The Times Specialist puzzle clues 2026 May 18

• Author of Mrs Dalloway and The Waves Crossword Clue
• Chicken or turkey, eg Crossword Clue
• Chick fathered by a gander Crossword Clue
• Citizen of the second largest Mediterranean island Crossword Clue
• Classic sitcom about the regulars of a Boston bar Crossword Clue
• Counterparts of rod cells in the eye Crossword Clue
• Domestic feline with grey and brown mottled fur Crossword Clue
• Dried leaves used to fill cheroots and panatellas, eg Crossword Clue
• Establishment where butter and cheese are made Crossword Clue
• Frost formed on objects by the freezing of supercooled fog Crossword Clue
• --- Goldberg, comic actress in Ghost and Sister Act Crossword Clue
• Large deciduous tree of the genus Quercus Crossword Clue
• Maiden who was turned into a spider after a weaving contest with Athena Crossword Clue
• Male reproductive structure in a flower Crossword Clue
• Mel ---, co-host of The Great British Bake Off with Sue Perkins during its BBC run Crossword Clue
• Nocturnal beetle with luminescent abdominal organs Crossword Clue
• Piece of text containing every letter of the alphabet Crossword Clue
• Scandinavian alcoholic spirit typically flavoured with caraway seeds Crossword Clue
• Stone extraction sites Crossword Clue
• Suffolk location of the UK's largest container port Crossword Clue
• System using ones and zeros to represent numbers Crossword Clue
• The ---, 1983 film about a group of test pilots, based on a book by Tom Wolfe Crossword Clue
• Type of long-bladed knife with a guard for the hand Crossword Clue
• US rock band fronted by Michael Stipe Crossword Clue
• US secretary of state under Joe Biden Crossword Clue
• US singer and actress who recorded Wind Beneath My Wings for the film Beaches Crossword Clue
• US term for autumn Crossword Clue
• Yorkshire battle site where Parliamentarians defeated Royalists in 1644 Crossword Clue