The Times Specialist Sunday puzzle clues 2025 Aug 31

• Actor who played Lord Percy Percy in two Blackadder series Crossword Clue
• A derogatory name for the multitude of ordinary people Crossword Clue
• Adjective describing some rocks and some soccer defences Crossword Clue
• A fabric, mainly used for stockings, and the old spelling of the French city it was named after Crossword Clue
• Alliterative name for problems with new projects Crossword Clue
• Alternative answer to the 1A clue Crossword Clue
• A measure of agricultural productivity Crossword Clue
• A modern technological form of vanity Crossword Clue
• An evil alter ego in an 1886 novella Crossword Clue
• A Scots equivalent of "headlong" Crossword Clue
• At a confluence of glaciers, two ____ moraines become a medial moraine Crossword Clue
• A theatre described as ____ has no proscenium arch Crossword Clue
• A word for drunkenness seemingly meaning the opposite Crossword Clue
• Briton who has reached at least two open era Wimbledon men's singles quarter-finals Crossword Clue
• Common habitat for many British blue butterfly species Crossword Clue
• Company which made the first twin-engine wide-body jet Crossword Clue
• Disney's ____ in Florida is the world's most visited zoo Crossword Clue
• Ernest Bevin was this organisation's general secretary, 1922-40 Crossword Clue
• Formal alliterative name for a friend of David Copperfield Crossword Clue
• Gina ____ played Irene Forsyte in the 2002-03 TV version of The Forsyte Saga Crossword Clue
• Grooming brand once advertised by Henry Cooper, often accompanied by Barry Sheene or Kevin Keegan Crossword Clue
• "He's […] a ____ in our sport. […] There's no ill will towards him." (1500m runner Josh Kerr on Jakob Ingebrigtsen) Crossword Clue
• Historical Italian mercenary captains Crossword Clue
• Composition VIII is a well-known abstract painting by ____ (spelling with W) Crossword Clue
• In 1919, Max ____ established the first sociology department in a German university Crossword Clue
• In a musical score of Happy Birthday To You, the sung lines of words all begin with ____ Crossword Clue
• In a probably rarer spelling, to add (someone) to a jury Crossword Clue
• In Norse myth, Gungnir is the ____ carried by Odin Crossword Clue
• Instruments like the great Highland bagpipe are usually ____ Crossword Clue
• Irish revolutionary who became the first chairman of the provisional government of the Irish Free State in 1922 Crossword Clue
• Island seen as the world's most linguistically diverse area Crossword Clue
• The ____ is the first of three Robert Ludlum spy thrillers which inspired a film franchise Crossword Clue
• Logically, most of the folk etymology origin stories about this term suggesting authenticity must be false Crossword Clue
• Merthyr Tydfil was in this administrative county, 1974-96 Crossword Clue
• Part of the Pacific Ocean, sharing part of the name of a river flowing into it Crossword Clue
• Recorded on paper Crossword Clue
• Simon ____ won the 2025 Giro d'Italia cycle race Crossword Clue
• Steam engine protagonist of the musical Starlight Express Crossword Clue
• Temporarily disabled by one kind of shock Crossword Clue
• The inventor of horsepower as a unit Crossword Clue
• The largest volcano in the solar system Crossword Clue
• The longest river flowing into the Moray Firth Crossword Clue
• "The most recent card game to have achieved worldwide status as a classic" (game expert David Parlett) Crossword Clue
• "The people arose ____" (Judges xx, 8 in the 1611 Authorised Version) may be the first use of this idiom in English Crossword Clue
• To relocate (people), not necessarily for a good reason Crossword Clue
• You might ask this kind of person to be a proofreader Crossword Clue