| Rub American uncle up the wrong way with authority | 50 |
| Ring roads tend to fit long-term directive | 42 |
| River flowing into a sewer? | 27 |
| Run away and shelter at the welfare centre | 42 |
| Regarded as a bit of a key man | 30 |
| river of north yorkshire that flows to the swale to form the ouse | 65 |
| richard ..., us director of central intelligence from 1966-73 | 61 |
| ross ..., 1977 wimbledon men's doubles tennis championship winner with geoff masters | 84 |
| retailer gets hot, confusing bear and reindeer | 46 |
| reported change in table | 24 |
| repeatedly confront heartless couple inside, looking at one another | 67 |
| recast scene 1 with relatives | 29 |
| Ran round bend turning up for fight | 35 |
| Reach for some meat, maybe a tin | 32 |
| roman candle, say | 17 |
| rabbit colony | 13 |
| repaired | 8 |
| relating to the eye | 19 |
| rub over or apply thickly | 25 |
| running bird | 12 |
| recap | 5 |
| ropey-sounding negative | 23 |
| requite | 7 |
| roman tongue | 12 |
| refer | 5 |
| rue | 3 |
| rectify text | 12 |
| ripping | 7 |
| reportedly put together by society of female domestic servants | 62 |
| richard ..., co-star with julia roberts in pretty woman | 55 |
| rags-to-riches heroine | 22 |
| Rejected completely, we hear | 28 |
| Royal Engineers said to go free | 31 |
| Rise up with some more Belgians | 31 |
| Region in southern Japan | 24 |
| Rambler | 7 |
| Radioactivity gauge | 19 |
| react to sharp bite of lemon chicken? | 37 |
| red meat is not generally well done | 35 |
| Rock layers | 11 |
| Rats' homes | 11 |
| Restaurant appetizers | 21 |
| Rob, award-winning director of Stand by Me | 42 |
| Rock 'n' Roll Grandma Asks Daughter And Granddaughters To Get Matching Tattoos | 78 |
| Rock band featuring Gene Simmons | 32 |
| Repository for storing plant genetics | 37 |
| Recreated a historical event | 28 |
| Radio home of This American Life and Invisibilia | 48 |
| Reinforcement steel mesh and wires | 34 |
| Rams, but not ewes | 18 |
| Real, in Germany | 16 |
| Rifts | 5 |
| Rocket's propulsion | 19 |
| Rejoin a group | 14 |
| Ride the waves | 14 |
| Rode in a plane | 15 |
| rage that is about right | 24 |
| reportedly pine for coat | 24 |
| resort town on the north devon coast | 36 |
| rulers of qatar and the uae | 27 |
| rottweiler or rhodesian ridgeback | 33 |
| reacted to with a thumbs-up, say | 32 |
| Real first name of comedian Awkwafina | 37 |
| Rockies setting: Abbr. | 22 |
| resorts | 7 |
| river crossing | 14 |
| romantic songs | 14 |
| raps | 4 |
| Ruff Ryder's Anthem singer aka Earl Simmons | 43 |
| Russian mountains between Europe and Asia | 41 |
| Rembrandt, e.g. | 15 |
| Recorded marine mammal's cry | 28 |
| Recover consciousness | 21 |
| Rock music's ... Speedwagon | 27 |
| Run away in dunce's cap, embarrassed | 36 |
| Row on air from time to time | 28 |
| Required to be worked like dough, we're told | 44 |
| Revolutionary directions: encrust rich tart | 43 |
| Repulsive new audience accommodation a university installed | 59 |
| Romantic poet | 13 |
| Refuse to buy as a protest | 26 |
| rancid | 6 |
| render accessible | 17 |
| ranking | 7 |
| rich or sumptuous | 17 |
| reach one's destination | 23 |
| rouse to activity | 17 |
| resentful manner | 16 |
| Roman numeral for a second sequel | 33 |
| Rush ... [period of heavy traffic] | 34 |
| Redact | 6 |
| Rice University athletes | 24 |
| Range below soprano | 19 |
| Red hue | 7 |
| rate of progress | 16 |
| Room at the top in backward Italian city | 40 |
| Roadblock to overcome | 21 |
| Reason to stop exercising | 25 |
| Reason my soda is cold | 22 |
| Reason for optimism | 19 |
| Rat-a-... [drum sound] | 22 |
