Clues Starting With n News about cycle of regularly fabricated material (5) Not all bowling at Edgbaston will get a wicket? (4) Needed some paper in colour (8) Not as many women get into free running (5) Nation's wicked slandering — no sir! (7) North Yorkshire racecourse (6) Not meant seriously (6-2-5) Nurse's backside (4) Natural aptitude (6) Number 10 cut directive originally taken on board (5) Nutrition doctor's writing stuff on low-calorie soda (4,5) Not even a famously patient person is right to be a handyman (3-6) Not clear (7) Nitwit (informal) (5) Nosh (informal) (4) Not yet getting on with my interlocutor, nattering emptily (5) Natural ability (sought by scouts?) (6) Namby-pambies knocked back casserole (4) New star dies in accident (8) Newborn adopted by holy man rejected as strange (8) New dawn as rains cease spreading across North (11) Native of Tyneside (7) Nervous queasiness (informal) (12) New measure of computer storage filling two clouds (5) Nunnery (7) Note — torch etc (anag) (8) Nightlife mostly turns into a type of entertainment for high flyers (2-6) Notes on a fish? (5) Nothing heard from American prisons (5) Not exact, but so far to travel (2,1,4) Nile region once served up excellent cake (5) Nutmeg's supporting commercial plugging superb college (7) Note with a Turner portrait (6) Not, say, spaghetti hoops on a round of toast? (6,4) Noteworthy period (5) Naked celeb acted, discovered by director and chosen (7) Non-clergy (5) Not familiar (12) Not visible to the theatre audience (8) Nothing in the North (4) Not recognising central unit's position during trade (2,6) Numskull (6) Nothing in tennis (4) Number getting into some trouble (5) Not perpendicular (6) Nannies (7) Numbers puzzle with 81 squares (6) No relaxation, enclosing a direction for poetry (3-4) Not in position to admit girl that's too good to ignore (10) Number fed on bananas, very many (2,3,2) Needed as substitutes? Come off it! (5) Not mass-produced (8) Notes about mollusc one cooked as tribute to sailor (7,6) Nickel or dime (4) National Front of Belfast tense with Irish revolutionary (7) Native of Mosul? (5) Nordic country (7) Not behaving normally (informal) (6) Nose wiper? (6) No-hopers mislaid baggage containing uniform (4,6) National leader veers off racecourse (4) New moon was spotted eventually by outdoor worker (8) Not highly cultured (7) Neglect (4) Newspaper chief (6) New Zealander (inf.) (4) Nutty confection (6) Naughtily fool guy with mystery science (7) No square dealings in this seat of power? (4,6) Note expensive car with gold and red top (6) Never done before (13) Neglected (7) New Yorker putting duck in home for birds (7) Novel I pen as she produces religious book (9) Not valid in law (4) New attempt to return drink to mug (6) Not appropriate — if licentious (anag) (12) Name gong bagged by more than one of twelve (8) Notes from female 2 (8) News stories of two couples? (5) Named the ninth rock from the sun in 1930, demoted to 'dwarf planet' in 2006 (5) Niche; recess (4) Not persuaded (9) Not the ways, we hear, to travel to this island (6) Neat hospital worker (7) Ned Kelly, for instance (6) Nice lemon in tonic, mixed right inside (6) Noisy and disruptive ghost (11) Name adopted by conventional poet (5) Nearby chemists supply home flu protection, might you say? (7,7) Nothing fixed without a carpenter's tool (4,3) Nut-turning tool (7) Novel is by all contributors initially referring to language unit (8) Not to be mentioned (5) Nicholas Nickleby's school (9,4) Nautical captains (8) Nurse carrying cocoa mixed for animal (7) Newspaper possibly reveals 'Goddess married to heartless youth' (6) Nasty accusation given attention by NCO (5) No leaving construction sets in sacred site (5) Named; made reference to (5) No let-up? (anag) (7) Nelson or Hornblower? (7) Neck style or haircut? (4) Nanny's nanny? (8) Note place and time animal's caught and used as target (4,6) Nap with small dribble on bottom of chin (6) Non-religious (7) Nocturnal African primate with large eyes and ears (8) Nasty look securing newspaper worker for Punch (4-6) Not deserved (9) Not dry, not sweet (4-3) Noon service? It's on time (4) Nickname for British military police (7) Nice day, on reflection, for correspondent (6) Nelson's supporter? (6) New English author (6) Not any more (2,6) North American country (6) Not subject to taxation (6) Naive and stupid, snorting cocaine earlier (2,7) Neither down about college failure (5-2) Nudge when maintaining one's balance (9) North American vulture (7) Note close friend's short, a tiny measure (6) Norse god (4) Name for the series of arid plateaux occurring in parts of South Africa (5) Name differently (7) Name given to Australia when colonised in 1788 (3,5,5) Nobody accepts a little piece in any colour (3-5) Noisy mass on supporting structure (5) Neglectfulness (6) Nothing winning about kiss, a