a
A second tie put on where actors perform (6)
Alleviate pressure on my total earlier food intake (8)
Arrested over kind of tyres (8)
Attacks small hill with 1,000 soldiers at the rear (6)
Adores wife's gold vessels (8)
After short time, bit of a hand for subsidiary performer (6,6)
As Boyle may be heard to mention pioneers in elastics for back of bra? (4,3,3)
A bit of fizz in cup Ruth stirred for cocktail (5,5)
American, educated, gets employed (4)
Ale and prawn cocktail? It could kill you (8)
Abandons the run, gutted to be behind (6)
Annual payment for looking after kids? (8)
Abroad for a long time due to lack of services (7)
According to the rules (2,3,4)
Appalling (9)
Absolute ruler (6)
A grave message (7)
A way of progressing agents' lack of cover (8)
Arrest, finding weapon in bibliophiles' association (4,4)
A little belligerent ombudsman in Bury (6)
About to happen (8)
Always sober (8)
Animal turned up with mother (4)
Aides trained to make plans (5)
Article abolishing right of secular organisation (6)
Army or navy mechanic — I refit car (anag) (9)
Angered (anag) (7)
Action of bandit with equipment breaking cover (10)
A group of soldiers in welcome treaty (9)
Astronauts together step into wind (5,4)
As may be bum, fairly 2 27 (7,6)
Adds with fingers (4)
Aberrant, unpredictable (5)
Abundant (9)
Asian country (4)
Accept a loan (6)
About to smack, intercepted (3,3)
Although small, couple accepted sandwiches … (7)
Able and willing to adjust to new conditions (7)
American biscuit (6)
A fake prophecy: 'Earth's lost metal' — it's doubtful (10)
Animated figure's bearing American god (8)
Abdominal organ — bad temper (6)
Athletic Chaplin for head of Disney! (7)
Atomiser sprayed around a perfume (9)
A bridal accessory said to provide help (5)
Accessory (3-2)
Athenian's dip in defeat, alas, a marathon backfiring (12)
Auditor's dressed Natalie Wood (6)
Adolescent growth, terrible mistake (8)
As is woman with Man United? (6)
Apparently innocent, like Cupid? (3-4)
Author of The Hobbit (7)
All over the world (8)
Assorted charts lead to places of worship (10)
Article represented a patron saint (6)
A-lister's cool futuristic vehicle (8)
A traitor enters river to get clear (9)
Aware male is lacking in feeling (8)
Awkward naked fiend in popular religious establishment (12)
Awful (8)
Assassinated US president (7)
A feeble prosecutor, so walk (7)
A thousand queuing to catch a fast train here? (4,4)
A little late, intentionally avoided any restaurant (3,2)
Against the law (7)
Adjust for better functioning (4)
Amazon e-reader (6)
African river or country (5)
Attraction of climber getting into lap dancing (6)
Accordingly, returned flag as an object of worship (6)
A writer's turf (5)
Able to make fine distinctions (6)
Antelope children lifted up (3-3)
Angelic messenger who brought the Virgin Mary her good news (7)
Austro-Hungarian-born American film director, d. 1986 in New York (9)
Abridge Old Testament book, suppressing hard term (9)
Amerindian's poetic apostrophe to a wise man (5)
As expected in what you do, keep hearing you are to follow strange echo (3,3,3,6)
An aristocrat who swings both ways is not quite right (1,3,3)
All NHS leaders have duty to pro­tect personnel from infectious disease (7)
Academic point of view produces sympathy (6,7)
A performance-enhancing drug for a flier (8)
Associate, partner (12)
Amicable (8)
Anxious (12)
Asian pianist playing to entertain a king (9)
American power breaks trans­mitter: one hangs up (9)
Apply oneself in serious contest (3-2)
A limited number taking newspaper every now and then (9)
Animal reserve — a distant one seen in flash (6,4)
Aussie animal gets smart at rest (8)
Animal that preys on others (8)
Arctic peoples (5)
An ancient Greek is charged with negativity (7)
Agreed! And, if we're taking turns, I'm off (5,2)
A worthless African party orig­inally encouraged shirking (9)
Ancient unit of length, based on the forearm (5)
American's wallet (8)
Adherent of the main branch of the Methodist Church (8)
Anti-tank weapon used by infantry (7)
As bespoke tailor did? (8,2)
As Fellini said to directors, 'Quickly, get on!' (3,6)
Around lake, watch person catching fish (7)
A certain opinion on iconic TV broadcast (10)
Assesses lab subjects, having injected drug (5)
A river journey for ancient boat with many oarsmen (4)
Arena for the San Francisco Giants or the LA Dodgers (8)
Archer (6)
Another hearing actual TARDIS oddly stopping (7)
After reshuffle, Attlee ran for deputy (9)
A cricketing wrong 'un (6)
A cricketing four or six (8)
Authoritarianism (7)
Aries, Taurus et al (6)
Arduous journey (4)
Add more details (5,3)
