The Times Specialist Sunday puzzle clues 2026 Feb 01

• 1962 French love triangle comedy directed by Truffaut Crossword Clue
• 1989 Billy Joel song about a Russian clown whose father died in a Second World War siege Crossword Clue
• An animal with an exoskeleton and jointed legs Crossword Clue
• An evergreen herb mentioned in both bible testaments Crossword Clue
• An ____ foreshore area is typically underwater twice daily Crossword Clue
• An independent, systematic, financial review of a company Crossword Clue
• A place where a river, drain or sewer empties Crossword Clue
• A plan of Hogwarts that identifies people's movements Crossword Clue
• A pupil in Harry Potter with a reputation for dottiness Crossword Clue
• A set of ____ spoons was once a common baptismal gift Crossword Clue
• Author of the play Peer Gynt, first performed in 1876 Crossword Clue
• Bird of southern oceans, similar to a northern relative Crossword Clue
• Body of permeable rock which can store significant quantities of water Crossword Clue
• Brand best known for adhesive dressings, mainly for minor wounds Crossword Clue
• Cedars of ____ are ____'s national symbol Crossword Clue
• Essex town where the band the Prodigy was founded Crossword Clue
• Francois ____ captained the Springboks to world cup victory in 1995 Crossword Clue
• German city near Meissen that was also famous for porcelain Crossword Clue
• German name for some Second World War prison camps Crossword Clue
• "God formed man of the dust of the earth, and breathed into his ____s the breath of life" (Genesis ii, 7) Crossword Clue
• Harold Davenport's The Higher Arithmetic (first published in 1952) is a major text about this branch of maths Crossword Clue
• Health improvement created with dummy medication Crossword Clue
• In American cuisine, "French dressing" evolved from ____ Crossword Clue
• Iranian monetary units Crossword Clue
• The ____ is a Schubert song, variations on which are a movement in his only piano quintet Crossword Clue
• Video Killed the ____ (1979) was a chart-topping song by the Buggles Crossword Clue
• Jean-Claude Van ____ is a Belgian martial artist and actor Crossword Clue
• Making ____ into something is progressing towards an aim Crossword Clue
• Montpellier and Perpignan were once parts of the mainly insular Kingdom of ____ Crossword Clue
• Nickname for an inaccurately named The Wind in the Willows character Crossword Clue
• Orford Ness National ____ is on Europe's largest shingle spit Crossword Clue
• Part of this is the "Big Dipper" in the USA Crossword Clue
• Paul ___ was the husband of Star Wars actress Carrie Fisher Crossword Clue
• ____ produced the first vaccines for rabies and anthrax Crossword Clue
• Region of northern Tanzania, including a national park Crossword Clue
• Roman triumvir, a character in two Shakespeare plays Crossword Clue
• She was a US civil rights activist in Montgomery, Alabama Crossword Clue
• Someone like Lady Godiva, or Bess of Hardwick Crossword Clue
• Something done under ____ is forced or coerced Crossword Clue
• The biblical levirate obligation says a sonless widow should marry her ____ Crossword Clue
• The darker, central part of an eclipse shadow Crossword Clue
• The edible seed of a legume such as a lentil or bean Crossword Clue
• The footballing father of Chelsea's No 9 and long throw-in expert Crossword Clue
• The format for services laid down by a particular church Crossword Clue
• The highest score in ODI matches between test nations, England's 481 in 2018, was achieved at ____ Crossword Clue
• The penny ____, first issued in 1881, was the UK's first postage and revenue stamp Crossword Clue
• "To eat" in German; a German city Crossword Clue
• To update one's membership when it becomes due Crossword Clue
• US actor and filmmaker who starred in Twins (1988) Crossword Clue
• US-born ____ was a writer and avant-garde art collector Crossword Clue
• Visit ____ is Arsenal's current sleeve sponsor Crossword Clue
• Will Champion is the ____ of Coldplay Crossword Clue