| receding water level | 20 |
| remote-controlled flying device kept in squadron, easily | 56 |
| rucksack | 8 |
| rubbish receptacle | 18 |
| repeated an exam | 16 |
| reality | 7 |
| rantings | 8 |
| rotated | 7 |
| resentful | 9 |
| reduce to ashes | 15 |
| runner, e.g. | 12 |
| record words on paper about hospital and flounder? | 50 |
| requirements from different sender right away | 45 |
| right on certain transport | 26 |
| rider's strap | 13 |
| Refuse to come down | 19 |
| Rejuvenated Frenchman got married | 33 |
| Retiring | 8 |
| River in New York State | 23 |
| Restrict, confine | 17 |
| rich food – complaint gets the boot | 37 |
| recipient of money | 18 |
| rousing song | 12 |
| retrieve, like a ball | 21 |
| rental car company | 18 |
| rapper/actor .... jackson jr. | 29 |
| river in hades | 14 |
| run up, as debts | 16 |
| Rhyming partner of doom | 23 |
| Recapped a frustrating day at work, maybe | 41 |
| Relaxing getaway | 16 |
| Religion of the Quran | 21 |
| rejected from the team – collapsed | 36 |
| report playing a role in city | 29 |
| repeat in the choir | 19 |
| raider given a nasty turn during a wild ride | 44 |
| Reading out the charming letters? | 33 |
| Rubbery bread? | 14 |
| Resolved to alter the dates quickly | 35 |
| Rubbish! He'd gone through training and was very keen | 53 |
| rafael ..., winner of the 1963 us national singles tennis championship | 70 |
| rhys ..., welsh actor who portrayed howard marks in 2010 biopic mr nice | 71 |
| river in russia; longest in europe | 34 |
| r d ..., scottish psychiatrist whose books include the divided self | 67 |
| rifts developing initially | 26 |
| rush last letter to retiring detective | 38 |
| Reduced CD, catching on, needs changing | 39 |
| Red planet | 10 |
| Restriction on moving vicious dog: not a lot | 44 |
| Ruin of Memphis underlying European Union's inoffensive wording | 63 |
| Regretting line omitted from decree | 35 |
| Revere | 6 |
| Recovers from Las Vegas revelling | 33 |
| Right editor on very good paper | 31 |
| Rather dull middle of June at home — I got shut in well | 57 |
| Remove the trousers of | 22 |
| red nose day charity | 20 |
| ruthlessly competitive | 22 |
| Roman symbol of power | 21 |
| Remove shirt then row, wanting to drink more | 44 |
| Raise in rank | 13 |
| Remained prim, we hear | 22 |
| Red ......, oil-well firefighter | 32 |
| Ready ......, crisp flavour | 27 |
| Render senseless with a blow | 28 |
| Reach the intended target | 25 |
| Regard as worthwhile | 20 |
| Row, argue | 10 |
| raymond ...., creator of the snowman | 36 |
| Rooty Tooty Fresh 'N Fruity breakfast chain | 43 |
| Record collector's albums, for short | 36 |
| Rental car company that once used O.J. Simpson as a spokesperson | 64 |
| Region of eastern France | 24 |
| Reef material | 13 |
| Roxy Music synth player Brian | 29 |
| Religious offshoots | 19 |
| Rapper ... B | 12 |
| Roller coaster feature | 22 |
| Ricochet | 8 |
| River in Tuscany | 16 |
| Rate increase | 13 |
| rock band? | 10 |
| Rampages | 8 |
| Robbins et al. | 14 |
| Road [abbr.] | 12 |
| Return to one's abode [2 wds.] | 30 |
| Ranch types | 11 |
| Romantic illumination | 21 |
| Rise-and-shine times [abbr.] | 28 |
| red bull, for example | 21 |
| rough woolen fabric | 19 |
| removed pelt | 12 |
| royal term of respect | 21 |
| rapper rhymes | 13 |
| relevant information [colloq] | 29 |
| responded in court | 18 |
| rope with a sliding noose | 25 |
| rest on oil, ever being produced | 32 |
| rubber loop | 11 |
| radio music quiz that began in 1986, now hosted by paul gambaccini | 66 |
| refrain from disturbing a woman turning up in shelter | 53 |
| remain, for example, to tour centre of factory | 46 |
| relish sun and prefer to be without top | 39 |
| ruminant | 8 |