second indiscretion (4,3) Not yet attempted taking on males in need of grooming (9) Naughty bits apt to make one religious (7) Neuter cat, say — you'll get a scrap! (7) Nature's mutated when uranium's left behind (6) Nice difference in meaning (6) Neptune has been leaking? Hope your trip is safe! (8) Nocturnal bird with grey-brown feathers (8) Northern city's deer dispersed in a local peak (8) North American reindeer (7) Negotiated hard deal about riding horse (7) Nigel excited by new reading material heading off for a seat by the fire (9) Nonentity (9) Number of balls thrown, grey (8) Nothing on course to relieve irritation (7) Nurses undressed in Broadway show (5) Noisome and discordant duo is holding no score (6) Nonsensical syllables used when humming a refrain (3-2-2) Normally (2,5) Non-broadsheet newspaper (7) Not often (6) News of unconscious forces present in objects after hydrogen removed (7) Not put off (9) Note start of month has new moon, occasionally (4) Nervous, puzzling 5 across, 10 down (5) Nutmeg seen in part of London gym? No chance! (4,4) Northern city half filled with superior old people (6) Not new (6-4) Natural bituminous material used for making pavements, etc (7) Nebulous (4) Nasty smell from river — no good (4) Numerous (4,2) Night light? (6) Not talkative (8) No matter who (6) Nimble — energetic (9) Not fine (6) Northern Hemisphere ruminant (3,4) Nudity abroad is out of order (6) Notice French king, with time, becomes skilful (6) Northern Italian city, home of the San Siro football stadium (5) Nettle rash itchy, less excruciating first of all (4) Notices Christmas fare if served with mint, did you say? (5) No longer existing (7) New air hostess (anag) — vessel's basic viability (13) New Look designer, d. 1957 (9,4) Network, say, as a team, cutting out articles (6) No longer available (4) Not pertinent (10) Number on the calendar; amorous liaison (4) Names on doors? (7) Niche working in retirement's fine (4) Nervous — tense (2,4) Note Europe's backing Philistine's approval of Matilda? (9) Neither (anag) (7) Not a sort of dreamy movement set up in Oxford college (6) Name shared by two Greek heroes at Troy (4) Notions (5) Note name assumed by wild alpine plant (9) Notes from singers on the radio (7) Necessary (6) Neglectful (6) Native of Moscow (9) Narrow strip of land in the sea (7) Number — finger (5) Nautical platform (4) Namely, he gets excited about marriage (8) Names of two girls sharing mother in this part of France (8) Neural defect has bachelor telephone dead actress (6,6) Nonconformist getting whisky on the house? (4,6) Nourish excessively (8) Native of Jerusalem? (7) Note, foreign money, brass? Could be (8) No rating could be so uneducated (8) Not able to write and angry about liberal diet (10) North European sea (6) Not so acceptable, being next to good novelist (7) Not standing as a politician, many would assume? (5) Note attempt to annul endless external organisations such as the NHS (7) Nameless, strutting male model (8) Nervously irritable (4) Native of a southern US state (5) No fresh watercolours? (9) Nasty puncture — it's been mended touring Alaska (9) Never wrong (8) Not paying attention — makes amends in bed, squeezing sweetheart's bottom (6-6) Network device doesn't start — it's far from gold (5) Notice of passing planet's route not right (4) Notice — I vet tradesmen (anag) (13) Nasty skin condition, especially common with children (6) Non-American streetcar (4) Not quite happening (5,2) Need university dons to write lines (6) Nutty Scottish leader once losing face (6) No hero takes care of a room full of the sick (6) Nymph gently donning lacy pants thus (7) Native American communal communities south-western United States (7) Nick grabs dance (3,4) Novel by Sir Walter Scott (7) Numb — dead to the world (6) Notion (4) NHS worker adapted to intense daylight (6,9) Not standing up for the truth? (5) Northern constellation, the Swan (6) National enters 25 countries (5) Novelist drops back knowing one's a pest (8) Naughty child can regularly keep reading (6) Not working — had to slow consumption in the end (4) Ninety featuring in subtle story published only by us (9) Not keeping up to date with rent's said to be bad (9) Nerve cell structures (7) Nose and ears not a game (7) Name given to Beethoven's Symphony No 3 (6) Nietzsche, say, putting away hot eastern dish (5,4) NB regular treatment needed for part of arm (3,6) Narrow promontory around large city in the Balkans (5) Newspaper contributor, a stylite perhaps? (9) Native of Moscow (9) Narrow strip of land in the sea (7) Necessary commodity in constant demand (6) Not monopolised (6) No good holding stew containing pea, say, one in a pod? (7) No thugs mess with this weapon (7) Not good enough (8) Not amenable to discipline (6) New South Wales capital (6) Nuanced translation of dialogue ignores it (6) New Labourite