The Times Specialist Sunday puzzle clues 2025 May 25

• 1953 Lowry painting featuring Burnden Park, Bolton Crossword Clue
• 1980s TV show with Chris Serle and Paul Heiney (separately) trying ballroom dancing and stand-up comedy Crossword Clue
• 2000 US mockumentary film about dog breeders Crossword Clue
• A 1950 film based on the life of SOE agent ____ Sansom Crossword Clue
• A Fiesta or Winston rather than a Bramley or Grenadier Crossword Clue
• Alberto ____ is the only runner to win 400m and 800m gold at the same Olympics Crossword Clue
• Alcohol which is ____ has been made undrinkable Crossword Clue
• A little knowledge, especially of a foreign language Crossword Clue
• A nickname for Nevada Crossword Clue
• A person who is unidentified or unpleasant Crossword Clue
• As a non-human once on TV, Matilda or Sergeant Bash Crossword Clue
• Author of the Biggles books Crossword Clue
• A warming wind blowing down northern slopes of the Alps Crossword Clue
• Band who released the UK's first punk single, in 1976 Crossword Clue
• Centre forward Jackie ____ played in Newcastle United's three most recent FA cup final wins Crossword Clue
• Fish with bluefin and yellowfin varieties Crossword Clue
• German high-quality wine, usually sweetened by noble rot Crossword Clue
• Historically, a centre for trade, especially in wool Crossword Clue
• ____ hosted the state funerals of Nelson and Wellington Crossword Clue
• Cinema ____ (1988) is mainly about two projectionists Crossword Clue
• In geology, a major fault or zone of faults Crossword Clue
• In some meat, the parts you'd rather not eat Crossword Clue
• Kinds of cheese, ham and sweets are named after this city Crossword Clue
• Kurt Weill number first heard in the 1938 Broadway musical Knickerbocker Holiday Crossword Clue
• Macadamia or Brazil; an aggressive person Crossword Clue
• Modern name of Swenett, the southern frontier town of Ancient Egypt Crossword Clue
• Nickname for a symbol of cricketing pride Crossword Clue
• "No more Keats, I ____; flay him alive" (Byron) Crossword Clue
• Oxford University has the oldest of Britain's ____ gardens Crossword Clue
• Painter of The Monarch of the Glen (1851) Crossword Clue
• Planetary inhabitants only observed in science fiction Crossword Clue
• Plant which indicates soil acidity like litmus paper Crossword Clue
• Queen Alexandra was Queen Elizabeth II's ____ Crossword Clue
• "Spock: It was illogical for him [James Kirk] to bring those players _____. / McCoy: Illogical? Did you get a look at that Juliet?" (early Star Trek episode) Crossword Clue
• Stir-fried rice noodles, usually with shrimp and peanuts Crossword Clue
• The Boston Computer Exchange, launched in 1982, is often said to be the world's first ____ Crossword Clue
• The end of an old schoolroom sequence which started with Nom, Voc Crossword Clue
• The inventor of the spinning mule Crossword Clue
• The opposite of extension, as movement of a limb Crossword Clue
• "There is no beauty in anything rational. Beauty emerges from the unknown, often from the ____." (Herbert Read) Crossword Clue
• The world's deepest hypersaline lake Crossword Clue
• This former shopping location survived a historic fire Crossword Clue
• Tree with fan-shaped leaves, regarded as a living fossil Crossword Clue
• Type of flooring which often uses a herringbone pattern Crossword Clue
• US national park with canyon views seen by most tourists from the river rather than the rim Crossword Clue
• West Devon town on the Dartmoor line and near the A30 Crossword Clue
• "You guys are so ____ it's a wonder your bums don't fall off" (Zaphod Beeblebrox) Crossword Clue