The Times Specialist Sunday puzzle clues 2025 Apr 06

• A climbing hold allowing fingers to hook behind rock Crossword Clue
• A divorced couple fall back in love in this Noël Coward play Crossword Clue
• A loving embrace; an inactive boxing tactic Crossword Clue
• "Anarchy leads to ____, and ____ to anarchy" (Peter Kropotkin) Crossword Clue
• An edible corm, often that of taro Crossword Clue
• An informal and possibly derogatory alternative to "boat" Crossword Clue
• A side-saddle rider uses only one ____ Crossword Clue
• A term created by Immanuel Kant for things as they are in themselves rather than as we observe them Crossword Clue
• A US state name with four instances of its only vowel Crossword Clue
• Axons and dendrites are parts of a human ____ Crossword Clue
• Baseball shots angled between ground balls and pop-ups Crossword Clue
• Best-known song on the Toploader album Onka's Big Moka (2000) Crossword Clue
• Cleared the throat loudly; expressed disapproval Crossword Clue
• Common name for Tragopogon porrifolius, a root vegetable which was eaten in 18th-century Britain Crossword Clue
• ____ designed the first helicopter with single main and tail rotors Crossword Clue
• Dutch 20th-century painter, whose last completed work reflected the grid pattern of Manhattan streets Crossword Clue
• Eric ____ (1894-79) was a lexicographer, notably of slang Crossword Clue
• Fashion house founded in Florence in 1921 Crossword Clue
• Gershwin song first used in the 1937 film Shall We Dance Crossword Clue
• Hammer horror film in which Christopher Lee plays a historical person rather than a vampire Crossword Clue
• Henryk ____'s Symphony of Sorrowful Songs is a popular 20th-century classical piece Crossword Clue
• Ieoh Ming ____ designed the Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong and the Louvre Pyramid Crossword Clue
• "I'm afraid of losing my ____. Genuineness only thrives in the dark. Like celery." (Aldous Huxley) Crossword Clue
• Included, in a comprehensive way Crossword Clue
• In law, capable of being transferred to a new owner Crossword Clue
• ____ is the second-densest naturally occurring metal Crossword Clue
• Italian political philosopher, best-known for a book published five years after his death Crossword Clue
• Julian Bream and John Dowland were both ____s Crossword Clue
• Largest city on the Murrumbidgee river in New South Wales Crossword Clue
• Laszlo ____ won successive Olympic boxing golds, 1948-56 Crossword Clue
• Main god of the dead in ancient Egypt's "old kingdom" era Crossword Clue
• Mediterranean molluscs with boat-like shells Crossword Clue
• Member of a Germanic tribe which migrated as far as Spain and Rome in the 5th century Crossword Clue
• Mikhail Bulgakov novel set in Moscow and Jerusalem Crossword Clue
• Name for a Bond Bug or Reliant Robin Crossword Clue
• Roger Moore's 1960s TV role Crossword Clue
• "She excels each mortal thing / Upon the dull earth ____" (Who is Sylvia, in The Two Gentlemen of Verona) Crossword Clue
• Single-inmate prison for 21 years before closing in 1987 Crossword Clue
• The common ____ is Britain's biggest widespread bat Crossword Clue
• The cover of the 1967 album The Velvet Underground and ____ included a Warhol print of a banana Crossword Clue
• The ____ problem is a famous challenge in mathematics Crossword Clue
• This type of pottery was originally used in Japanese tea ceremonies Crossword Clue
• To reduce loveliness Crossword Clue
• Tree disease, first officially detected in the UK in 2012 Crossword Clue
• ____ ____ was a 1990s ITV series about the fictional King's Fusiliers Crossword Clue
• "Where Wales have been unafraid to ____ and explore, England have been inflexible …" (Stuart Barnes in 2019 Times rugby coverage) Crossword Clue
• Winter Olympics discipline in which Matthias Mayer is the current men's champion Crossword Clue
• Word that can precede "ear" and "temple", only once meaning part of a human head Crossword Clue