The Times Specialist Sunday puzzle clues 2026 Jan 25

• A decorative container for flowers, starting with the French for "hide" (verb) Crossword Clue
• A famous Cadbury advert featured a gorilla performing the drum break from Phil Collins's In The Air ____ Crossword Clue
• A narrow-bladed dagger Crossword Clue
• "And ____s calling for them from sad shires" (Wilfred Owen, Anthem for Doomed Youth) Crossword Clue
• An extract of this citrus fruit flavours Earl Grey tea Crossword Clue
• Another name for a jack in a pack of cards Crossword Clue
• Appetiser, originally of thinly-sliced raw beef Crossword Clue
• A privateer, such as Conrad in a Byron poem Crossword Clue
• Arnold Schwarzenegger film remade in 2025 with Glen Powell Crossword Clue
• As much as possible, informally Crossword Clue
• Athletics event with a men's world record set in 1995 Crossword Clue
• A "Zamboni" is a machine for resurfacing an ____ Crossword Clue
• Charity founded in 1938 as the National Marriage Guidance Council Crossword Clue
• Cocktail containing rum, curaçao, lime juice and syrup Crossword Clue
• Cricketer who captained England to three successive Ashes wins, 1977-81 Crossword Clue
• Dulce de ____, popular Latin America, is caramelized condensed milk Crossword Clue
• Elena Ferrante novel, L'amica geniale in the original Italian Crossword Clue
• Estuary containing the Isle of Arran Crossword Clue
• First London tube station to have escalators installed, in 1911 Crossword Clue
• French version of "yours truly", literally "wholly yours" Crossword Clue
• Having a pH value higher than 7 Crossword Clue
• Having made or saved significant money Crossword Clue
• In astronomy, the tenet that the universe looks essentially the same from any position Crossword Clue
• Indonesian island giving its name to a monitor lizard Crossword Clue
• In film studies, ____ prioritises the role of the director Crossword Clue
• In poker, having bet one's entire stack of chips Crossword Clue
• ____ State of Mind is a Jay-Z and Alicia Keys song about New York Crossword Clue
• Knorr ____, despite the name, measure 28×24×12mm Crossword Clue
• Lady Gaga's co-star and director in A Star is Born (2018) Crossword Clue
• Lynda La Plante created DCI ____, played by Helen Mirren Crossword Clue
• "____ Man" was a name for the kind of car-owning middle-income voter targeted by New Labour in 1997 Crossword Clue
• Mississippi-born musician called "blues boy" by a radio station early in his career Crossword Clue
• "Oh, ____ with a little help from my friends" (the Beatles) Crossword Clue
• Oldest younger sister of Elizabeth in Pride and Prejudice Crossword Clue
• Peter Sellers played Dr ____ in a 1964 film Crossword Clue
• Reddish-brown pigment obtained from cuttlefish ink Crossword Clue
• "Several things can turn the skin into rough old leather instead of ____" (Delia Smith on roasting pork) Crossword Clue
• Since 2002, the name of the main National Lottery draw Crossword Clue
• Text written ____ is not in code Crossword Clue
• The eyeball's outer membrane Crossword Clue
• The first country alphabetically in Central America Crossword Clue
• The Greek god of the west wind, or poetically any gentle breeze Crossword Clue
• The L of luxury goods conglomerate LVMH Crossword Clue
• "Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind" (Kant, ____ of Pure Reason) Crossword Clue
• Tile-laying board game named after a French fortified city Crossword Clue
• Tory MP who lost in 2016 and 2019 leadership contests Crossword Clue
• To suffer a punishment Crossword Clue
• ____ was an inspiration to the composers called Les Six Crossword Clue
• Welsh city where actor Michael Sheen was born in 1969 Crossword Clue
• What "corrupts absolutely", according to Lord Acton Crossword Clue