| bolted horse enthralling a maiden | 33 |
| bending wings, tit's flying | 27 |
| Blunt sword | 11 |
| Brings together | 15 |
| By .. of [owing to] | 19 |
| Bern-born | 9 |
| Before you know it | 18 |
| Befitting royalty | 17 |
| Bart's bus driver | 17 |
| Big shot [with "head"] | 22 |
| Bale in a barn | 14 |
| British and Japanese healthcare system inits. | 45 |
| British lexicon:Abbr. | 21 |
| Bride-to-be's clothing container [2 wds.] | 41 |
| Brought back to life, as a candle | 33 |
| Bug envied by curious people [4 wds.] | 37 |
| Big name among smart speakers | 29 |
| Bold and loud | 13 |
| Blunder | 7 |
| Barnyard cacklers | 17 |
| Butler of "Gone With the Wind" | 30 |
| Baton-passing track competition | 31 |
| Blueprint detail, for short | 27 |
| Boxing competition | 18 |
| Break sharply | 13 |
| Broadway show award | 19 |
| ballet great | 12 |
| brown, dartmouth etc | 20 |
| bad spell | 9 |
| bridge distance | 15 |
| blackjack card | 14 |
| black bird | 10 |
| bloodsucking serpent-witch; a mail anag. | 40 |
| benign tumour; a daemon anag. | 29 |
| bluster; card game | 18 |
| Between 90 and 100, say | 23 |
| Big name in sports betting | 26 |
| Big name in ketchup | 19 |
| Blows it | 8 |
| Bill known as "the Science Guy" | 31 |
| body that high-tails it? | 24 |
| bank | 4 |
| big deer | 8 |
| box lightly | 11 |
| bent, in french | 15 |
| be up to date on how things are | 31 |
| bridge hand stretched out | 25 |
| belief about men in the building | 32 |
| being particular, it gets me to come up | 39 |
| beaten finally, and finished off | 32 |
| boomerang returned to sack | 26 |
| baby has confused ape and drinks container | 42 |
| bathroom item gets dial a little bit hot, somehow | 49 |
| bemoans the fact that men last out badly | 40 |
| birds wanting fifty quid in madras, maybe | 41 |
| bit of quartz in curious metal | 30 |
| bound, we hear, to the general course | 37 |
| Be somewhere often, if only in spirit | 37 |
| Boaters may find her accommodating | 34 |
| Blacklegs providing taxis at the transport centre | 49 |
| brother of amulius and grandfather of romulus and remus in roman mythology | 74 |
| buildings frequented by unpleasant visitors | 43 |
| brand sought by some sufferers of menstrual cramps | 50 |
| bottom edge | 11 |
| bond | 4 |
| bat wood | 8 |
| butter portion | 14 |
| Bunny ..., novelty dance move created at a San Francisco high school in 1952 | 76 |
| Baseball diamond decision-makers, for short | 43 |
| Bundle of money | 15 |
| Black-... event | 15 |
| Baker who sang No One in the World and Angel | 44 |
| Byname of NBA star Kevin Garnett | 32 |
| Buffalo's professional hockey team | 34 |
| Beach destination in Western India | 34 |
| British singer Annie ... [born 1954] | 36 |
| Barrier used in fencing | 23 |
| Bright as a ..., very intelligent | 33 |
| boneless critter that's a bullet or missile | 43 |
| Baton-passing race | 18 |
| Being fond of | 13 |
| Bicycle seat | 12 |
| Banishment | 10 |
| Breathe one's last | 18 |
| Bring life to | 13 |
| Bonded together with mortar | 27 |
| Be anxious | 10 |
| Bygone automaker, familiarly | 28 |
| Beast of burden in many fables | 30 |
| Blighter got drunk on sodas | 27 |
| Bear wrapping work up in repository | 35 |
| Bag | 3 |
| Bird sacred to ancient Egyptians | 32 |
| Best ... Athlete [ESPY award won in 2023 by Patrick Mahomes] | 60 |