All-night party (4)
Arranged denial without asking first (5,2)
All settees, when rearranged, fit together (10)
Always move different sappers to protect the Queen (8)
A cyclist's greeting, in the main (4)
Act secretly in union (8)
Angry gripe about disgraceful advantage given only to a few (9)
Animal in one pen being mounted (5)
Allergic reaction to pollen (3,5)
A waste of time with empty beer glass, nothing to drink (9)
As slaver, master holding nothing back (5)
Airport employee becomes an army officer's personal servant (6)
A persistent (and annoying) acolyte (6-2)
A little bit at a time (5,2,5)
A dog's dinner? (4)
A blade used by crew avoiding river animal (4)
Anything in New York inclined to offend (7)
As potential purchaser, gets into stonier ground (5,2)
Absolutely essential (7)
African natives from city in the way of … (5)
A prince's fruit and gin cocktail turning up (9)
Agog (3-4)
Athlete using bars, beams and vaulting horses (7)
Arresting boxing scrap, very exciting (4-6)
Autumnal full moon (7,4)
All-female celebration (3,5)
Attack from above — moved bib (anag) (4-4)
A girly boot design is essential (10)
Absolutely empty lavatory is lethal (6)
Al Pacino's beginning comeback with new project (4)
Active male principle of the universe (contrasted with 'yin') (4)
Arrogant (9)
Advertising phrase connected to a product (6)
Adult insect (5)
All our letters after B: A goes, for a start (7)
All the Spanish make commotions (2-3)
Abroad, a thousand separately enter coast, a part of peninsula (5,5)
About to tuck into brownish-red biscuit (8)
American fraudster who ran the largest Ponzi scheme in history, d. in prison 2021 (6)
A selection made purely at random (5,3)
Arouse (6)
A little nipper trapped between poles (7)
Area's excellent service stifling resistance (4)
A media king half ignored this social activity (5-3)
Annoyed with piece of furniture for TV (5-7)
American taxi round American centre (5)
At the start (9)
Atmosphere picked up instinctively (informal) (4)
Agitated by the disorder at university (3,2)
A stirring race meeting? (7,3)
Apostle meeting God? It's child's play (5,3)
Arts graduate about to join little woman in play (7)
Aunt is rambling around one African country (7)
Awkward (5)
Alike (7)
Allusion (9)
Address thus includes mountain time (5,2)
Ape eats second and third banana on top of the forest (6)
At Wimbledon bagel order covered by cheese roll (7)
Abstinence from alcohol (10)
Another adjustment on TV (5)
Attractive younger companion at a public event (3,5)
African city's counterpart of White House? (10)
A Berliner's affirmative vote, one opposed by people of Paris (4)
Astronomer's model in error — after switching two bits, okay finally (6)
Aiming to follow foolish instruction in nursery (5-8)
Allotted time (4)
Artistic category (5)
Absorbing item (3,5)
Astonishing (7)
Advantages enjoyed by certain groups (10)
Ask to keep note folded (7)
Apply wash to top of granary loaf (5)
Anti-authority — rant at cleric (anag) (12)
Army, one broken from now on (3,4)
American soldiers first to enter the lists (5)
A poor actor with nothing wandering around beach (5)
A thousand winged creatures seen around in the morning — they are huge (8)
Asian performance said to be put in order? (6)
Abandoned drunk is being given shelter (8)
A necessary thing (4)
Alcohol made from fermented honey (4)
Accomplished (7)
Act unwisely and get lost (4,2)
Act seductively (4)
An obvious change in public opinion (11)
A convenience for hotel guests (4,7)
Antigone? (anag) (8)
Attempt to influence; fix (6)
At three-month intervals (9)
A boy's boy? (8)
A woman of colour (8)
Astonished to be punched in the face (10)
A writer about myself and distant ancestors (6)
A slice of chorizo needed, as far as one can see (7)
Almost nobody here at midday (4)
Appreciated conclusion about job yet unfinished (7)
Authorised (8)
Attendant spills first drink (5)
Ancestry, pedigree (7)
About right, brief idea for currency (5)
At a hedge (anag) — make progress (3,5)
Assimilate — shelter — hoodwink (4,2)
As one (8)
At hand (arch) (4)
Axed (9)
Asian capital (5)
Act properly (6)
Arab gentleman raised a very large amount (7)
Alcoholic drink (with Rosie?) (5)
Arrangement of flowers — gone, say (anag) (7)
Abode of angels (6)
Arthur's Seat visited by large number (7)
Arms met awkwardly, cradling large hampers (8)
Ardent (for) (4)
Afternoon meal (4,3)
A 'deadly sin' (4)
A small secluded room — eg NY rugs (anag) (8)
Allocating roles to defend line protecting the king (8)
Asian sultanate, British-administered, that is to the west (6)
A pungent flavouring out of large fungus (6)
