The Times Specialist Sunday puzzle clues 2025 Dec 28

• 1943 Cary Grant film in which a long submarine journey starts on Christmas Eve Crossword Clue
• 1993 crime drama film starring Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette Crossword Clue
• A Christmas tree's height to width ____ may be 2:1 Crossword Clue
• Actor who played Dr Kananga / Mr Big in Live and Let Die Crossword Clue
• Actress who played Jennifer Marlowe in the sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati, was later married to Burt Reynolds, and died in 2025 Crossword Clue
• Apulia city where Fiera dei Pupi is a fair noted for Nativity scenes Crossword Clue
• A university and M6 service are close to this village Crossword Clue
• A victorious jockey and horse are seen in the ____ Crossword Clue
• A wanderer, specifically one in search of pasture Crossword Clue
• & 19: All five members of ____ performed on Do They Know It's Christmas? Crossword Clue
• "Bring us out a mouldy cheese, and some of your Christmas ____" (A Christmas Carol) Crossword Clue
• Bump on a ski slope Crossword Clue
• ____ Burden is the lover of Joe Christmas in William Faulkner's Light in August Crossword Clue
• Canterbury or York for example Crossword Clue
• Change view on where We Three Kings came from? Crossword Clue
• Christmas food item called a "tart of flesh" in a 14th-century cookbook Crossword Clue
• Cocktails of crème de cassis and champagne Crossword Clue
• Cyclone ____ devastated Darwin, Australia on Christmas Day 1974 Crossword Clue
• Do what is expected Crossword Clue
• Either of two drummers who appeared on a 2002 Woolworths Christmas card Crossword Clue
• Former unit of electrical conductance Crossword Clue
• Genre of Matthew Bourne's 1992 Nutcracker! Crossword Clue
• Go beyond expectations or requirements Crossword Clue
• Holiday destination of the McCallisters in the Christmas film Home Alone Crossword Clue
• Hormone secreted when food is detected Crossword Clue
• "If we are not satisfied with our state of being we will be slaves to the five desires which ____ the five senses" (Gautama Buddha) Crossword Clue
• Holy was the 1992 Christmas special of this sitcom Crossword Clue
• Ikea's first turkey-sized ____ was for Christmas 2023 Crossword Clue
• Illumination typically used on Christmas trees Crossword Clue
• Informally, marketing jargon Crossword Clue
• Infrared astronomy device launched on Christmas Day 2021 Crossword Clue
• In many Western churches, ____ marks the beginning of Christmastide Crossword Clue
• In York, some of this river was frozen over on Christmas Day 2010 Crossword Clue
• The Night Before Christmas is a 1941 ____ cartoon Crossword Clue
• Jack ____ wrote the essay Not Long Ago Joy Abounded at Christmas Crossword Clue
• One of the Blue Peter presenters who hosted the 1971 Christmas edition of Disney Time Crossword Clue
• Organisation holding 2025 Christmas markets, eg at Avebury, Calke Abbey and Waddesdon Crossword Clue
• Parties and other celebrations, eg at Christmas time Crossword Clue
• Racing vessel at the Quebec Winter Carnival Crossword Clue
• Rizzo the ____ is a character in The Muppet Christmas Carol Crossword Clue
• Santa needs to know if you've been ____ or nice Crossword Clue
• See 29 Crossword Clue
• "Serves them right, those ____-loving, sickly-sweet, nog-sucking cheer mongers!" (How the Grinch Stole Christmas) Crossword Clue
• Short-term hospital service, especially in the USA and Australia Crossword Clue
• Singer/songwriter who fronted Ace, and whose tenth studio album was Winter Wonderland (aka A Soulful Christmas) Crossword Clue
• ____'s That's My Goal was a 2005 Christmas No 1 Crossword Clue
• Someone ____ is unfairly blamed Crossword Clue
• "The cattle are lowing, the baby awakes" begins the second verse of this Christmas carol Crossword Clue
• The Finnish home of Father Christmas Crossword Clue
• The last episode of this BBC TV sitcom was a Christmas special in 1974 Crossword Clue
• The total number of birds in The Twelve Days of Christmas Crossword Clue
• "'Tis good for men to love their present pains / Upon example; so the spirit is ____" (Henry V) Crossword Clue
• Two types of Christmas for meteorologists or cineastes Crossword Clue
• Type of band which plays in some versions of Las Posadas, a Mexican Christmas event Crossword Clue
• Vaughan Williams wrote a ____ on Christmas Carols Crossword Clue
• "We clap hands and welcome the Peace of Christmas / We ____ this good season to wait a while with us" (Maya Angelou) Crossword Clue