital of Italy's Apulia region Crossword Clue
• Probably the best-known balsa wood raft in history Crossword Clue
• ____ ____, released in 1974, is one of David Bowie's most covered songs Crossword Clue
• Renault super-mini, now in its fifth generation Crossword Clue
• ____'s For the Love of God is a diamond-encrusted skull Crossword Clue
• Spritz cocktail with prosecco, elderflower syrup and mint leaves Crossword Clue
• The smallest member of the Ursidae family Crossword Clue
• Vienna museum with a large collection of Klimt paintings Crossword Clue
• Vienna's ____ Cathedral is the tallest church in Austria Crossword Clue
• What Clement VII refused to grant to Henry VIII Crossword Clue