| Method to resolve disputes involving the third party | 52 |
| musician ellas mcdaniel's stage name, .... diddley | 50 |
| Marx accepted a key to the city | 31 |
| Modest Hindu leader came second in Hindu class | 46 |
| Merchants | 9 |
| Ming of basketball | 18 |
| Miranda ... [supermodel] | 24 |
| Mouse place | 11 |
| Metered ride | 12 |
| Maybe sketch process for imposing limits? | 41 |
| Moved along very slowly | 23 |
| memorized | 9 |
| maxims | 6 |
| musical pieces for nine | 23 |
| More than just apologize [for] | 30 |
| Many a character in John Grisham novels [Abbr] | 46 |
| Major rip-off | 13 |
| Musk who's the CEO of Tesla | 27 |
| Muppet who went viral on X in January when he asked, How is everybody doing? | 76 |
| McNally partner | 15 |
| Medico | 6 |
| Milan money, once | 17 |
| Millinery | 9 |
| Mythical monster with snakes for hair | 37 |
| MLB grand slam record holder | 28 |
| Makeup of some castles | 22 |
| Musical pause | 13 |
| Movie, informally | 17 |
| Makes amends | 12 |
| monkeys | 7 |
| mouse action | 12 |
| moolah in munich or marseilles | 30 |
| mental sharpness | 16 |
| mom-to-be's test | 16 |
| Much superior | 13 |
| Many admit to being inexperienced | 33 |
| Movie critic Pauline | 20 |
| Mariner's milieu | 16 |
| Monica of the courts | 20 |
| More serpentine | 15 |
| More than one | 13 |
| Mideast language | 16 |
| Milano of "Who's the Boss?" | 27 |
| Make mittens | 12 |
| Main beneficiary | 16 |
| Mineo and Maglie | 16 |
| Medal of Honor recipient | 24 |
| Monk's intonation | 17 |
| Marshy inlet | 12 |
| Memorable Texas mission | 23 |
| Mineral fuel | 12 |
| Musts | 5 |
| make light transmissions with a certain warmth | 46 |
| move a girl's home | 18 |
| man with a right to be in the cargo compartment | 47 |
| moving example of crazy spanish reasoning? | 42 |
| Mink, sod and golf ground - animal, vegetable and mineral? | 58 |
| Marine personnel reported for sea trip | 38 |
| Muscle trouble put right in camp | 32 |
| Measures for certain areas | 26 |
| Much fury, some soreness, absolute uproar | 41 |
| margaret —, 2004 london marathon elite race winner | 52 |
| make the most of moist pie recipe | 33 |
| map of esplanade | 16 |
| metropolis | 10 |
| makes a right mess of growing spruces in the west | 49 |
| military officers | 17 |
| metal frame | 11 |
| make up and fit a brace awkwardly | 33 |
| medic outwardly examines drink to look smart? | 45 |
| Marriage is a footsore, non-starter | 35 |
| Mad Hatter's social gathering? [3,5] | 36 |
| Magical land in a series of seven novels published in the 1950s | 63 |
| Make unhappy | 12 |
| Monetary advance | 16 |
| Metric fuel unit | 16 |
| manoeuvred cargo ship alee in these seas abounding in islands | 61 |
| Mental acuity | 13 |
| Mongolian monk | 14 |
| Make ready, informally | 22 |
| Mideast peninsula | 17 |
| Makes unusable | 14 |
| Man, for one | 12 |
| Military forces | 15 |
| Made a faux pas | 15 |
| Major network | 13 |
| Mint alternative | 16 |
| Mullets, en masse | 17 |
| Make sure of a departure | 24 |
| Majority Leader after Dole | 26 |
| Married woman | 13 |
| Much-admired celebrity | 22 |
| Magician's exclamation | 22 |
| Masseuse's employer | 19 |
| More comfy to live in | 21 |
| male nobleman ranked between a duke and an earl | 47 |
| musical mixtures | 16 |
| mentally restless | 17 |
| mint family herb | 16 |
| mazda two-seater | 16 |
| make a difference | 17 |
| many characters on "the bear" | 29 |
| metaphor for a messy dorm room | 30 |
| much awaited posting outside a drama classroom | 46 |
