| a view or painting of a natural waterway and the land around it | 63 |
| a south american rodent with a sturdy body | 42 |
| a version of something that differs in some respect from the standard | 69 |
| a one-piece garment worn by the crew of a military or light aircraft | 68 |
| arrogant types leading openings | 31 |
| a government appeal before support for biased political promotion | 65 |
| a step [obs] | 12 |
| a low | 5 |
| adjust | 6 |
| attack or rob violently | 23 |
| a bit more strong mint | 22 |
| abundant, and not used for african languages | 44 |
| alcoholic spirit | 16 |
| appends | 7 |
| artist | 6 |
| arithmetic | 10 |
| additional clause | 17 |
| apply again | 11 |
| angela, tv newsreader who danced on the morecambe & wise show | 61 |
| a drinking glass with a stem and a base | 39 |
| a short sleep taken during the day to restore one's mental alertness | 68 |
| a worker, ultimately, fastens electric light sources | 52 |
| a second opinion about southern island getting aid | 50 |
| after treatment, aunt got clear praise | 38 |
| animosity from the italian left with legal document | 51 |
| admonish tourist worker over swimming | 37 |
| Abbr. on a bad check | 20 |
| Arena level | 11 |
| Actress Swenson | 15 |
| Attacked as a cat might | 23 |
| Aetna offering | 14 |
| Alcove-hiding tapestry | 22 |
| Admiral Nelson | 14 |
| Alex and — [jewelry brand] | 28 |
| Anticipates a treat, maybe | 26 |
| Animal throat | 13 |
| Actor Caine | 11 |
| Actor Alain | 11 |
| accountant or librarian? | 24 |
| awful old democrat, one old american | 36 |
| agreement – cosmetics case | 28 |
| approached quickly | 18 |
| act of maintaining good conditions | 34 |
| animal's mouth | 14 |
| acknowledges a dinnertime prayer? | 33 |
| actress bernadette when she's tagged on the basepath? | 53 |
| actress sally exited? | 21 |
| alternatives to colecovision game consoles, once | 48 |
| appearances of a certain basketball player? | 43 |
| a corleone | 10 |
| actor williamson | 16 |
| a tide | 6 |
| america's bird | 14 |
| author joyce carol ...... | 25 |
| actress sandra | 14 |
| a god in ruins author | 21 |
| anti-government home page? | 26 |
| abdul and zahn | 14 |
| author fallaci | 14 |
| artist's workspace | 18 |
| actor wilson | 12 |
| animation frames | 16 |
| ancient method of execution | 27 |
| a low one indicates a lack of clarity, for short | 48 |
| Adam of TV's "Severance" | 24 |
| Acclaimed | 9 |
| an attempt to get out, perhaps | 30 |
| angry exchange resulting from cooking the books? | 48 |
| all that's left of tree? | 24 |
| a rough acre used for betel-nut | 31 |
| a worker associated with manuals and footnotes! | 47 |
| a downy covering needed for a short sleep | 41 |
| as stupid as one having one over the eight! | 43 |
| additional gates operated inside emporium | 41 |
| a round or around | 17 |
| a better sort of cake | 21 |
| a heavy weight? perhaps not | 27 |
| an error that prevents the players being even-handed | 52 |
| a lonely one lacking a friend | 29 |
| a bird to fight and squabble | 28 |
| Aim for 007 at the end to keep cool | 35 |
| A horse, that is, for a little girl | 35 |
| Another name for a sail | 23 |
| A novel name for '9' | 20 |
| A warm tone | 11 |
| A pettish name to call Elizabeth | 32 |
| actor married to actress courteney cox from 1999-2013 | 53 |
| actress whose roles include catherine van oost in 1970 film drama five easy pieces | 82 |
| a cream recipe left sweet | 25 |
| Architect ... van der Rohe | 26 |
| Ailment whose name becomes an actress when its vowel is doubled | 63 |
| Alpha ... Majoris [star in the Big Dipper] | 42 |
| Aid in seafloor mapping | 23 |
| Aptly named writers' association | 32 |
| ancient syria | 13 |
| avian homes | 11 |
| ancient marketplace | 19 |
| atlas entry | 11 |
| aboveboard | 10 |
| Aquatic mammal with blue and beluga varieties | 45 |
| A French male friend | 20 |
| A clumsy, awkward or foolish person | 35 |
| Actor David, star of the Pink Panther movies | 44 |
| A coral ... | 11 |
| Ancient practice of transmuting metals into gold | 48 |
| Author of "Pride and Prejudice" [first name] | 44 |
| American film actor and entertainer born Joseph Yule, Jr in 1920 | 64 |
| A weaverbird of the genus Passer and related genera | 51 |
| A type of neutron star believed to have a very powerful magnetic field | 70 |
| A red-skinned potato originally bred in the Netherlands in 1962 | 63 |
