The Times Specialist puzzle clues 2026 Jan 05

• Apache leader famed for his resistance to colonisation Crossword Clue
• Arctic marine mammal bearing a single long tusk Crossword Clue
• Bafta-winning actress whose recent TV credits include Reunion and Bad Sisters Crossword Clue
• Carbon ---, lethal gas Crossword Clue
• Car part superseded by fuel injection systems (O, not E) Crossword Clue
• Creator god in Hinduism Crossword Clue
• Extensive archipelago of which the Cyclades, Dodecanese and Crete are a part Crossword Clue
• Fine volcanic deposit Crossword Clue
• Guillermo ---, Mexican director of the 2025 version of Frankenstein Crossword Clue
• Legendary queen of Troy Crossword Clue
• Local name for the UK's second most populous city Crossword Clue
• Narrow Scottish valley (4) Crossword Clue
• New York-born singer of Girls Just Want to Have Fun Crossword Clue
• North American plain (7) Crossword Clue
• --- Peninsula, the world's largest landform of its type Crossword Clue
• Personal accessory that plays a key role in The Importance of Being Earnest Crossword Clue
• Pseudonym of the fictional hero Don Diego de la Vega Crossword Clue
• Raptor that is now the UK's most common bird of prey Crossword Clue
• Savoury biscuit named after a Somerset doctor Crossword Clue
• Sheffield band whose 1980s hits include Poison Arrow and The Look of Love Crossword Clue
• Slovenia's capital city Crossword Clue
• State capital of California Crossword Clue
• Style of serving potatoes mashed, piped and baked Crossword Clue
• Term for a group of snipe or a light strand of hair Crossword Clue
• Tortilla chip topped with cheese, peppers etc Crossword Clue
• Transcendent spiritual state in Buddhism Crossword Clue
• TV series based on novels by Bernard Cornwell about an early 19th-century soldier Crossword Clue
• Whitening or sterilising agent Crossword Clue
• William ---, 14th-century poet to whom the allegorical work Piers Plowman is attributed Crossword Clue
• Young fashion-conscious woman of the 1920s Crossword Clue