A group rowing in a newsroom broadcast (9)
Acting head of institute plugs buzzword? (7)
At present — fetch Ron one (anag) (3,3,5)
An average (4)
A Native American people — coke here (anag) (8)
A ___ Lad (1896 collection of AE Housman poems) (10)
An increasing problem ties boy in knots (7)
Automobile seen in Kansas City (5)
Adjust model's front wheels, not working without key (7)
Action is pure (anag) — dogged (12)
As old as the hills (7)
After stripping, find adult agents will be generous (9)
Artificially coloured (4)
Author understands what 7 had in 1 (7)
Antagonistic (7)
Acrobatic feat (9)
As soon as possible, couple cleared out (4)
A land with military commander elected time after time (5,3,5)
Anaesthetize: amaze (4)
Arboreal lizard of the Americas (6)
A city in Tanganyika, doesn't matter which (3)
A group of bosses ready to travel? (6)
Ash found on the beach? (9)
Action planned to achieve a goal (6)
As good as possible (4)
Americans imprison very loud Republican leading Yankee riot (6)
Assistants like eating fish (5)
Animal doctors (4)
Asian country (5)
American poet's name with no apostrophe S, hyphenated originally (4)
About time — pull in abdomen desperately (one who's trying to look sexy?) (8,6)
Aim to have day in American hills (7)
Assume it's a 'no' for replacement gifts (9)
An Asian — in a rain (anag) (7)
Animal control scarce in report (8)
After leaving Turkey, incisive head of state charms (8)
Association such as at Liverpool or Everton? (8,4)
Aerial (7)
Ancient; obsolete (7)
Anecdotes illustrating a moral (7)
At all, in dialect; by any manner (5)
A rise in body temperature, often caused by infection (5)
Allow someone to pass (4,3)
A whale of a book (4-4)
Admitted a record holds information (12)
Awful Lothario initially promises to love setter (9)
Argues over daughter and son getting weapons (6)
Almost ahead of schedule after November (6)
Additional amount (4)
Achilles' aunt in play sees visions (12)
Any number have a liking for sex (5)
Assault force becoming excited (3,2,4)
Administrative units of government (7)
African wild pig (7)
Anglo-Saxon kingdom from 519 until England was united in 927 (6)
Atoms spinning round in north-eastern state (9)
A hand needed to secure second military bar (5)
A grand entrance in residence gains respect (6)
Approach of one contralto after tense performance (6)
A lot of meat to keep moist in pan (8)
Avoided having erroneous beliefs, losing head (6)
Abound (4)
Abounding with energy (4,2,5)
Attempt to cover one diary in three books (7)
Asian native suggesting his phone was silent? (5)
Aimless (6)
At my house (4,3)
Aural inflammation (Otitis media) (4,3)
Adversaries at table abandon country garden (4)
Arbour with climbing plants (7)
An account of a real incident (8)
According to Spooner, Murs trick with soap? (9)
A number score twice with only headers (6-3)
Admission (6)
At a time when demand is lower (3-4)
Approved (6)
Arid; dried up (4)
Arthur tries to conceal injury (4)
Agree cooking is keen (5)
A hip seems fractured with stress (9)
After dancing, US bride extremely nervous of facial hair (9)
A second South American found in Indian state (5)
Acclaim vociferously (4)
Aim for wash, spin, dry, yes? Take clothes off! (6)
American exactitude shown in stiff feature (5)
Alcoholic drink — kingpin (anag) (4,3)
A thin peg, originally designed, that's pushed into hair (6)
Aged aristo sacked, thank God (3,7)
Audible tunes for king or queen, say (6)
Ascetic Hindu holy man (6)
A lot of rudeness shocked consumer, finally (3-4)
A final crushing defeat (8)
A flowery term of endearment! (5)
Attraction (6)
Albanian capital (6)
Aromatic seeds used as a spice and medicinally (8)
A clot? Speed is of the essence! (4)
A cold distant attitude is around since moving (7)
Amused by strange need to conceal success (7)
Academic essay (5)
Amusing comment (4)
After five Americans leave bar area ready, ale's drunk — and some kind of wine? (10)
Article on excited UK Green insiders' legendary response to rising water level (6)
A rector overseeing organ recital, originally raised church's sense of superiority (9)
After baffling air raid film, turned shed light on (9)
A fruitful sign? (7)
A great deal contributed within limits of policy (6)
Acts submissively (6)
At heart — Stanley lies (anag) (11)
A bit of a do (3-8)
Animal occupying English lea collapsing on the ground (7)
Awful moan that is indicating isolation and anxiety (6)
Acute (7)
A saying about limiting consump­tion, fundamentally (2,6)
An indication of assent over car's current age (4,6)
Adjusted to a secure distinct vision or a definite image (2,5)
