| mother teresa, e.g. | 19 |
| Most pleasant one caught in cosy place | 38 |
| Metal button to scrutinise, unfinished | 38 |
| Moneylender is more confident after university | 46 |
| Machine taking end off piece of wood | 36 |
| Ms Grimshaw, Corrie mum | 23 |
| Male tennis player who won the US Open in 1994 and 1999 | 55 |
| Middle-easterner, and the French, may be cultivated | 51 |
| Mr Punch's dog | 14 |
| Middle of the foot | 18 |
| Make a keyboarding error | 24 |
| Mexican girl: Abbr. | 19 |
| Month fractions | 15 |
| Metal-filled rocks | 18 |
| Man's undergarment | 18 |
| Male riders of steeds | 21 |
| Manhattan thoroughfare | 22 |
| Muscat native | 13 |
| Modernist movement of 90 years ago | 34 |
| Mark of dojo achievement | 24 |
| Mesa people | 11 |
| Maximally muscular | 18 |
| Makes wagers | 12 |
| More than | 9 |
| Marathons and sprints | 21 |
| Medical remedy | 14 |
| Make certain of | 15 |
| Make colorful T-shirts | 22 |
| Mexican's "So long!" | 20 |
| means [maybe money] | 19 |
| martin or morgan? | 17 |
| mechanism allowing movement in only one direction | 49 |
| modern attribute of generous chap encapsulating sugar daddy? | 60 |
| more rum and water, say, for long journey? | 42 |
| massive erection, might that have mummy in stitches!? | 53 |
| moral integrity | 15 |
| material for a fort that won't withstand much firepower | 55 |
| meal with an edible bowl | 24 |
| meat dish named for a venetian painter known for his frequent use of red | 72 |
| made tracks | 11 |
| most popular boy's name of 2023, in the u.s. | 44 |
| more .... meets the eye | 23 |
| mangyshlak peninsula's continent | 32 |
| mouth pieces? | 13 |
| missouri tribe | 14 |
| medicinal pellet | 16 |
| more expensive | 14 |
| maize unit | 10 |
| mystical cards | 14 |
| margarine | 9 |
| make free of | 12 |
| manager | 7 |
| mountain ridges | 15 |
| musically performing 'christmas paper'? not initially | 53 |
| machine said to be used in glue manufacture | 43 |
| motorway races that can lead to disaster | 40 |
| more hens distractedly galloping around? | 40 |
| money needed to repair inn and cafe | 35 |
| make a learner stiff in manner | 30 |
| meeting control | 15 |
| manage firm exercise | 20 |
| Medium pace | 11 |
| Morning phenomenon | 18 |
| Move in a sack race | 19 |
| molten rock in the earth's crust | 32 |
| much-missed musical magazine show, ... of the pops | 50 |
| msr blanc, respected chef and restaurateur | 42 |
| Metal that believes it CAN? | 27 |
| Musk founder of SpaceX | 22 |
| Mountain's highest point | 24 |
| Minor chess piece | 17 |
| Make a mistake re salamis, don't use innards | 44 |
| Maxim's in favour of part of speech | 35 |
| make fun of leader of this facility | 35 |
| mysterious type played in game | 30 |
| merchant mistakenly rated around romania's capital | 50 |
| means of breathing for one in a school? | 39 |
| mention of defect in part of a block? | 37 |
| Magnificence of recycled old prunes | 35 |
| Mythical creature to agree with sun god | 39 |
| More dangerous to drive on, as a winter road | 44 |
| Mainly | 6 |
| Mocker | 6 |
| Mary Queen of Scots actor Pearce | 32 |
| Most populous insects on Earth | 30 |
| Move a little | 13 |
| Meditation goal | 15 |
| Mythological Himalayan creatures | 32 |
| Morehouse or Morris Brown: Abbr. | 32 |
| Mariah Carey nickname | 21 |
| Makes smoked rib tips, say | 26 |
| Ms. Streisand, to fans | 22 |
| Mouths off to | 13 |
| Many YA characters, age-wise | 28 |
| Mournful poems | 14 |
| Massenet opera | 14 |
| Mythical animal of the West | 27 |
| mountain lion | 13 |
| make ineffective | 16 |
