The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2023 12 24

crossword answers
Clue Answer
CHRISTMAS NATIVITY
French epic poem, usually about knightly exploits chanson de geste
Rugby position also called stand-off outside half
That which fills a small seasonal pie MINCEMEAT
A rich cake, often layered GATEAU
Love Came Down at Christmas is a ____ by Christina Rossetti POEM
To cook using dry heat ROAST
Maritime shift of 4-6pm or 6-8pm DOGWATCH
The normal position of a bodily organ SITUS
Austrian composer noted for his very short pieces Anton Webern
Actor who rose to fame as Ron Weasley Rupert Grint
Phonograph records, collectively VINYL
Scandinavian goddess of love and war FREYA
5-shilling pieces CROWNS
Typical of one’s usual behaviour in character
Jackie Wilson’s Christmas No 1 of 1986 Reet Petite
MP who served as Home Secretary, 1983-1985 Leon Brittan
Eponymous boy of a 1762 treatise by Jean-Jacques Rousseau EMILE
RAISE A GLASS TO TOAST
Site where calcareous clay is dug marl-pit
Herbaceous perennial also called fox’s brush red valerian
Computer data retained for likely reuse cache storage
Newcastle United manager since 2021 Eddie Howe
The contents of a poor box ALMS
THE CAPITAL OF QATAR DOHA
Gelatinous confection also called lokum TURKISH DELIGHT
Put (someone) in a state of confusion turn inside out
Sparkling wine which must be made entirely from Moscato Bianco grapes ASTI
A heavenly body whose apparent brightness fluctuates variable star
2018 Christmas film based on a Dr Seuss character The Grinch
In strictly mistaken terminology blamed on Leo Fender, a guitar’s ____ arm is called a whammy bar TREMOLO
An alternative to yew for making bows ELM
Display stands for knick-knacks ETAGERES