Ape: copycat (5)
Act of applying force suddenly; force that moves something along (7)
Another word for it (7)
Almost be bold enough to succeed famous scientist (6)
Awkward to be left on the other side of the Channel (6)
Animal found in mountain area, roughly (6)
An old rocker and a similar rocker placed in an earlier time (9)
Added something in (8)
Australian conservationist seen in Mayfair window (5)
Area 51 fact: army uncloaked nine aliens, originally left of the birds in a region (9)
As part of the army, about to tear ligament (10)
Adjust an instrument or vehicle (4,2)
A Passage to ___ , 1924 EM Forster novel (5)
Arm with US bombs and first-class fighters (7)
A ramble up around Stein Head provides variety (3-5)
A white one's useless (and expensive) (8)
A walk in the park? (4)
Annexe to a building (4)
As if this country could be construed to be Afro-Asiatic! (7)
Anti-establishment (9)
A penny (for the officer?) (6)
Affectedly; sentimentally pretty (4)
Asian skewer speciality (5)
Avoid awkwardness when meeting for the first time (5,3,3)
Associate (7)
Advantage gained by Dutch champion during preliminary race (4,5)
Axe stunted trees (5)
Ace, perhaps, losing head and gaining new courage (5)
Acquire drug on street, getting intense (7)
Astronauts left through the nose (5)
Art of Basquiat and Banksy (8)
A presenter at home cutting unusually large borders (7)
Accomplished Republican bribed guards (7,3)
Award winner from bureau limited charges recently (8)
Annoy (6)
American singer-songwriter and actor, ___ Kristofferson (4)
As a joke (2,3)
At the home of (someone) in France (4)
Article removed from deceased in house, surrendered (6,4)
As luck would have it (11)
Asian wild ass (6)
Ascend; surmount (5,2)
Andy ------ (1928-87), pop art pioneer (6)
Acknowledge (3)
All but one of the team drop out of this (5,4)
A good hand graphically represented (11)
Approve of Red Nose fooling (7)
Appreciate model not having small figure (5)
Ambassador involved in crash may have a grievance (3,4)
Aspersions (5)
Always (4)
A little light from Rigel flickered around 2000 (7)
Authentic German playwright, not British (4)
Are you in Cannes with stars where bankers end up? (9)
Astronauts primarily vote by rating missions (7)
Artist leaves out one moon of Saturn (5)
Aggressive dog almost hurting pointer (6)
Again change text in part of screed I type (2-4)
Arouse wife on the ground (4)
Aroma (of sanctity?) (5)
Advisor who's not welcome to dine in rugby players' club (4-4,6)
Artist drawing horse behind farm animal (7)
Ate up most of ham, in reality (2,5)
A must see: Stalin getting overthrown (9)
Assembled (8)
At the right time; not late (2,3)
Academic break (4-4)
Abel's brother (4)
Add up 1 + 100 to get score (5)
Animals returning earth's nitrogen content (5)
Angry when anyone's nasty with daughter (7)
Analysed Mother Earth idea (7)
An art icon represented a flower (9)
Aslan's world (6)
Attractive (8)
Agreement (4)
Anguished king's US subject accepting award (7)
Attempts to cross French sea, being back in boats (8)
All mice out to eat a shrub (8)
Acrimonious (6)
Available for renting (2,3)
Affectations of superiority (4,3,6)
Away from land (8)
Able to produce the result intended (11)
Altered (7)
Avoid car accident when temperature drops (4)
As canaries missing a cuckoo (7)
Ask softly, then take charge (5)
Act like a parasite (6)
Afternoon rest (6)
Award Savage a very low mark for wit (5,5)
Armadillo's articulated body marking (5)
A week's break from school (4-4)
Area most associated with TE Lawrence? (6)
AC/DC quiet round piano playing piece (6)
A piece of cake from party to go off without lid (6)
A note about lake on fire (6)
Authorise, officially permit (7)
Almost in the lead for a brief moment (6)
Alcoholic drink cures heart failure (10)
A book kept by unusual dealer, having merit as literature? (8)
Artificial body of water and river rose differently (9)
Account swallowed by public editor exaggerated, in part (9)
A relative getting up with cereal, ultimately for fibre (5)
Amazing soft drinks, Tango I see (9)
Australian marsupial (which Americans begin with an 'O') (6)
Asian capital (5)
Ancient Italian (5)
Accountant who inspects the records of a business (7)
Affection for a swamp (4,4)
African capital (5,5)
Alter (with an intention to deceive) (6)
Advancing of a claim (10)
Airs (anag) (4)
Absolute value is recurrent problem, with board game involved (7)
Anyone at first, latest in long sequence sick in crowded tenement (7)
Agreed to return after short dip (7)
Apocryphal story very much shortened (5)
Abscond — wasteland (6)
Available for selection as a matter of course (2,3,4)
