The Times Specialist Sunday puzzle clues 2026 Apr 05

• 1950s lad often dressed in drainpipe trousers and brothel creepers Crossword Clue
• 1991 western comedy about unlikely cattle drovers Crossword Clue
• 2009 comedy-drama starring George Clooney as a man who hopes to earn ten million frequent flyer miles Crossword Clue
• A 2017 study concluded that ____ were not the main vectors in historic European bubonic plague pandemics Crossword Clue
• A cloverleaf junction often has eight ____s Crossword Clue
• A film or TV production unit's chief electrician Crossword Clue
• Barefooted runner; South African slang for a minibus taxi Crossword Clue
• Coming-of-age novel, written by SE Hinton in her teens Crossword Clue
• Conservation organisation formed by an amalgamation of the Plumage League and Fin, Fur and Feather Folk Crossword Clue
• Female activists such as Emily Davison (1872-1913) Crossword Clue
• French farewells Crossword Clue
• German composer of a 1937 cantata of medieval poems Crossword Clue
• Grotesque animal or human figure forming a rain spout Crossword Clue
• "If it makes you happy, then why the hell are you ____?" (If It Makes You Happy, Sheryl Crow) Crossword Clue
• "If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every ____" (Henry David Thoreau) Crossword Clue
• In chemistry, what the symbol Z represents Crossword Clue
• In Dungeons and Dragons, a d12 is this shape Crossword Clue
• Informally, to give someone excessively favourable treatment Crossword Clue
• Jane Tennison's initial rank in ITV's Prime Suspect Crossword Clue
• Keir Starmer's Ten Point Plan has a 2028 target of 0.6m annual installations of this device using the refrigeration cycle Crossword Clue
• Latin phrase meaning an essential requirement Crossword Clue
• Lymphatic tissue mass at the rear edge of the pharynx Crossword Clue
• Marine invertebrate such as the starfish Crossword Clue
• Means of dispatching a person affected by lycanthropy Crossword Clue
• Nigel Kennedy's 1989 recording of this Vivaldi work topped the classical music charts for over a year Crossword Clue
• Once, a Greek light infantryman; a Greek presidential guard member with a uniform including shoes with pom-poms Crossword Clue
• Part of the church year which has just ended Crossword Clue
• Peninsula whose most westerly point is Cape Roca Crossword Clue
• People who collect or study paper money Crossword Clue
• Period of human history from 1957 to the present Crossword Clue
• ____ played Napoleon Solo in The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Crossword Clue
• Rum liqueur; a Californian beach city Crossword Clue
• Salver on which bread is placed in Eucharist services Crossword Clue
• ____'s first novel was The Secret History (1992) Crossword Clue
• Singer who did not live to see his song Your Cheatin' Heart top the Country and Western charts in 1953 Crossword Clue
• Song that prompted Tony Blair and Queen Elizabeth II to hold hands at a special event in the Millennium Dome Crossword Clue
• Tennis player who became British No 1 in 1997 Crossword Clue
• Term for a mischievous or jolly adventure Crossword Clue
• The first overall prize (with the current title) at this event was awarded to a greyhound, Primley Sceptre, in 1928 Crossword Clue
• The standard meat topping on a Hawaiian pizza Crossword Clue
• This animal's biblical debate with Balaam was depicted in a 1626 Rembrandt painting Crossword Clue
• ____ thoughts might be mentioned in a confession box Crossword Clue
• Trees bearing filberts or cobnuts Crossword Clue
• "____ tutta" is Italian for "full speed ahead" Crossword Clue
• Vegetables US vice-president Dan Quayle couldn't spell Crossword Clue
• Vessels which take sailors with leave ashore Crossword Clue
• Wes Anderson collaborator who debuted with his brother Luke in the director's 1996 film Bottle Rocket Crossword Clue
• "Why do doctors carry red pens? In case they need to draw blood from ____" (Dad joke) Crossword Clue
• Word which can follow fruit, blow and house Crossword Clue
• Writing style also called 1337, first seen on 1980s bulletin boards Crossword Clue