losing head, with yen to be flashy (5) Natural starch used as a setting agent in making jams and jellies (6) Not successfully treated, a priest abroad died (7) Name of woman the Devil upended with triumphant expression (7) North Warwickshire town where sister misplaced a note … (8) Neighbour set up brass instrument (4) Native of the former Siam (4) National workers' group taking on half of work (4) Newspaper, i did you say? (8) Nick (6) Non-metalic chemical element, B (5) Natural fertiliser (6) Not evens (4) Newborn (8) North-east resort's favourite way to welcome VIP (3,6) New missile submarine, say, moving home? (10) Nearby (5) Not able to go one mile to receive inspection for vehicle (8) Narrative song (6) Notion (7) Nine imperial gallons (of beer?) (6) New combination of art and levity in screen entertainment (7,2) Nocturnal flying animal (3) Nationalist not sure rioting seizes government (8) Nuns stripped on ramble to relax (6) Note about first of Colts, a shooter (7) Note skin damage — it's huge, man! (5) Nobody in Rome raised warning (4) Natural — born (6) Number here centre banned — day completely ruined (7) Not glossy (5) New World vulture with a massive wingspan (6) Nylon fabric used as a fastening (6) Nightwear (7) Non-hereditary lord (4,4) Not properly processed (10) Never-never land (10) Not keen on horse trained overseas (8) Not surpassed (8) Name of girl I see misrepresented in contents of blog? Just the opposite (6) Negative response about flowers in strong winds (10) Noted, say, first queen in scarlet (10) Newspaper describes America's Got Talent's big characters for the commoners (6) Northern rich girl occasionally gets nothing (5) Note the fellow stripped for play (7) None of us would be here without these bits of parachute ripcords (5) Non-ordained person authorised to conduct parts of Anglican services (3,6) Nods, X-ray turning out a gem (8) Note Norma perhaps fronting work in 18 (7) Not including (7) Newspaper's lead article has sharp material (7) Novice, beginner (4) Norwegian capital (4) New item required for archery is restricted (6) North African capital (7) Nice days, clinching return of desire for outings (8) Number that's in excess (6) Nought (7) Neckwear item, possibly one piercing a nearby feature (5) Nosy Catalan's casually abandoning pet (5) Natter (4) North Yorkshire market town — London borough (8) National sporting fixture on the radio (4) Nasty notice involving six being kicked out of home? (8) Note Queen leading state (6) Nourish (4) North Italian city, home to the world's oldest university (7) Nomadic Arab (7) Noblemen (5) Nothing in building complex has energy or colour (6,4) No pottery income redirected, without which there may be some 'accidents'! (10,5) North-Central US state (4) Not for publication (3,3,6) Not this kind of cap for gangsters? (3) Not initially alone in fireplace (5) New couple getting away? Someone horny after some swapping (12) Navy flags without new fashions again (9) Not so far away (6) Not odd (4) Novelist and ex-con back in custody for sport (7) Nacho piece (8,4) Not attractive — no initial pong (anag) (2,3,8) Notified in hearing when being charged (6) Novice at wheel ex-students call a name: 'he who works with pots' (10) New indication of discomfort about news agency other than supposed (3,2,4) Not working properly (9) Narcissistic (4) New (5) Nominal (7) National dish of offal, suet, oatmeal and seasoning (6) Notice accepted by Italian who has work on the way? (7) Native American village in the south-western United States (6) Nervous — killed by hanging (6,2) Natation (8) No-fault break-up: it might be what, say, Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth had (3,4) Nice and neat 50% cutback for skittles (8) No money for accommodation on square? Spend the night here (5) No reason to be worried about end of term feature (5,4) Noble champion and mate having a row (7) Not liking broadcaster's pronouncement (4) Not a tie, having broken through for province (4,6) Nine to five? (5) Nine- to 12-year-olds (8) Not censored (5) North American songbird (seen over the White Cliffs of Dover?) (8) Not right (9) Nicolas ___ , English film director who made Don't Look Now and Performance, d. 2018 (4) Novice (4) No danger of fog, it's understood (3,5) Nemesis of strangely cheery man (4-5) North African country where the 2011 Jasmine Revolution led to the 'Arab Spring' (7) Nautical echo sounder (5) Not on (3) Not fair? (4) Number of suits in outhouse not originally stored away (5) Not one's own terrace: dug hole around it (8) Not passive! (6) Needlework (10) National language of Pakistan (4) Not singular, grammatically (6) Newly minted? (7,5) Nimble (and quick) (5) Not active (6) No pennypincher! (11) Nob's name entered in fifth rank (7) No longer a priest? Fabulous — was really good! (9) No participant in the betting, but one rakes it in (8)