The Times Specialist Sunday puzzle clues 2025 Sep 07

• 1934 Rodgers and Hart ballad, Manchester City's anthem Crossword Clue
• 1990s BBC drama featuring the characters Anna, Egg, Ferdy, Miles, Milly and Warren Crossword Clue
• Actor who played Dr Venkman in Ghostbusters (1984) Crossword Clue
• Actress who failed to land a role said to be based on herself in the film Postcards from the Edge Crossword Clue
• American author who coined the term "catch-22" Crossword Clue
• Ancient stringed instrument; a sheet-music holder used in marching bands Crossword Clue
• An "effect" is named after this 1950 Kurosawa film in which a murder is described differently by four people Crossword Clue
• Arboreal edentate mammals camouflaged by symbiotic green algae in their fur Crossword Clue
• Author of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Crossword Clue
• Autumn ____ is the UK's last native orchid to flower Crossword Clue
• Branch of maths developed by Leibniz and Newton Crossword Clue
• California university, often ranked in the top 10 worldwide Crossword Clue
• Chamber in which Black Rod maintains order Crossword Clue
• Controversial meat, usually of male cattle Crossword Clue
• ____, Duke of York later became George VI Crossword Clue
• Elaborately decorated; flowery Crossword Clue
• English equivalent of "beaux-parents" in French Crossword Clue
• Evergreens such as the pine and spruce Crossword Clue
• French film that made Audrey Tautou a major star Crossword Clue
• Gestures used famously by Winston Churchill and Harvey Smith, in different forms Crossword Clue
• Golfer ranked world No 1 for 683 weeks, 1999-2014 Crossword Clue
• Home of an animal championed by Brian May Crossword Clue
• "I am only afraid his affection loses in depth where it gains in ____" (Anne Bronte) Crossword Clue
• In Greek myth, these flowers were created by the mixing of Adonis' blood and Aphrodite's tears Crossword Clue
• In hospitals, a solution of sodium chloride and water Crossword Clue
• In law, "res ____ loquitur" means "the thing speaks for itself" Crossword Clue
• "I only recently found out that ____ was real, previously thinking he was just a theoretical physicist" (joke) Crossword Clue
• Lessening in degree; comforting Crossword Clue
• Lioness who plays at right-back for Chelsea Crossword Clue
• Location of the First World War's longest battle Crossword Clue
• Marmaduke and Scooby-Doo, for example Crossword Clue
• Medically, a reduction in the flow of a bodily fluid Crossword Clue
• Military officer acting as a senior officer's assistant Crossword Clue
• Old name for a slaughterhouse or meat market Crossword Clue
• Opponents of the Yankees in the US Civil War Crossword Clue
• Parallel of latitude about 23.5 degrees north or south of the equator Crossword Clue
• Popular ornamental flowers, with a name said to be popularised in Coleridge's poem The Keepsake Crossword Clue
• Psychedelic Furs song used in a 1986 Brat Pack comedy film of the same name Crossword Clue
• Rivals of Blefuscudians in Gulliver's Travels Crossword Clue
• Sweet-smelling liquid formerly used as a general anaesthetic Crossword Clue
• Term for someone given a share of something Crossword Clue
• Term for the Goliath-slaying David as a writer Crossword Clue
• The 1943 Dodecanese campaign was fought in this sea Crossword Clue
• The film company ____s released Avengers: Endgame in 2019 Crossword Clue
• The Princess of Wales chose this garden flower for her wedding bouquet in 2011 Crossword Clue
• "Tinkety tonk ____, and down with the Nazis" (Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother in a wartime letter sign-off) Crossword Clue
• What may be measured with a pluviometer Crossword Clue
• White crystalline substance also called quicklime Crossword Clue