| religious sect | 14 |
| requiring fast action | 21 |
| ready to go round place making small wave | 41 |
| receive data from director now sadly facing burden | 50 |
| relating to the muslim faith | 28 |
| refracting block | 16 |
| rubs out | 8 |
| ruffle | 6 |
| representatives | 15 |
| robert, epic fantasy writer noted for his series the wheel of time | 66 |
| reckless boast about bishop and those leading orders | 52 |
| Reality shows, to some people | 29 |
| Reveries | 8 |
| Riddle-me- — | 14 |
| Resume play after accidentally sinking the white pool ball? | 59 |
| Really heavy herbivore | 22 |
| Road furrow | 11 |
| River of Bern | 13 |
| Ripoff | 6 |
| Reasoned deduction | 18 |
| River formation | 15 |
| Ranting speech | 14 |
| run into room, access being organised | 37 |
| restrain sides getting disorderly – start to talk | 51 |
| refuse to wait one's turn | 25 |
| rich, as a voice | 16 |
| ripens, as a strawberry | 23 |
| robin's relative | 16 |
| rabbit-sized rodent | 19 |
| rejections | 10 |
| relaxation exhalation | 21 |
| rowing spot | 11 |
| rabbit kin with a white winter coat | 35 |
| roquefort base | 14 |
| refreshing need? | 16 |
| Restroom in a pub | 17 |
| role played by garland and siren | 32 |
| record is broken by the winner | 30 |
| rebuke don from top to toe | 26 |
| reason for being milled | 23 |
| Red setter chasing his tail in plot | 35 |
| Race of theatre goers | 21 |
| Raccoonlike mammal of China | 27 |
| Rock climber's handhold | 23 |
| Results of some fouls in soccer | 31 |
| Round up at the start? | 22 |
| Reason to award two gold medals | 31 |
| Restaurant chain with an avian mascot | 37 |
| repetitive laugh | 16 |
| river flowing through france and germany | 40 |
| run off together | 16 |
| remote post? | 12 |
| ripen | 5 |
| Runs on television | 18 |
| Racehorse with a good chance of winning | 39 |
| Red dot button on a remote, for short | 37 |
| Rank of seaman in US Navy | 25 |
| Right to sell company's products using the company's name | 57 |
| Result of physical harm | 23 |
| Robert ......, Irish writer best known for his novel The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists | 89 |
| Restless desire | 15 |
| Remove, as a ruler | 18 |
| Row about horse and piglet's friend | 35 |
| Roy raised half of kids with sweetheart and terrier | 51 |
| Rents dilapidated building, finally. Next, to reinforce | 55 |
| Reputation curtailed by snacking again and again and again | 58 |
| Reel's partner | 14 |
| Runs on TV, say | 15 |
| Response to a question, for short | 33 |
| Royal flush card | 16 |
| Relieve old generation without support | 38 |
| Royal Mile beggar developing brazen guile | 41 |
| Ready for Janacek? Knockout sequence of notes at end of Sinfonietta | 67 |
| Rook hash which has many bones | 30 |
| Ragtime age dance which was denounced by the Vatican | 52 |
| Rwanda has ill-prepared border protection | 41 |
| Revival | 7 |
| Relating to elderly care | 24 |
| Republican congressman who has served as Speaker of the House since October 2023: 2 wds. | 88 |
| Republican congressman who served as Speaker of the House from January to October 2023: 2 wds. | 94 |
| Result of a bout, sometimes: Abbr. | 34 |
| Rock band ... Speedwagon | 24 |
| reel | 4 |
| relating to the east | 20 |
| rural | 5 |
| Right servant to start work | 27 |
| railmen moving ore | 18 |
| returning artist gets stick for being abstruse | 46 |
| restrained, crazy, getting clean away | 37 |
| rinse out some sticky stuff | 27 |
| regard spectre another way | 26 |
| reprimand for language, getting a whipping | 42 |
| room next to first musician | 27 |
| readable edition of 'sapper' | 28 |
| resolutely stay put, having rubbish for disposal | 48 |
| Reportedly excited after misdemeanour in place of worship | 57 |