The Times Specialist Sunday puzzle clues 2025 Dec 14

• A 1932 mass trespass protesting against lack of public access took place on ____ Scout in the Peak District Crossword Clue
• Actor best known for his motion-captured performances Crossword Clue
• Alan ____ chaired the US Federal Reserve, 1987-2006 Crossword Clue
• An actor in Alan Bennett's Talking Heads, perhaps Crossword Clue
• A nickname of the men's 100m Olympic champion in 2008, 2012 and 2016 Crossword Clue
• A pair of ancient ____s at Glastonbury are known as Gog and Magog Crossword Clue
• A religious ritual held the night before a festival Crossword Clue
• A resident of Cambridge, Manchester or Stamford could be one Crossword Clue
• Arthur Conan Doyle intended The ____ to be Sherlock Holmes's last adventure Crossword Clue
• Based on their ancestry, birds would be considered ____s Crossword Clue
• Booker-shortlisted 2005 novel by Kazuo Ishiguro Crossword Clue
• By omitting the word "not", the so-called "Wicked ____" appeared to endorse adultery Crossword Clue
• Character in Hamlet who says "The lady doth protest too much, methinks" Crossword Clue
• Christina Rossetti poem featuring grotesque fruit-sellers Crossword Clue
• Commotion or clamour Crossword Clue
• Device that might be activated by a "wake word" Crossword Clue
• First name of Justin Trudeau's father, also a Canadian Prime Minister Crossword Clue
• German city where pharmaceutical firm Bayer is based Crossword Clue
• ____ Goodman is a lawyer in Breaking Bad and its spin-off Crossword Clue
• Hoddle, Keegan, ____, McClaren, Capello Crossword Clue
• Influential 1993 "first-person shooter" video game Crossword Clue
• In The Traitors, to eliminate by voting rather than "murder" Crossword Clue
• In Roman mythology, the mother of Romulus and Remus Crossword Clue
• Israeli-born chef and food writer Crossword Clue
• Jackdaw and rook are species of this bird Crossword Clue
• Kate ____ writes the Jackson Brodie detective series alongside literary novels Crossword Clue
• Like Clark Kent, but not Superman Crossword Clue
• Mijbil in the novel Ring of Bright Water, for example Crossword Clue
• "Mine eyes have seen the glory" (The ____ of the Republic) Crossword Clue
• More than half of this African country's population lives in the city of the same name Crossword Clue
• Musician in indie bands the Libertines and Babyshambles Crossword Clue
• Name for a pastime, literally "empty orchestra" in Japanese Crossword Clue
• National park in Somerset and Devon Crossword Clue
• Nautically based metaphor for an uncontrollable person Crossword Clue
• Orange-seller, actress, and mistress of Charles II Crossword Clue
• Over-optimistic Crossword Clue
• Paul ____ was a US singer, actor and political activist born in 1898 Crossword Clue
• Penguin with a distinctive white patch above each eye Crossword Clue
• Pet Shop Boys's second UK No 1, after West End Girls Crossword Clue
• Screenwriter whose credits include Last Tango in Halifax and Riot Women Crossword Clue
• ____'s "Rows" are raised galleries in its main streets Crossword Clue
• Surgical removal of a gland Crossword Clue
• The (male) most senior or respected member of a group Crossword Clue
• The only woman's name in a Wagner opera title Crossword Clue
• "There is ____ in this view of life" (Charles Darwin) Crossword Clue
• The S of FTSE 100 Crossword Clue
• This year, Australia's endorheic Lake ____ filled with water for the first time since 1974 Crossword Clue
• TV Music quiz hosted by Marvin and Rochelle Humes Crossword Clue
• Type of Spanish cheese made from sheep's milk Crossword Clue
• "Work expands to fill the time available for its completion" Crossword Clue