| draws close to | 14 |
| diving bird | 11 |
| daughter of cymbeline | 21 |
| Detestable European stopping collection for a busker? | 53 |
| docile breed of cat with blue eyes and light-coloured fur | 57 |
| detailed analysis serving as an instructive example | 51 |
| despatch to arrive faster than usual | 36 |
| Drag racing org [Abbr] | 22 |
| Deepwater fishing net | 21 |
| Dante's language | 16 |
| Demanding a lot of attention | 28 |
| Deciduous tree of the maple family | 34 |
| Doomed, unlucky | 15 |
| Decay of timber | 15 |
| Do farm work beside ancient gateway | 35 |
| Draughts counters | 17 |
| Dive strongly | 13 |
| Deep cart track | 15 |
| Dine in a restaurant | 20 |
| Demoralising | 12 |
| Demand | 6 |
| Dropped down | 12 |
| depicts primarily odious rogue like kim jong un? | 48 |
| Digital volume? | 15 |
| Dorothy Hodgkin or Marie Curie, for example | 43 |
| Dance venue | 11 |
| December visitor | 16 |
| Deteriorates through neglect | 28 |
| Does some modeling | 18 |
| Director Sergio | 15 |
| Depleted | 8 |
| Draft status | 12 |
| Deck piece? | 11 |
| Deeply infatuated | 17 |
| David who played MLK in "Selma" | 31 |
| Dessert served a la mode | 24 |
| Date | 4 |
| Dallas school | 13 |
| Drastic retrenchment | 20 |
| Dance where people avoid the bar | 32 |
| drive back, as enemy forces | 27 |
| Demote | 6 |
| drain a bit of blubber on reflection | 36 |
| dame --- everage, comedy character | 34 |
| ditches | 7 |
| dock worker | 11 |
| decorates a cake | 16 |
| dutch airport near amsterdam that opened in 1916 | 48 |
| disproportionately or unusually large | 37 |
| divine keeper of the winds in greek mythology | 45 |
| delay; insulate | 15 |
| dungeons & dragons, say | 23 |
| de ..., opulent | 15 |
| Descartes of philosophy | 23 |
| Detested | 8 |
| Declare as fact | 15 |
| Date tree | 9 |
| Design details, for short | 25 |
| Disapproving noises | 19 |
| Do as you're told | 17 |
| Decommission an army, in short | 30 |
| Diablo Cody coming-of-age movie | 31 |
| Despicable Me doctor voiced by Russell Brand | 44 |
| Diego, Francisco, Antonio | 25 |
| Donald's nephews, e.g. | 22 |
| Do away with | 12 |
| Damon's pal | 11 |
| Dame Diana | 10 |
| Deliberately avoid | 18 |
| Does a kitchen job | 18 |
| Diminutive suffix | 17 |
| Dr. Montessori | 14 |
| Dove alternative | 16 |
| DJIA components | 15 |
| Dermal design | 13 |
| Do things | 9 |
| Dragonlike, in a way | 20 |
| Driver's licenses and passports, for short | 42 |
| Dishonest scheme | 16 |
| Develop, ripen | 14 |
| Destroy bit by bit | 18 |
| Destiny, in Hinduism | 20 |
| Dalmatian markings | 18 |
| Difficult | 9 |
| Disengaged, as an engine | 24 |
| Driving need | 12 |
| Depict biasedly | 15 |
| Distribution of letters to soldiers | 35 |
| Drug bust officer | 17 |
| Diplomat's skill | 16 |
| driver's guide, briefly | 23 |
| diplomat silas | 14 |
| divided into portions | 21 |
| dance piece? | 12 |
| d.c. fund-raising grp. | 22 |
| doctor sax author | 17 |
| dam proj. | 9 |
| direct-sales giant | 18 |
| darth ...... ["star wars" villain] | 34 |
| dry sweeping tool | 17 |
| defunct swedish automaker with a sad-sounding name | 50 |
| dr. frankenstein's assistant, who doesn't appear in the original mary shelley novel | 83 |
| drink with royal backing | 24 |
| draw south by boat | 18 |
| dances arranged to scale | 24 |
| daughter is to run at release | 29 |
| dairy product affected list a great deal | 40 |
| deduct broken bidet | 19 |
| does such singing drive the cats wild? | 38 |