| Manipulate dishonestly | 22 |
| Make larger | 11 |
| Monotonous routine | 18 |
| Magazine featuring cartoons | 27 |
| Male scholar or writer | 22 |
| Mass gathering of Scouts or Guides | 34 |
| more cold and miserable | 23 |
| mocking imitation | 17 |
| monitoring system inits. | 24 |
| military term | 13 |
| misery | 6 |
| main artery of the body | 23 |
| mineral-bearing rock | 20 |
| make changes | 12 |
| mournful or pitiable | 20 |
| metal pins | 10 |
| marsupial, in short | 19 |
| mechanics | 9 |
| multitude | 9 |
| mining waste | 12 |
| mountain goats | 14 |
| Mailed off | 10 |
| Mosey along | 11 |
| Martini liquor | 14 |
| MBA subject: Abbr. | 18 |
| More stale, as air | 18 |
| Muffin fruit | 12 |
| Margarita ingredient | 20 |
| Meter reading | 13 |
| Metric units, for short | 23 |
| Marked down by | 14 |
| Make music with the mouth closed | 32 |
| Made or invented | 16 |
| Monster mix of lion, goat and snake in mythology | 48 |
| Manipulate, as in a game or competition | 39 |
| Music style in no key, sounds controversial | 43 |
| Miss .., Anne of Green Gables' substitute teacher | 49 |
| Made provisions last longer, .. out | 35 |
| Medium-sized cat with beautiful spots | 37 |
| maybe lancaster bomber's nose turret occasionally failing | 57 |
| medic's entry after checking constant temperature | 49 |
| ministers to humour entertaining american kid | 45 |
| Making amorous advances, former US politician overlooks old queen | 65 |
| Mistake seen in second-rate Turner? | 35 |
| Middleman | 9 |
| Midlands football team | 22 |
| Major UK bank | 13 |
| Mark used to show stress in Spanish, eg | 39 |
| Means of protection in case urn breaks | 38 |
| Muddled when confused dad went first | 36 |
| Miser pullin' back | 18 |
| Marry outside, hearts broken after 9 o'clock? | 45 |
| Murderous | 9 |
| Market trader | 13 |
| Make [a worker] redundant | 25 |
| Move about nervously | 20 |
| Mariner | 7 |
| Make into law | 13 |
| Meeting of friends after separation | 35 |
| Member of the cast | 18 |
| Member of a regatta crew | 24 |
| Make a boo-boo | 14 |
| Marathon, perhaps | 17 |
| Maximally sneaky | 16 |
| Major arteries | 14 |
| Mysterious Scottish village that's the title of a Broadway musical and Hollywood film | 85 |
| Military eatery | 15 |
| Minute, to tots | 15 |
| More | 4 |
| Metal in pewter | 15 |
| Muscat's Mideast nation | 23 |
| More rare, as a steak | 21 |
| Make level | 10 |
| More flamboyant | 15 |
| Mental strain | 13 |
| Mischievous sprite | 18 |
| might masochist do this religiously? very much so | 49 |
| man shot in the arm shouting | 28 |
| magic, confidence or party? | 27 |
| Mike and ... [fruit candy] | 26 |
| Military training group | 23 |
| make run fast | 13 |
| maker of a wuh-psssh sound | 26 |
| murder inc. records co-founder with a name inspired by a crime boss | 67 |
| make out, to a brit | 19 |
| milk, yogurt, cheese, etc. | 26 |
| month, in mexico | 16 |
| mary in "the maltese falcon" | 28 |
| mario's brother | 15 |
| maybe lit up if contemptible | 28 |
| make an effort in the open air to experiment | 44 |
| mechanical advantage needs a considerable amount of cleverness | 62 |
| making something hereditary with sailor | 39 |
| make sure friends achieve winning positions | 43 |
| mum sent no letters about obelisks | 34 |
| morsel for a cat | 16 |
| marine ordered to stay behind | 29 |
| managed to get five hundred in foreign currency | 47 |
| Meander and chatter in turn? That'll be me! | 43 |
| More than one dance step is kept up, maintained by old-fashioned types | 70 |
| Mythical female imitating Cilla | 31 |