| release from accusation without payment | 39 |
| ruining rugs, a sweet substance | 31 |
| ridicule is free in river | 25 |
| root - it's crushed for rice dish | 33 |
| reckoned to have fired about half the guns | 42 |
| recommendation he abandons head with bad habit | 46 |
| Register surfer's opening moves on the waves | 44 |
| roman emperor from 37-41 | 24 |
| robert —, actor who played siegfried farnon in bbc tv series all creatures great and small | 92 |
| ruthless competition | 20 |
| relating to digestion | 21 |
| relating to humor | 17 |
| repeated program | 16 |
| regard for safety | 17 |
| relaxed confidence | 18 |
| rasp to smooth off timber pole | 30 |
| Religion that began in what is now Saudi Arabia | 47 |
| Row about stray dog | 19 |
| Rounding Tunisia in the French liner | 36 |
| Reserve player is expected to conquer | 37 |
| Rows cause upset, we hear | 25 |
| River time recorder | 19 |
| Rod's making trip to spar | 25 |
| Recommend strongly | 18 |
| Refined chap such as Suranne Jones' Jack | 40 |
| Rita ......, Let You Love Me singer | 35 |
| Rise up | 7 |
| Reverse a situation | 19 |
| reason for princess's insomnia? | 31 |
| robert lewandowski, say | 23 |
| radio transmitters | 18 |
| Rick Blaine's love | 18 |
| Redistrict unfairly | 19 |
| Response to sweet talk | 22 |
| Rat follower | 12 |
| Relaxation of red tape, briefly | 31 |
| Rival outfits in "West Side Story" | 34 |
| Response to a stomach punch | 27 |
| Rough customer | 14 |
| River of Devon | 14 |
| Root for November | 17 |
| Regional plural pronoun | 23 |
| Reinforced, as parkas | 21 |
| Religion founded by Hubbard | 27 |
| Raisin .. cereal | 16 |
| Russian liquor | 14 |
| Region of China | 15 |
| Roomy place to house vehicles [actress Jones] | 45 |
| Research ctr. | 13 |
| Rushes about wildly | 19 |
| run rings around [someone] | 26 |
| roman goddess of the dawn | 25 |
| raised fuss then dashed inside promptly | 39 |
| ride out in direction that's most strange | 41 |
| regularly feed bimbo lies that can be swallowed | 47 |
| ready, aim, ........ | 20 |
| Reaction to seeing the Northern Lights, perhaps | 47 |
| R&B singer with the 2006 #1 hit "So Sick" | 41 |
| Rise to one's feet | 18 |
| reddit started offering it in march 2024 | 40 |
| Religion established in 1863 teaching worth of all | 50 |
| Robert Downey Jr. in short form | 31 |
| Rat pack singer Sammy Davis ... | 31 |
| Result of particular influence | 30 |
| Round roll of bread | 19 |
| Rest, in Rioja | 14 |
| Raga rock instrument | 20 |
| Ring around a lagoon | 20 |
| Real pickle | 11 |
| Rice cake that may be filled with ice cream | 43 |
| Replica made to scale | 21 |
| Rowing stick | 12 |
| Ruffle the feathers of | 22 |
| Roughly, in date ranges | 23 |
| Reduces by cutting | 18 |
| Rocky Mountain deer | 19 |
| Role in a play | 14 |
| Rollaway bed | 12 |
| relating to punishment | 22 |
| roof's projecting edge | 22 |
| Risky enterprise | 16 |
| reputation-damaging action | 26 |
| rhyming synonym of "wary" | 25 |
| refuge – britpop band | 23 |
| run into section of the fortification | 37 |
| reveal united nations disguise | 30 |
| right punishment about bird | 27 |
| reprisal for fashion accessory in rhyme | 39 |
| restrict the dog to one less bone | 33 |
| run slowly to deceive the french | 32 |
| russian fighter in the immigration department | 45 |
| Retired tennis player nevertheless entertains | 45 |
| Relay rage cost starter in Paris? | 33 |
| Relative odds cut in mixed crew | 31 |
| Recommend that you should tell | 30 |
| Rule on, when carrying the raid out | 35 |
| Reckoned it means "with a pattern" | 34 |
| retailer turned leader | 22 |
| reared | 6 |