A short jumper, showing style (4)
Approval from two Europeans on board (5)
Appreciation after a length of time (8,5)
American writer of macabre tales (3)
Authentic and typical (4)
Affectedly playful and teasing (4)
Attempts to convert base metals to gold (7)
A Highlander's fur or leather pouch (7)
Assuming label covers family (6)
Alter vital access to capitals (5,3)
A very small amount of sense (5)
Appliances without charge and almost nothing showing at first (8)
Approach a location (6)
Accordingly, protecting against a grand capital city (8)
Appearing later: coyote, initially tamed, crossed with setter (3,2,4)
Available over the net (6)
Academically oriented secondary teaching institution (7,6)
Arrangement of rows and columns (6)
A friend in Spain (5)
Amen to that! (3,4,2)
America? (5,3)
Asian swallow flying west across India gradually disappears (9)
Absurd 12 (4)
Abominable snowman (4)
Animal life of a region (5)
Arrange severance of leg in attack (3,2)
Acrobat bum-over-hip in roll (12)
Araucaria's silence surrounding where to begin typing page? (6,6)
A fitting tribute, retiree initially going to that local (3-2)
Aggression (8)
A drive through Paris or Edinburgh in reverse (4)
Adequate space to manoeuvre (5,4)
Associate, confederate (4)
Adjoin (4)
After temperature rises, bear becomes badger (5)
Attempt extremely wide yorker at the end to batsman (5)
Attractive motor, no boot, silver interior: £1,000 (8)
Around capitals for students learning lots (and field trips) (5)
A hero apt to look silly in special headgear (5,3)
Abandons worried dons when students are away (7)
Approaching Turkish capital in darkness (5)
Author whose work is attributed to someone else (11)
A fibula's larger partner (5)
Avoidance of reality with Conservative in impasse, unfortunately (8)
A little crack in gingerbread man (4)
Annoyed (8)
Abandon computer studies completely? I don't believe you (5,2,3)
A sober lover left devastated by this music (6,6)
Ancient artefact (5)
Advantage (5)
Army unit (7)
Affianced (7)
Agitated state (6)
Attribute (6)
Agile (6)
Adult (5-2)
Ancient (5)
Absorb (4,2)
As medic, I locate some back pain (5)
Album full of possibly illegible signs? (9,4)
Appropriate vehicle hired again outside (8)
American VIP has huge circle (3,5)
As a whole (2,4)
All the universe except the speed of light is an assimilation process (7)
At that party hosting group of stars, I'm leaving (6-2)
Armies swamped by anguish or despair (6)
Author's latest books inspired by this, but in Latin accent (6)
Affirmative (informal) (4)
Abuse others online (5)
Arguments for and against (4,3,4)
Afflicted by joint pains etc. (9)
Annoy (6)
Awkward (6)
Arouse passion (7)
A kitchen counter? (3,5)
Acclaim luminary meriting advance (12)
Accredited goal secures championship (8)
Amateur in prison making way up (5)
A new tiresome task cut short for news presenter (6)
Ape skirts middle of land in covering of a forest (6)
Anticipate times taken over exercise in English court (6)
An overdue (anag) — attempt (9)
African is talking to whom? (4)
Arboreal amphibian (4,4)
About to come (2,3,3)
Abductor (9)
Architectural style displayed by the Alhambra at Granada in Andalusia (7)
Artwork includes model foot able to be sculpted (7)
Ancient ladies snorting crack after noon (4-3)
A number of punters sing in nude (9)
A naturally fermented soy sauce — air mat (anag) (6)
Amphibious rodent (5,3)
Absurd English not to be found in our clues, I'd fancy (9)
Appalled (6)
Australian wild dog (5)
At the right moment (2,3)
Autonomous province of Spain, capital Pamplona (7)
Acronym's components (8)
Alloy of iron and nickel used in tuning forks and other instruments (5)
Aprons (anag) — service provider? (6)
A promising entertainment? (6,4)
A Russian, I turn Republican (4)
After making a show, they may hand in their notice (7)
A minor thoroughfare in another country (6)
Assistant rejects official scoring error (5)
Affected when chip lacks length (4)
African haven for sailor — one rejecting all limits (11)
A father goes on ground to find refreshment (4,3)
Arrange list of performers (4,2)
Adam ___ , George Eliot novel (4)
Apparently reasonable (9)
As a finish to hatter's ambition? (2,3,2,3)
A bit of her novel is set within Scotland's borders (5)
Alterations (7)
Aggressive and discourteous (9)
Artificial (9)
A genuine trust (anag) — identifying notes? (9,4)
Ancient Greek city in modern Turkey, site of the Temple of Artemis (7)
Accountant (informal) (4,7)
Addict returns with essentially filthy product (6)
Augment noise of horn by adding occasional flux (4,2)
A lot (4)
