The Times Specialist Sunday puzzle clues 2026 Jan 04

• About 25 per cent of this Japanese island is occupied by US military facilities Crossword Clue
• Adrian Mole or Samuel Pepys, for example Crossword Clue
• American cold beverages, containing neither of the foods in their name Crossword Clue
• An informal name for various notably spiny plants Crossword Clue
• An old name for an ophthalmologist Crossword Clue
• An omnium ____ is a collection of miscellaneous things Crossword Clue
• Author who created Simon Templar ("The Saint") Crossword Clue
• Brass and woodwind are ____ of musical instruments Crossword Clue
• Description of the animated character Felonious Gru Crossword Clue
• Greek letter name, changed to distinguish it from another Crossword Clue
• ____ has just adopted the euro as its currency Crossword Clue
• Heavy metal band whose bestselling album was Hysteria (1987) Crossword Clue
• If you have a ____ something, you don't like it Crossword Clue
• ____ II, scheduled to launch after February 4, will be Nasa's first crewed mission since 1972 to leave Earth orbit Crossword Clue
• My Cherie ____ was a 1969 Stevie Wonder song Crossword Clue
• In a game of ____ dice, declaring a false score is legal Crossword Clue
• Informally, a ground that hosted its last Ashes Test in 2017 Crossword Clue
• "In war it is necessary not only to be ____ but to seem ____" (Andrew Bonar Law) Crossword Clue
• Italian composer best known for tone poems about Rome Crossword Clue
• Italian ski resort which hosted the Winter Olympics in 1956 and will be a joint host in 2026 Crossword Clue
• Toy Story character voiced by Tom Hanks Crossword Clue
• Language mainly spoken north of Canada's tree line Crossword Clue
• Less common name for an edible summer treat Crossword Clue
• Local rivals of Juventus in Italian football Crossword Clue
• Member of a Central American civilisation, c 1200-400BC Crossword Clue
• Michael ____ wrote the novel War Horse (1982) Crossword Clue
• More common of two names for a structural support also called an RSJ Crossword Clue
• Name for pasty Middle Eastern and Asian confections, derived from Arabic for "sweet" Crossword Clue
• Name for the man on the street or the Clapham omnibus Crossword Clue
• Neckwear item named after the southern Europeans who wore an early version Crossword Clue
• Originally Polish-speaking author of Lord Jim (1900) Crossword Clue
• "Patriotism is ____. I must have no bitterness or hatred towards anyone." (Edith Cavell) Crossword Clue
• People voting against something Crossword Clue
• Rarely used musical symbol indicating F on the middle line of a stave Crossword Clue
• Route 66, established in 1926, ran from 11D, Illinois to ____, California Crossword Clue
• Sane (Latin) Crossword Clue
• Scottish artist Eduardo ____ was a pioneer of pop art Crossword Clue
• See 10D Crossword Clue
• "Set honour in one eye and death i' the other, / And I will ____ both indifferently" (Julius Caesar) Crossword Clue
• Shells historically used as currency in some places Crossword Clue
• Silent movie actress who, aged over 90, starred with Bette Davis in The Whales of August (1987) Crossword Clue
• That which you can be eaten out of in an expression Crossword Clue
• The host city for the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest Crossword Clue
• The island that was the home of Homer's Odysseus Crossword Clue
• The ____ is the Lord Speaker's seat in the House of Lords Crossword Clue
• The Norns of Norse myth are "____ of fate" Crossword Clue
• The space probe ____ 1 should reach a distance of one light day from Earth later in 2026 Crossword Clue
• Title and closing track of a 1971 Beach Boys album Crossword Clue
• Truman Capote non-fiction book about murders Crossword Clue
• Unlike insects, spiders only have ____s, in up to four pairs Crossword Clue