The Times Specialist Sunday puzzle clues 2025 Aug 24

• 1999 film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, set in California Crossword Clue
• A 2006 Act established a national framework for ____s in the UK, but was repealed in 2011 Crossword Clue
• A computer-generated image of a suspect Crossword Clue
• Actress probably best known for playing Wednesday Addams Crossword Clue
• Agency in Alex Rider books whose name reflects its concerns: sabotage, corruption, intelligence and assassination Crossword Clue
• A modification to a will Crossword Clue
• Asian plant, often served "pulled" in vegetarian food Crossword Clue
• August Strindberg wrote the 1889 play Miss ____ Crossword Clue
• Band formed in 1983, fronted by Jimmy Somerville Crossword Clue
• Chris Van Tulleken book decrying "stuff that isn't food" Crossword Clue
• Clinician who may diagnose Ménière's disease Crossword Clue
• Dance associated with the Moulin Rouge Crossword Clue
• Detective series that aired for over 15 years after the death of Mark McManus, who played the title character Crossword Clue
• Dwayne Johnson's "ring name" in his previous career Crossword Clue
• Early Dan Brown novel, not in the Robert Langdon series Crossword Clue
• Female forename; a Victorian lace "collar" covering the shoulders Crossword Clue
• First name of Gerald Durrell's novelist brother Crossword Clue
• Foreign policy metaphor used by Theodore Roosevelt Crossword Clue
• Format of Radio 5 Live programme 606 Crossword Clue
• Former Dutch prime minister Mark ____ is Nato's current secretary general Crossword Clue
• ____ gained fame as Jules in Bend It Like Beckham Crossword Clue
• Golfer who won the 1962 Masters in a three-way playoff Crossword Clue
• In ____ (1993) was Nirvana's final studio album Crossword Clue
• In 2022 he said "I'm not the Grinch. I'm a trade union official and I'm determined to get a deal." Crossword Clue
• Indie band whose name derives from its lead singer's birthday (July 14) Crossword Clue
• In his last book, Darwin described this "lowly organized creature" as important in the world's history Crossword Clue
• Its molecules consist of three oxygen atoms Crossword Clue
• JR Moehringer's role in relation to Prince Harry Crossword Clue
• Kiran Desai's 2006 Booker prize-winning novel Crossword Clue
• Medical term for contraction of the heart Crossword Clue
• Name given to many shopping centres, mostly now renamed, but remaining in Manchester and Morecambe Crossword Clue
• Nintendo character Lakitu's means of transport Crossword Clue
• One of the words with varying pronunciation in the song Let's Call the Whole Thing Off Crossword Clue
• Pacific, Mountain, Central, ____ (contiguous US time zones) Crossword Clue
• Paralympic sport that has no Olympic equivalent Crossword Clue
• Populariser of the phrase "Turn on, tune in, drop out" Crossword Clue
• San Diego is on the US border with this Mexican state Crossword Clue
• Sausage regarded as inauthentic as a paella ingredient Crossword Clue
• ____'s first solo No 1 was Forever Love in 1996 Crossword Clue
• Shakespearean character born by Caesarean section Crossword Clue
• Surname of the object of Compo's affections in Last of the Summer Wine Crossword Clue
• Term for a number typically written with a decimal point Crossword Clue
• The BBC TV show Saving lives at sea is about the ____ Crossword Clue
• The Central Criminal Court is on this London street Crossword Clue
• The French revolutionary calendar's "month of flowers" Crossword Clue
• The National Trust Book of ____ has 50 recipes for variations on the same item Crossword Clue
• "Tunnels to Euston will go ahead, but none of the cancelled sections of HS2 will be ____" (The Times, June 2025) Crossword Clue
• Type of prison, devised by Jeremy Bentham, with all cells visible from a central point Crossword Clue
• US Secretary of State following Madeleine Albright Crossword Clue
• "You're out of order! You're out of order! The whole trial is out of order!" (Al Pacino in And Justice ____) Crossword Clue