An official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore (5)
Annoying large one, entering place for fight (6)
Allow to get into round: it could be for the better (8)
Annoy (4)
Azure (4)
Alter (4)
American-born soprano, hailed as La Divina (5,6)
Adhesive (4)
Apparently removes end from items (7)
A home featured in newspaper is unsteady (5)
Article in part of electrical system is decaying (9)
Abandon vermouth? Don't be silly! (4,3,2)
A container slightly open (4)
Austrian city where Mozart was born (8)
Accompaniment for bangers? (4)
Accumulate (5)
As a diet of bananas, with a spice (10)
Americans awfully keen to invade backward state (7)
An item of underwear sold in outrageous new style initially causes injuries (9)
At once (8,4)
A security measure plugged by Conservative flyer from Canada (6)
Artist erasing one sizable figure (5)
All keyed up — note to honkers (anag) (2,11)
Adage (7)
Assessed (5)
Approach (6)
A knight stuck in base, feeling very hot (5)
A new local ground grant (9)
Authorise, officially permit (7)
A Yalta Conference attendee (9)
Article written in ancient Hebrew (3)
A little over 51? That's special powers (9)
Alleged murderer gets stick (4)
Asian river snake bites diva in half, close to vein (9)
American actor, Matt, becomes a drifter (5)
About little lost fish (6)
Angler's instrument brought up unknown quantity of fish (4)
A long time (5)
American illustrator who put 'Rosie the Riveter' on a 1943 Saturday Evening Post cover (8)
American folk dance (7)
Aniseed-flavoured liqueur (6)
American swot — bedew (anag) (5)
An outstanding personal quality or asset (when playing bridge?) (4,4)
Alteration (8)
A period of fasting among sources of fruit and sweeties (10)
American throne for English king (4)
A fifth of money put in collection so far (2,3)
A lover of priestess carrying cross for great king (9)
Agents following in this way Liberal Party (6)
A country once losing money — or a number of countries (4)
Assemble and arrange (7)
Agree to stop (4,2,1,3)
Amount by which a number rises (9)
Animated film (7)
Activity of someone desperate for time to pass (5-8)
Adorn (6)
And not (3)
Adult female has messed about with speed (4,5,5)
Approach (3-2)
Attractive (to the lips?) (8)
Arsenal (7)
A range that can be heard (5)
Ambition to have job that's upright (8)
A place to go after hidden traitors (6,6)
And others (2,2)
A Republican tucked into drink — porter, perhaps (6)
Axe policeman for smuggling heroin (7)
Actor tried playing king for role in theatre? (3,8)
Aware of boozer drinking round (2,2)
A wife in addition for knight (6)
Automaton (5)
Atmospheric pressure measurer (9)
Anxious and controlling (7)
Attempted deception (5)
Ask God? (4)
Archaic (8)
Anti-PC rioting that is irresistible to Tom (6)
Addictive substance reviewed in notice (8)
Aggressor starts to raid Ukraine, still stuck in action (6)
Absolute straightforwardness putting outsiders off (8)
Arrive (4,2)
American beast (7)
Abstract? See, I completely agree (9)
After losing billions, Russian drinks alcohol for starters (7)
Australian city turning inward (6)
Austere (7)
Abase (6)
A cutter's loaded with meagre rations (10)
Authorise (7)
A dedicated follower of fashion (7)
Another MP is (anag) — one who dislikes people in general (11)
Ancient writing paper (7)
A dogma, perhaps, surrounding a US state (7)
America and African dictator brought into play after revolution, certainly! (3,4,2)
Anise-flavoured French aperitif (6)
Automatically approved (6-7)
A municipality confiscating papers causes bitterness (7)
Act slowly and prevaricate; initially not what this demanded (4)
A cereal heard to surprise (5)
A drug gets one travelling through space? (8)
Affectionate (4)
A rejected work proposition includes nothing for great model (10)
American who drew game, with both sides full of energy (8)
A parting word (7)
Accuracy and attention to detail (9)
Annoying tune — more war (anag) (7)
Alloy of iron and carbon (5)
Approach large bull (6)
Absolute twist in tail describing Spieth's second round (6)
African animal, howler gobbling bird with wings pulled off (7)
Author taking month to pen a novel that's half-hearted (7)
A slowcoach (8)
Area subject to particular restrictions (4)
A seventh part of labour production in month — increased by permit (9)
As a stop sign can go a lot out of shape (9)
A piece of cake (5)
Armed helicopter (7)
Athletics event you wouldn't get over losing (4,4)
Astute on stage, one tamed daughter (6)
A support on land (6)
A king in brilliant list at back of book? (8)
Artist Tracey from ’ere gets fame (8)
A bishop meets old church music composer who is teetotal? (9)
