The Times Specialist Sunday puzzle clues 2026 Oct 18

• 1948 Bafta-winning film directed by Carol Reed, starring Ralph Richardson Crossword Clue
• 1969 Ken Loach film about a boy and a bird of prey Crossword Clue
• 1985 Diana Ross hit written by the Bee Gees Crossword Clue
• 1986 romcom with Rob Lowe and Demi Moore, remade with a mainly black cast in 2014 Crossword Clue
• "A crew of patches, rude ____s" (A Midsummer Night's Dream) Crossword Clue
• A cutting tooth Crossword Clue
• Adjective relating to our sun but no others Crossword Clue
• Ancient documents Crossword Clue
• An old joke says a sign of old age is when you sit in a ____ and can't get it going Crossword Clue
• A performer or band's regular engagement at a venue Crossword Clue
• Barbary Coast pirate; a pirate ship Crossword Clue
• Blefuscu's rival neighbour in Gulliver's Travels Crossword Clue
• Capital of the southern Netherlands province Limburg Crossword Clue
• Clouseau's manservant in the Pink Panther movies Crossword Clue
• Common name for Urtica dioica or a similar plant Crossword Clue
• Disco band founded in 1972 by Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards Crossword Clue
• Doomed fictional planet, home of the House of El Crossword Clue
• Drink once called "la fée verte" ("the green fairy") Crossword Clue
• English actress born Ilyena Lydia Mironoff Crossword Clue
• European amphibian with a distinctive yellow line on its back Crossword Clue
• Figure of speech such as "bread and butter" instead of "buttered bread" Crossword Clue
• French car maker founded in 1899 by brothers Louis, Marcel and Fernand Crossword Clue
• French painter whose works include The Turkish Bath, completed in 1863 Crossword Clue
• In a military saying, what to do with something that doesn't move Crossword Clue
• In languages such as French, pronunciation of a usually silent final consonant preceding a vowel, such as the S in "ils ont" Crossword Clue
• Top Gear recording venue and test track site, 2002-2020 Crossword Clue
• Large bird in the most primitive surviving family of birds Crossword Clue
• Letter of the Greek alphabet which looks like H in upper case Crossword Clue
• Make lace with a hand shuttle Crossword Clue
• Mardi Gras means ____ Crossword Clue
• Middle East pro-democracy movement which began in late 2010 in Tunisia Crossword Clue
• Name for an early fax machine, originally a Xerox product Crossword Clue
• Name for a portable grill, literally meaning "fire bowl" Crossword Clue
• Overcoat named after a traditional Irish province Crossword Clue
• Park Jae-sang is the real name of the singer behind this 2012 phenomenon Crossword Clue
• ____ played the title role in Buffy the Vampire Slayer Crossword Clue
• Polaris is the ____ Crossword Clue
• Reproduce an organism from parent stock by natural processes; spread (an idea) widely Crossword Clue
• Technical name for repeating what someone else has said Crossword Clue
• "The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read, / With loads of learned ____ in his head" (Alexander Pope) Crossword Clue
• The home of Leeds United FC Crossword Clue
• The Danzig Trilogy by Günter Grass consists of The Tin Drum, ____ and Dog Years Crossword Clue
• This teacake's name may be an Anglicised version of "soleil et lune" (sun and moon) Crossword Clue
• Those seeking to reverse decisions of lower courts Crossword Clue
• Twilled fabric, the worsted kind of which is used in military uniforms Crossword Clue
• Vehicular items at least sometimes used to represent UFOs Crossword Clue
• "We are all in the gutter, but some of us are ____" (Oscar Wilde) Crossword Clue