The Times Specialist Sunday puzzle clues 2025 Dec 21

• 1998 love song that was a No 1 for Boyzone Crossword Clue
• A body of water in Europe surrounded by nine countries Crossword Clue
• About 40 percent of the Mongolian Plateau is the ___ Crossword Clue
• A clinician who mainly treats skin conditions Crossword Clue
• A Manx ___ is a rare kind of sheep, usually with four horns Crossword Clue
• Appropriate kind of biscuit for a Scottish cheese platter Crossword Clue
• Arabic term meaning "self-sacrificers", used for various groups of fighters historically Crossword Clue
• Benedict ____ starred in the film The Imitation Game Crossword Clue
• Chinese religious and philosophical system, following "the way" Crossword Clue
• City of northern Syria, once a key hub on the Silk Road Crossword Clue
• Coming-of-age film featuring the song Mrs Robinson Crossword Clue
• Companies in the ____ group supply electricity and gas to the whole island of Ireland Crossword Clue
• Construction toy invented by Frank Hornby in 1898 Crossword Clue
• Croatia's capital city Crossword Clue
• Engelbert Humperdinck's 1967 No 1 song about freedom Crossword Clue
• European microstate, a tax haven and skiing area Crossword Clue
• First of two British prime ministerial nicknames with the same first word Crossword Clue
• Gloomy; archaically, relating to lead Crossword Clue
• Groups of three or more intertwined strands, often of hair Crossword Clue
• He is venerated for his protection of 16As Crossword Clue
• Horse ____ is an abdominal condition that needs urgent veterinary attention Crossword Clue
• House Arryn's impregnable stronghold in Game of Thrones Crossword Clue
• In 1976, Nadia ____ became the only Romanian winner of what is now the BBC World Sport Star of the Year award Crossword Clue
• In Agatha Christie's The ABC Murders, the first murder is in this Hampshire town Crossword Clue
• In a ____ roll, a plane rotates completely on two axes Crossword Clue
• Jeff Beck's No 1 single ____ Lining is sung by many football supporters Crossword Clue
• John Brown's initial role at Balmoral Crossword Clue
• Louisa May ____ wrote Little Women (1868 and 1869) Crossword Clue
• Luke Littler won the World ____ Championship in 2025 Crossword Clue
• Magical incantation; a Steve Miller Band No 1 in 1982 Crossword Clue
• Major beef cattle breed that is naturally hornless Crossword Clue
• Mountain locally called Sagarmatha or Qomolangma Crossword Clue
• Officially, an Oscar is an Academy ____ Crossword Clue
• Playwright ____ Williams wrote Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Crossword Clue
• Region including Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam Crossword Clue
• Robert ____ wrote the first book showing images of insects and plants seen with microscopes Crossword Clue
• ____s are the usual main ingredient of marmalade Crossword Clue
• Silent film comic actor and stuntman who made The General in 1926 Crossword Clue
• Stone coffin used in ancient Mediterranean civilisations Crossword Clue
• Swiss watch brand worn by James Bond in films since 1995 Crossword Clue
• The actor Omar Sharif was also a world-class ____ player Crossword Clue
• The best-known version of ____ Dreamin' was by the Mamas and the Papas Crossword Clue
• The hereditary title that was awarded to Denis Thatcher Crossword Clue
• The official seat of the European parliament is at ____ Crossword Clue
• The only country where the colon is a currency unit Crossword Clue
• The time it takes Earth to orbit the sun once with respect to fixed stars Crossword Clue
• The use of words resembling their meanings in sound Crossword Clue
• Venice's central commercial area for about 900 years Crossword Clue
• West Brom's Jeff ____ was the leading scorer in the first division, 1969-70 Crossword Clue
• "What is necessary to change a person is to change his ____ of himself" (Abraham Maslow) Crossword Clue
• Word that can follow commercial, fellow or space Crossword Clue
• Zail ____ became India's first Sikh president in 1982 Crossword Clue