| A tropical American click beetle of the genus Pyrophorus with luminescent thoracic organs | 89 |
| A loose wide-sleeved liturgical vestment worn over the cassock by clergymen, choristers and acolytes | 100 |
| A freshwater cyprinid fish of the genus Abramis | 47 |
| A commissioned officer of the lowest rank in the US Navy | 56 |
| An inspection, correction and verification of business accounts, conducted by an independent accountant | 103 |
| A surrounding area or region | 28 |
| A salad of shredded cabbage, mayonnaise, carrots, onions, etc | 61 |
| Arrow's path | 12 |
| Ancient region in Asia Minor | 28 |
| Adages | 6 |
| anglo-...., german tribes who settled britain | 45 |
| accompanied, attended an event with | 35 |
| Acting before theatre's premiere and finale | 43 |
| Ante establishment? | 19 |
| Antelope raised must yield good type of leather | 47 |
| A great deal unfinished around theatre raised danger for actors | 63 |
| Address in Portuguese senate hours before | 41 |
| A pet piranha going wild, such as can cause blood loss? | 55 |
| Attitudes to English heroic poems | 33 |
| Afrikaans title of respect for an old man; Dutch for "uncle" | 60 |
| An American tree like a horse chestnut, or a native of Ohio | 59 |
| Australian writer who wrote a 1970s Private Eye gardening column as Rose Blight | 79 |
| Audio technique first used commercially for the 1940 animated film Fantasia | 75 |
| A traditional nickname for someone with the surname Wilson | 58 |
| A thing, in various Latin phrases | 33 |
| An itinerant seller of literature, especially religious works | 61 |
| A horse — one always turning circles in pain | 46 |
| Active way of working on hostility | 34 |
| A dictator's cruel appearance | 29 |
| American checks boats on edge of a river delta | 46 |
| A little cold | 13 |
| a breather, to get energy for sudden thrust | 43 |
| always timid, first to turn inside out | 38 |
| a couple in a suit take dizzy blonde out | 40 |
| actor best known for playing miley byrne in glenroe. | 52 |
| animal faced by paul mescal in the first trailer for gladiator ii. | 66 |
| apple device which revolutionised music listening in the 2000s. | 63 |
| animal extremity? | 17 |
| a child's plastic construction set for making mechanical models | 63 |
| a 'born free' lioness | 21 |
| an online auction website | 25 |
| a very short skirt worn by ballerinas | 37 |
| a group of wild mammals of one species that remain together | 59 |
| a small lake | 12 |
| a large hairy humanoid creature said to live in the himalayas | 61 |
| an upright tripod for displaying something | 42 |
| a pack of 52 playing cards | 26 |
| an informal conversation | 24 |
| Actress Weil who plays Paris Geller on "Gilmore Girls" | 54 |
| Amusing play on words | 21 |
| Anise-flavored Greek liqueur | 28 |
| American auto racer who won the Indianapolis 500 in 2023 and 2024 [2 wds] | 73 |
| Actress Gardner who was once married to Frank Sinatra | 53 |
| Actress Treep who has 21 Academy Award nominations | 50 |
| Agency that pursues tax cheats: Abbr. | 37 |
| Ascorbic ... [vitamin C] | 24 |
| Auto lubricant | 14 |
| Animal sound heard by a shepherd | 32 |
| ate sumptuously | 15 |
| A professional business | 23 |
| A deadening influence | 21 |
| An optical illusion | 19 |
| A temptress | 11 |
| An advantageous expedient | 25 |
| Attend and possibly enlist | 26 |
| account of proposed law | 23 |
| a long dispute concerning england | 33 |
| altered a dry measure | 21 |
| an inviting suggestion | 22 |
| an attractive item gains nothing in a car engine | 48 |
| a stroke of the worst misfortune? | 33 |
| a theologian's increases | 24 |
| at home, mixing tea and brie, awfully drunk | 43 |
| a french blonde is not just | 27 |
| as a gesture, support the petition! | 35 |
| apprentice's nervous twitch | 27 |
| a labyrinth that will astonish | 30 |
| almost putting gown on bird | 27 |
| automatic response could be to fix cleaner | 42 |
| a biblical worker | 17 |
| autocrat of thirty ran the country | 34 |
| air cover from several stations | 31 |
| a service rise that makes one well off | 38 |
| atmosphere in which laura loses her head | 40 |
| a burning romance somehow holds it up | 37 |
| a bad forecaster | 16 |
| After a poor start, it may yield coal | 37 |
| A team of two, as the Romans would have figured? | 48 |
| An oven faulty at the bottom end will do you no good! | 53 |
| Affect just a little | 20 |