Annex that could be No 16 (9)
Absolute beginner — Eton hype (anag) (8)
About to tackle husband wearing the eau de Cologne? (5)
A tiny speck (4)
Aiming to go up in the world (12)
Anti- or auto-, for example (6)
Abnormal sac in the body containing liquid (4)
Auditor's assessment for variety show (5)
Artwork could make attendant blush, were I to go in (11)
Attractive means of getting a drink, more or less (6,4)
Against harsh assessment of some bedding (3,6)
Asian primate rushes all over the place (6)
Aniston, Lopez or Saunders (8)
A creative movement breaking with tradition (3,4)
Amphetamine (informal) (5)
American author, Louisa May ___ , d. 1888 (6)
Action that serves as a warning to others (6,6)
Ambush European soldier heading north, such as Cyrano de Bergerac (4,4)
Appropriate, as birds turning up from the south (6)
Agog (6)
Ask searching questions (5)
Arson site (anag) — unproven claim (9)
Appeal, petition (4)
Abduct for ransom (6)
Affable (6)
Actors Goldblum or Bridges? (4)
Aviator's gang suffering more than one provocation (12)
About to call European dignitary embarrassing (12)
Aggressor discovered peace in West Germany (9)
Adamant about key American right to have a gun (7)
Appropriate to house creative types in flat? (9)
Arranged in a pile (6)
Abuse (8)
As country-lover, Pat protects this small group (4)
At hotel wonder about vital delivery tracking system (4-3)
A master of wine avoiding church counter (6)
Apply to a prince for a chaplain (8)
Actual existence in county (vote denied) (4)
Alzheimer's, for instance (8)
Actor (abbr) (5)
Act as a peacemaker (7)
After spring, darkness reduced, just about (4-4)
Abstain from drug that is cut (6)
Almost cut short new hanging (7)
Assignations (6)
After new trouble, save digital enhancements here (4,3)
Answer on most of epic Faerie Queen (7)
Appealing on set or stage, entice running around (9)
Acclaim novel method when scrubbing inn (7)
Almost home, not from South American city (7)
Aromatic culinary herb (7)
Ancient woodland area in Essex and Greater London — free stopping (anag) (6,6)
Author of Love in a Cold Climate (5,7)
Alight — be acquitted — go to sleep (3,3)
Authoritatively opinionated (8)
Aptitude (5)
Again and again (3,2,3,3)
Agatha Christie detective (7,6)
Aloud, criticise a vote counter smoking this? (9)
Assailant here needs a good hiding (6)
A cop is excited about southern artist (7)
Asian language proves draw by the sound of it (4)
American with avarice is of the same mind (6)
A learner having little vitality gets permit (5)
A number sitting in boozy US diner? (7)
Agree map at sea would show strength of current (8)
A game with mates (5)
Able to express oneself easily and well (6)
A pint drunk before a film (6)
Article describing 2 3 and 4 11 (4)
Aversion (9)
A United Arab Emirate — hash jar (anag) (7)
Alas, sad Sid, missing Violet, is full of lust (9)
Argentina's signature housing grant (6)
Above performing with bra on show? Not quite (2,3,2)
Airport in the London borough of Hillingdon (8)
Appear very large (5)
A blow within faction, journalist getting shot (10)
A New York Yankee clinging to Washington come what may (6)
American pioneer of mass car production, d. 1947 (4)
Assemble and arrange (7)
Articulate (6)
Amount to be paid (5)
Aussie 14 champ here? (the completed grid represents one) (5)
American sports player is best to put on sports clothing (9)
Another player, a robotic sort, not extremely cheery (4)
A youthful Barker's serve wide at first (5)
After a kind of dash, Ms Barker gets result (5)
Appear to give notice before end of term (4)
American soldier leading workers, huge folk (6)
After a month agent has modern technology falling apart (8)
A spinner's delivery? (3,5)
As (5)
Anxious feeling (7)
Atone (4,6)
A little (8)
Anxiety (5)
Army officer (7)
Author of Mrs Dalloway (1925) and To the Lighthouse (1927) (8,5)
Annoying — tedious (7)
Attempt (4)
Ancient temple, home to Greece's foremost Oracle (6)
A biped has two (4)
A riot's target (anag) — Tower of London entrance from the Thames (8,4)
Accept my word for it! (4,2,4,2)
Accept the consequences of one's actions (4,3,5)
Acid neutraliser (6)
Austrian composer about to enter another European country after upset (4)
Attendant in a royal household (7)
As expected (5)
Areas to the side of a theatre stage (5)
Advantage or profit (7)
Astonishing, wondrous (3-9)
Area of activity, expertise etc. (6)
Agreement (4)
Author of Salem's Lot and The Shining, b. 1947 (7,4)
Alcoholic drink (3,3,5)
Academic whistle-blower rejected present (7)
Amount (8)
Alcove by an open fire (9)
American with his woman, perhaps overseas (6)
An age taken ascending stadium (5)
