The Times Specialist Sunday puzzle clues 2026 Oct 04

• 2003's top-selling single in the UK, by the Black Eyed Peas Crossword Clue
• 2021 film with Ryan Reynolds as a non-player character in a video game Crossword Clue
• All-time top scorer for the Ivory Coast men's football team Crossword Clue
• An alcoholic drink taken before a meal Crossword Clue
• A perfect example of a type Crossword Clue
• Architectural style of Regent Street's Liberty department store Crossword Clue
• "Authors with a mortgage never get ____" (Mavis Cheek) Crossword Clue
• Bank that acquired Abbey National in 2004 Crossword Clue
• Bucks Fizz No 1 after Making Your Mind Up Crossword Clue
• Chinese dog breed with a name meaning "sand skin" Crossword Clue
• City where the Red Cross is headquartered Crossword Clue
• City whose metropolitan area incorporates Giza Crossword Clue
• Co-creator of the sitcom Spaced, who also appeared in Twenty Twelve and W1A Crossword Clue
• Colour of the snooker ball worth five points (4) Crossword Clue
• David Szalay novel that won the 2025 Booker Prize Crossword Clue
• ____ delivered the "ball of the century" to Gatting in 1993 Crossword Clue
• Diderot's coinage "l'esprit de l'____" ("staircase wit") refers to thinking of a perfect reply too late Crossword Clue
• Director who played Harry Lime in The Third Man Crossword Clue
• German engineer Rudolf ____ invented a type of internal combustion engine Crossword Clue
• Golden Boot winner at the Women's Euro 2022 tournament Crossword Clue
• ____ and Empire is a novel by Isaac Asimov Crossword Clue
• "If you believe you're a citizen of the world, you're a citizen of ____" (Theresa May in 2016) Crossword Clue
• In 2023, this organisation persuaded Moonpig to stop selling cards depicting pugs or French bulldogs Crossword Clue
• Paddington: The Musical won seven ____ awards in 2026 Crossword Clue
• Isaac's mother in the Bible Crossword Clue
• Island in the Bailiwick of Guernsey Crossword Clue
• The Lion King (1994) character voiced by Jeremy Irons Crossword Clue
• Japanese dish typically consisting of breadcrumbed chicken with rice and a mildly spiced sauce Crossword Clue
• Japanese "geek" subculture concerned with manga, anime etc Crossword Clue
• Joan Rivers, Sooty and Adele have been hosts of the long-running occasional ITV series ____ … Crossword Clue
• Latin phrase meaning "at the original position" Crossword Clue
• Loan word from French, meaning "having lost social status" in English Crossword Clue
• Name sometimes used for Japan's tallest mountain Crossword Clue
• ____ of Aquitaine married the future kings Louis VII and Henry II Crossword Clue
• On a stress-strain curve in engineering, the ____ point is where at least some permanent deformation begins Crossword Clue
• One of The Hundred and One Dalmatians Crossword Clue
• One of the Old Testament "major prophet" books Crossword Clue
• On February 6, 2026, the Dow Jones Industrial ____ closed above 50,000 for the first time Crossword Clue
• Rhyming description of Marvin in Hitchhiker Crossword Clue
• River that flows through Nantes Crossword Clue
• Saint often represented by a spiked wheel Crossword Clue
• ____ sang the theme songs for Fame and Flashdance Crossword Clue
• Site of a 1979 nuclear accident in Pennsylvania Crossword Clue
• Surname of the first elected leader of Russia Crossword Clue
• The first female US vice president Crossword Clue
• The phrase "mistakes were made" could be rewritten in the ____ in order to assign responsibility Crossword Clue
• "____ Transformer" is the GPT of ChatGPT Crossword Clue
• Type of sword with a curved blade Crossword Clue