How to find files by extension in Finder or Spotlight?

Hi.
This is shame but I was faced with problem which I can't solve in Finder/Spotlight — I can't search files by extension. May be I don't know something? Keyword "Kind" too abstract for this and searching not by exact extension. Wildcards never worked in spotlight. Thoughts?
P.S. Yes, I can do for example in terminal 'find . -name "*.txt" | xargs open -a BBedit' but this is not working for all apps and I don't want to return to eighties

dusty thread, but for those arriving from google, it is (supposedly) possible to add File Extension to the search options available:
in Finder hit Cmd+F to open the Spotlight interface (without requiring a string to search for)
Hit the search parameter dropdown (by default "Kind")
Select 'Other'
Find and tick 'File Extension' from the list to have it show up in the short list.
I say 'supposedly' because its not working for me when i search for 'psd' on 10.8.2
Hope it helps someone, Cheers, Tim

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