Abstract work with relative fault reported at the beginning (8)
Ancient empire of south-west Asia, still known for cats and carpets (6)
Annoyed (5)
A girl more suited for performance (9)
Abode (8)
A virtual fool, thirty, dressed up as children's character (5,5)
Attachment to boat behind 25 10 in large ship, by the sound of it? (6)
Area of large trees and other plants (6)
Almost not (6)
Analyse grammatically the parts of a sentence (5)
Authorises king to enter Cyprus on vacation (6)
Ancient city in Asia Minor, home of the beautiful Helen (4)
Agile crab (anag) — having to deal with a branch of mathematics (9)
Admits to wrongdoing or error (4)
Agnetha, Björn, Benny and Anni-Frid as a group (4)
Attractive fellow leaving print work (7)
All over the place after street disturbance (6)
African of mixed Arab and Berber descent (4)
A pain in the neck about police officer (5)
Accept wife's appreciation of music (4)
All-consuming (9)
Accepts parts in films (5)
After hostile takeover, call for better service lines (7)
Ambassador's residence (7)
Architect left one instrument (7)
Ancient burial mound (in Furness?) (6)
Aeons (4)
At once (8,4)
Aardvark (3,4)
Automatic record player (7)
As far as I can see, story mostly is on the level (10)
A spin out in this? (4)
Accounts book's advantage in long run (6)
Avoid awful heap that is deformed (8)
At home having endless quarrel, woman in rebellion (8)
A fantastic artiste offering short songs (8)
All Earth's inhabitants (8)
Austrian state, capital Innsbruck (5)
Attendant to cook sardines (not in pan) (10)
Arranged for servant's delivery (4)
Aware of melody above noise (5,2)
Arrange differently (5)
Active (for one's age?) (4)
About to break two arms badly, making a heap of soil (4,4)
An afternoon brew, when chap's opening the drink down under (6,3)
Avoid dealing with (5)
A speech of violent denunciation — I do beards (anag) (9)
Arachnid with poisonous stinging tail (8)
Absent oneself from school (4,6)
Arduous search (5)
Able to take girl into the country (6)
A good person, just a boy (6)
America endlessly embroiled in area of conflict (6)
And not small when unwrapped, as usual (6)
Anticlimax of odd concert finale? (3-5)
Abracadobra? (8,7)
A lot of money — drive very fast (4)
Article by naturalist, primarily about birds (5)
A northern wood said to be of great age (7)
Amerigo Vespucci's great discovery (7)
Announces conditions (6)
Assembled portrayal of it, following page just released (8)
A top, not very abbreviated, in cotton fabric (6)
As tax may be, having set up island — old money welcome (8)
A lively (anag) — blend of cotton and wool (7)
Arrival of many (6)
According to Henri I, English revolutionary scoffed (6)
After unfinished sweet, also called for Greek dish (8)
A bit of bread or cheese ingredient brought up (6)
A later addition (12)
A sinful pride (anag) — it's said to be psychologically revealing (8,4)
Affectedly modest (3)
Alien transport? (6,7)
Avoid (6)
About to make a mistake, wearing sensible white (8)
A field of runners is so energetic (4,2,5)
As dye plant, use some vanilla (4)
Artist to draw relentlessly competitive way of life (3,4)
A French father (4)
Autry or Hackman? (4)
A performance enhancer: it might have a huge impact (8)
Author of Educating Rita and Shirley Valentine, Willy ___ (7)
A tittering laugh (3-3)
Amount consumed (5)
A lovely head showing wisdom (9)
Also (3)
Act of retaliation (9)
A gene mutation follows a location for Rhodes (6)
Again settled up American youngster's requirement (6)
Acquire what's available (3,2)
A team order established principle (5)
A wine came into being (5)
Airliner emptied, a line appearing under drill on a plane, say (8)
Aim (to do something) (6)
Apple — pie (4)
Arbitrarily (2,6)
Antipathy from states about to besiege India (8)
Authentic — original kind of tennis (4)
Australian unusually cites creed's opening, being of austere outlook (7)
Almost realise romantic acquaintance is unexciting (6)
Advise re FBI involvement (5)
A torch? (7,5)
Ate hastily — result of injury to mouth? (7)
Anger is heard in this old region (4)
A fine corgi — source of delight for one, possibly (3-7)
A bishop about to leave RC church? This matter is insoluble (6)
Army's initial breaches endanger sovereign (8)
A child in law (5)
A composed group of people (7)
Automatic succession to first-born child (13)
American rye whisky (7)
Artificial — as tinder (anag) (8)
Appear depressed, but work through debilitating condition (4)
An editor out of control should be restricted (8)
Agent suffering setback (and cut off) kept going (10)
Actor is out with naughty nobs (11)