| distance to ride? | 17 |
| droll nonsense may well bring the house down! | 45 |
| delivered complete collection without charge | 44 |
| doing what is necessary to prevent rows! | 40 |
| Do well with old theatrical magician | 36 |
| Disgusted, refuse to carry any further | 38 |
| derek ..., actor who starred as dominic in bbc tv sitcoms oh brother! and oh father! | 84 |
| dog left to have a look | 23 |
| damon of "oppenheimer" | 22 |
| disney princess with six sisters | 32 |
| dined at midday | 15 |
| dead even | 9 |
| doing some lawn work | 20 |
| day before an important date | 28 |
| deer's mother | 13 |
| Duke's address ender | 20 |
| Display at a school show | 24 |
| Delivery room figures, for short | 32 |
| Drawn to something like a moth to a ... | 39 |
| drank or ate greedily | 21 |
| dutch abbreviation for south africa | 35 |
| decline european bed & breakfast | 32 |
| dummy is very different | 23 |
| digital watch brand | 19 |
| double-cross | 12 |
| diffuse | 7 |
| desperate | 9 |
| damage beyond repair | 20 |
| deploy troops | 13 |
| descend very suddenly or steeply | 32 |
| Deep joy | 8 |
| Deposit youth leader in agony | 29 |
| Difficult to bend | 17 |
| Deliberately delay | 18 |
| Discharged | 10 |
| Destiny of corpulent Englishman, initially | 42 |
| Distended, swollen | 18 |
| drive away key online provider that's intervening | 49 |
| detour, may pass the time? | 26 |
| dutch supermodel briefly married to david walliams, .... stone | 62 |
| dawn french's comedy partner, .... saunders | 43 |
| dazzling dame whose farewell tour was eat, pray, laugh - .... everage | 69 |
| dancing sisters oti and motsi ... | 33 |
| Deluge | 6 |
| Drug that can be microdosed, for short | 38 |
| Driver's licenses, often: 2 wds, abbr | 37 |
| Dog on the Yellow Brick Road | 28 |
| Does tailoring | 14 |
| Dried plants | 12 |
| Damage from fender benders | 26 |
| Dog treat, e.g. | 15 |
| Don't deal with | 15 |
| discover | 8 |
| Deposited on the shore - or on the rocks | 40 |
| Do impressive work as a huntsman? | 33 |
| dish with a thick broth | 23 |
| Dance film | 10 |
| Desert safer, OK travelling | 27 |
| Decorative covering for a curtain rail | 38 |
| defeat soundly | 14 |
| deducts | 7 |
| debussy, nodding in part, to the church council | 47 |
| during passage | 14 |
| distinctive quality | 19 |
| dreadlock ........, song by 10cc that was their last uk no. 1 hit, in 1978 | 74 |
| daily records of news and events of a personal nature | 53 |
| describing fall in the rockies? | 31 |
| delay run-out of carpet base | 28 |
| drip may produce a geometric shape | 34 |
| dine in the evening | 19 |
| drag with effort | 16 |
| dung | 4 |
| decreased | 9 |
| daughter called up with urgent request | 38 |
| departs during animated satire showing how to sit on a bike | 59 |
| deliverance from anxiety after joker provides amusing moment in serious situation | 81 |
| darth vader's original given name | 33 |
| devil-may-care | 14 |
| domesticates | 12 |
| Dressed up to the .... | 22 |
| dicky freed and put on ice | 26 |
| doctor aboard frigate | 21 |
| draw cardinal as a wedding cake! | 32 |
| donna ...., character from the west wing | 40 |
| desiccated | 10 |
| dissimilar | 10 |
| deodorant type | 14 |
| desire of number briefly to entertain succeeded | 47 |
| deal, say, that acquires one small hotel in london area | 55 |
| drama queen's latest expression of surprise | 43 |
| diamonds carried in briefcase every so often | 44 |