| Rescue worker [abbr.] | 21 |
| Romantic outings | 16 |
| refuse to accept work and present a problem | 43 |
| requisitions taken by one in the clerical profession | 52 |
| returning vessels don't go any further | 38 |
| refuse to show signs of old age | 31 |
| restless corpses? | 17 |
| restrict support for a curtain accessory | 40 |
| register one inside and celebrate | 33 |
| rows about stray dogs | 21 |
| red spies out to scatter | 24 |
| relation in the south of france, we hear | 40 |
| Reckless lawman visibly embarrassed over wickedness | 51 |
| Rich, having some wealth, nevertheless mortal | 45 |
| republic on the persian gulf whose capital is baghdad | 53 |
| reportedly elevate fish | 23 |
| reddish-purple feather loses a point | 36 |
| restrict prisoner to penalty | 28 |
| reliance | 8 |
| raised platform for a preacher | 30 |
| represents | 10 |
| religious text | 14 |
| rice-based dish | 15 |
| refuse to allow | 15 |
| ropey bloke on site? | 20 |
| risked, on a part of the fence | 30 |
| receding sea | 12 |
| resist | 6 |
| remove creases | 14 |
| regress | 7 |
| resinous deposit | 16 |
| rodent; love anag. | 18 |
| Reddish-orange pigment | 22 |
| Religious song | 14 |
| Reeled, teetered | 16 |
| Revenue inspector | 17 |
| Root, derivation | 16 |
| Restaurant kitchen worker | 25 |
| Rastafarian hairstyle | 21 |
| Rustic person | 13 |
| Resembling an android | 21 |
| Respect always held by Engineers | 32 |
| Receding tide in Entebbe | 24 |
| Route that tinier ray travels | 29 |
| Rubber ring opens, but remove first | 35 |
| Rail about untruthful person | 28 |
| Reflect on Greek mountain nymph | 31 |
| Register at a hotel that's novel and popular | 44 |
| Rail track's width | 18 |
| Race an engine | 14 |
| Rounded lump or ball | 20 |
| republican party that's developing? alternatively, policy with high turnover of staff? | 86 |
| really waterlogged, old township | 32 |
| rambles stupidly, initially annoying people on the internet | 59 |
| rats scurry | 11 |
| remarkable bird concealing tail in nest | 39 |
| ramifications from bill supporting naughty child | 48 |
| remote island well ventilated? not half! | 40 |
| river going west crossing over neighbourhood | 44 |
| ruth's cuter, weirdly, after husband's removed make-up | 54 |
| Remark for wonderful or terrible tasks | 38 |
| Remove, as a beret | 18 |
| Reagan's Star Wars program: Abbr. | 33 |
| Rowing implements | 17 |
| Roommate, informally | 20 |
| Religious image: Var. | 21 |
| Region due east of Rhode Island | 31 |
| Response to a braggart | 22 |
| Remove, as a light bulb | 23 |
| Revises for publication | 23 |
| Refrain from giving | 19 |
| Readied, as a guitar | 20 |
| robbed | 6 |
| rudely knocked up a knight to open safe | 39 |
| removing jacket fast when wife goes pale | 40 |
| rd. haunted by freddy krueger | 29 |
| rock climbing resting spots | 27 |
| rapper with a three-letter instagram handle | 43 |
| rant and rave | 13 |
| recurring tiktok post | 21 |
| Rotation meas. | 14 |
| React like a startled horse | 27 |
| really ticked off | 17 |
| realms | 6 |
| russian jets | 12 |
| royal messenger | 15 |
| regretful one | 13 |
| River blocker | 13 |
| Ring ... [sound for an incoming phone call] | 43 |
| Relaxed, not harsh | 18 |
| Rare, medium, or well-done | 26 |
| Religious mentor | 16 |
| Royal decoration for head | 25 |
| Reason-based faith | 18 |
| relating to the largest hot desert | 34 |
| Relocate assembly but not a constituent | 39 |
| Rip up root, scattering a mix of petals and leaves | 50 |
| Righteous to check bird's home in good faith | 44 |