| material in the great pacific garbage patch | 43 |
| Michael of "The Dark Knight" | 28 |
| Mammal whose babies can outrun humans at only three days old | 60 |
| Multivolume ref. | 16 |
| Major undertaking? | 18 |
| most capable | 12 |
| movie reviewer | 14 |
| mineral | 7 |
| more uptight | 12 |
| Multinational food-processing company in Chicago | 48 |
| Mountain or hill having a crater | 32 |
| Mythical female creature | 24 |
| Make public | 11 |
| Musical patterns | 16 |
| Magical potion | 14 |
| Metal device that may be attached to a riding boot | 50 |
| Mongoose in Germany I associated with cardinal in speech | 56 |
| Microbe | 7 |
| Mischievous imp or sprite | 25 |
| measure used for gold, diamonds, etc. | 37 |
| marks left by healed wounds | 27 |
| mr. kravitz, singer | 19 |
| mending | 7 |
| most successful period | 22 |
| multinational military force based in strasbourg | 48 |
| meat prepared according to muslim law | 37 |
| max weber's concept of rationality in society | 45 |
| martial arts ranking | 20 |
| member of communist bureaucracy | 31 |
| Moscow ballet company | 21 |
| Most agreeable | 14 |
| Motoring organisation [inits] | 29 |
| Mysteries | 9 |
| Make lively | 11 |
| Main four points of the compass | 31 |
| Mechanism in a clock or piano | 29 |
| Ms Korbut, 1970s gymnast | 24 |
| Meat from cattle | 16 |
| Mess | 4 |
| Midterm or final | 16 |
| Massage therapist's workplace | 29 |
| Many a Saudi native | 19 |
| Mystery writer who created private detectives Elvis Cole and Joe Pike [2 wds] | 77 |
| Mystery writer who created Detective Jane Rizzoli and Chief Medical Examiner Maura Isles [2 wds] | 96 |
| Mystery writer who, under the pen name JD Robb, created Lieutenant Eve Dallas and Detective Delia Peabody [2 wds] | 113 |
| Music genre for Lil' Kim and Lil Jon | 36 |
| Mama who sang with the Papas | 28 |
| Marking on a ladybug | 20 |
| Maintained | 10 |
| Military force | 14 |
| Maryland seafood specialty | 26 |
| Mary ... Retton [former Olympic gymnast] | 40 |
| Music's Abdul | 13 |
| mirror-like | 11 |
| maker of suits | 14 |
| Means of guidance | 17 |
| Minute parts | 12 |
| Michael of "Youth" | 18 |
| More vexed | 10 |
| Morally acceptable | 18 |
| Movie featuring Ray Romano's voice [2 wds.] | 43 |
| Merited | 7 |
| Mem. of Congress | 16 |
| Musician Shaw | 13 |
| maximilian who is the patron saint of political prisoners | 57 |
| make straight for it | 20 |
| maybe the nearest oriental | 26 |
| makes a record of bands | 23 |
| match officials in charge of the seating | 40 |
| most certain to put us up, the others, too! | 43 |
| my vehicle is red | 17 |
| Maintain preservation - that's the rule | 39 |
| Manipulative action unknown in Disney film? | 43 |
| Much worse though, resolved to give up | 38 |
| Might but don't suffer in silence | 33 |
| mammal from which pork is obtained | 34 |
| make or become relaxed | 22 |
| may, or may not include city's manager | 38 |
| most basic part | 15 |
| mercy | 5 |
| medic, informally | 17 |
| more coarse | 11 |
| mark, actor who played hercules in fantasy drama series atlantis | 64 |
| manipulate thing with a bow? | 28 |
| mahabharata is a hindu one | 26 |
| middle-earth baddie | 19 |
| mount of mosaic decalogue | 25 |
| Makes ready, informally | 23 |
| Maritime rescue gp. | 19 |
| Make — in [do some work on] | 29 |
| Motorcycle maker | 16 |
| Metric heavy weight | 19 |
| Mideast salad | 13 |
| Mystery writer Macdonald | 24 |
| Mariner's concern | 17 |
| miserable bishop going off to make unauthorised disclosure | 58 |