The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2023 12 24

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