| Reportedly a tiny hole is unacceptable | 38 |
| Romeo's follower in mountain range | 34 |
| rank in english church noel disputed | 36 |
| Repudiated | 10 |
| Receiving scanty rainfall | 25 |
| remnants | 8 |
| ribbon | 6 |
| rugged rock | 11 |
| runs away to marry | 18 |
| running event | 13 |
| rats and squirrels | 18 |
| Rome tourist attraction | 23 |
| Raced [through] | 15 |
| Runway figures | 14 |
| Reddit session whose name suggests no question is out of line, for short | 72 |
| Robust, dark-colored beer | 25 |
| Rush director ... Howard | 24 |
| Request when ordering a margarita, sometimes: 2 wds. | 52 |
| Raw numbers for analysis | 24 |
| RBI, for one | 12 |
| Ring merchant | 13 |
| Rock's Mötley — | 18 |
| Roswell visitors | 16 |
| Recline | 7 |
| Rembrandt painting, with "The" | 30 |
| Richard Antoine White's brass instrument | 40 |
| River part | 10 |
| Reserved and haughty | 20 |
| Roots develop into a trunk | 26 |
| Right off the book shelf | 24 |
| Raid document [2 words] | 23 |
| Ruling | 6 |
| Required | 8 |
| Recipe measure [abbr.] | 22 |
| Richthofen's title | 18 |
| Recover | 7 |
| rita's out of step | 18 |
| remove from the side, let expert in | 35 |
| Rebellious type without his trousers | 36 |
| river in spain originating in the sierra morena mountains associated with copper mining | 87 |
| runaways dress tree differently | 31 |
| right to have or do something | 29 |
| recipe for mince pie or little opus | 35 |
| runs playfully | 14 |
| remunerates | 11 |
| railway carriage | 16 |
| reason for a crime | 18 |
| richard, tv quiz show host and author noted for his crime novels | 64 |
| reggae singer who formed his own record label tuff gong in 1970 | 63 |
| responses to a tall story, perhaps | 34 |
| raincoat; apple computer | 24 |
| response to a particularly funny meme | 37 |
| Royal officials | 15 |
| Region of the eastern Mediterranean | 35 |
| Radio 2 Drivetime presenter | 27 |
| Relationship of the Princess Royal to Prince William | 52 |
| Residential area of Greater Manchester | 38 |
| Repairers have drying machine | 29 |
| Reddened from UV rays | 21 |
| Revolving engine component | 26 |
| Requiring no training [job] | 27 |
| Roman number XC | 15 |
| Rigidly laid down | 17 |
| revolutionary machines in wizard's car | 38 |
| Repulsive seafood with ingredient that's metallic | 49 |
| Rod on guitar fell | 18 |
| Rather large lawn | 17 |
| Recreational vehicle | 20 |
| River to the Caspian | 20 |
| Renaissance painter | 19 |
| Red traffic sign | 16 |
| Reasons | 7 |
| Resourced | 9 |
| Razor Vacs, for example | 23 |
| Recede | 6 |
| Railroad bridges | 16 |
| Remain unsettled | 16 |
| Reply | 5 |
| reports about facebook owner installed into medical devices | 59 |
| requests bottles to be emptied of fluid | 39 |
| robot with head of rubber, heart of foil and rear of lead | 57 |
| research-facility setting | 25 |
| returned | 8 |
| rock-like pokémon with muscular arms | 37 |
| release, as a carabiner | 23 |
| raise, as morale | 16 |
| Reason to say "Pee-yew!" | 24 |
| Right-angled bend | 17 |
| races, as an engine | 19 |
| rami or sami malek | 18 |
| rebukes | 7 |
| result in | 9 |
| Regular grind | 13 |
| Response to "shall we?" | 23 |
| River crosser but it's not a vessel | 35 |
| Rubbish gracious boater? | 24 |
| Reckoning that goes in, entering totals of upsets? | 50 |
| Repercussions of statute introduced by current politician | 57 |
| Redcap initially stopped guards in need of evening out | 54 |
| Revolutionary Indian instrument good for nothing | 48 |
| Realises, twigs | 15 |
| religious teaching | 18 |