The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2020 12 27

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Home secretary 2016-2018 AMBER RUDD
Broadcaster who created That Was The Week That Was Ned Sherrin
THE SYMBOL ~ TILDE
Medicine to relieve a blocked nose DECONGESTANT
Those left behind by some Christmas trees NEEDLES
The ____, a Dostoevsky novel published serially in 1868-69 IDIOT
The pizza preference of 1A, according to an old joke deep pan crisp and even
The first in an alphabetical list of Denmark’s cities AALBORG
The composer of Hungarian Rhapsodies and Mephisto Waltzes LISZT
The alcoholic ingredient of a snowball cocktail ADVOCAAT
“The King of Rock ’n’ Roll” was also called ____ Elvis The Pelvis
A seasonal name for Schlumbergera x buckleyi Christmas cactus
Small anchor used for warping or hauling off KEDGE
Playing card whose symbol is a trefoil CLUB
Pixar’s second film, following Toy Story A Bug's Life
____ played Captain Janeway in Star Trek: Voyager KATE MULGREW
American actress who voices Bart Simpson Nancy Cartwright
____ Works was Josiah Wedgwood’s name for his factory opened in 1769 in Stoke-on-Trent ETRURIA
A male friend, to a French speaker AMI
“The law which attempts a man’s life is ____, unjust, inadmissible” (Marquis de Sade, on capital punishment) IMPRACTICAL
Many Hawaiians recently ate at a Christmas ____ LUAU
A churchyard or burial ground God's acre
In computing, a backup of old files or versions ARCHIVE
1A takes place on ____ The Feast of Stephen
1960s sitcom starring James Bolam and Rodney Bewes The Likely Lads
“____ on its stomach” means workers can only function effectively if well fed an army marches
“A scholar knows no ____” (Jean Paul Richter) ENNUI
Historically, ____ and terminer was a type of court hearing OYER
Foo Fighters single of 2005, follow-up to Best of You DOA
An important source of nutrition for large whales KRILL
Unsolicited social welfare assistance, usually from non-governmental bodies OUTREACH
Decoration often seen on top of a Christmas tree ANGEL
Acronym sometimes seen on a love letter envelope SWALK
A daughter of a sibling NIECE
A Christmas carol Good King Wenceslas