| Bank seizure, for short | 23 |
| Bach piece | 10 |
| Big Apple neighborhood | 22 |
| Bit with a punch line | 21 |
| Birds that give a hoot | 22 |
| Be a bad winner | 15 |
| Bird extinct since the late 1600s | 33 |
| Bad mood | 8 |
| Barbecue side dish | 18 |
| Book of stamps? | 15 |
| But it's not what pyromaniacs suffer from | 41 |
| Beginning to see, except when lacking light | 43 |
| Bell pepper | 11 |
| Baltic state | 12 |
| Be the owner of | 15 |
| Black slimy stuff found in drink | 32 |
| Broadside from craft protecting island | 38 |
| bomb or turkey | 14 |
| baked goods | 11 |
| born to walk to brer rabbit's destination | 41 |
| bap | 3 |
| bob ---, singer-songwriter | 26 |
| ballet step | 11 |
| bony frame | 10 |
| busy airport | 12 |
| black eye, informally | 21 |
| bronze | 6 |
| bury again | 10 |
| boost ahead linked to feature in a skyscraper? | 46 |
| brushes the surface of section on restraints? | 45 |
| bits in the u.s., reportedly, for director mike | 47 |
| bawdy wino out of order in projected space? | 43 |
| black eye – light? | 20 |
| best actor winner malek | 23 |
| barge into contemptuous fellow first off | 40 |
| Blow from top left? | 19 |
| Breakup music? | 14 |
| Big eaters of plankton | 22 |
| Billing details | 15 |
| Begins bit-by-bit | 17 |
| Bread spread since 1965 | 23 |
| Before all is done | 18 |
| Big hit | 7 |
| Be down with something | 22 |
| Board member, abbr. | 19 |
| Backgammon equipment | 20 |
| Broke off | 9 |
| Box office sight, often | 23 |
| Bit of horse fodder | 19 |
| Beach accumulations | 19 |
| Bard's preposition | 18 |
| Biblical excerpt | 16 |
| Base-running term | 17 |
| Bit of advice | 13 |
| Beyond category | 15 |
| Battle of the Bulge region | 26 |
| Brewpub creations | 17 |
| Brief memos | 11 |
| Big Apple cops' org. | 20 |
| Barn's upper level | 18 |
| Bike's wheel | 12 |
| battlefield supply, briefly | 27 |
| be down in the dumps | 20 |
| bad actor looking up a carrier | 30 |
| better copper left | 18 |
| banger unfortunately goes the wrong way on motorway | 51 |
| Body in vehicle about to join ship | 34 |
| Boozer with French name, writer hot in Asian city | 49 |
| bernard ..., chief press secretary to margaret thatcher from 1979-90 | 68 |
| bring it | 8 |
| butter units | 12 |
| Bog | 3 |
| blue state? | 11 |
| bastes | 6 |
| bent the truth | 14 |
| besides | 7 |
| buzzing insects | 15 |
| best guess from the train guard? | 32 |
| bah humbug! | 11 |
| bathing suit | 12 |
| britpop band | 12 |
| Bali's continent | 16 |
| Britain's ... of Man | 20 |
| Begins, launches | 16 |
| Burrows dug by foxes | 20 |
| Breadmaker, perhaps | 19 |
| Bridesmaid. | 11 |
| Behind the times | 16 |
| Boat for river adventures | 25 |
| British sports car brand ... Martin | 35 |
| Bert Bobbsey's twin | 19 |
| Bring into law | 14 |
| Body parts are on the cards | 27 |
| Bottom lady losing a rook | 25 |
| Barack ......, former US president | 34 |
| Bone of the forearm | 19 |
| Brass musical instrument | 24 |
| Basic Italian food | 18 |
| Bullion bar | 11 |
| Boil heads off in grease | 24 |
| Bit of quiet, by the sound of it | 32 |
| Broadcast set up rare openings | 30 |
| Back-up needed to follow simpering rodent | 41 |
| Bird about to cut off banger | 28 |
| Bone encasing the brain | 23 |
| Burglar deterrent | 17 |