| strip in venetian blinds | 24 |
| smash mouth song that begins, "somebody once told me ..." | 57 |
| sour cream utensil | 18 |
| sit untouched | 13 |
| swung for the fences, maybe | 27 |
| sweet movie snack for an arnold schwarzenegger comedy? | 54 |
| shasta and fanta | 16 |
| spicy movie snack for a demi moore and patrick swayze fantasy romance? | 70 |
| slough off | 10 |
| seasonal mall worker | 20 |
| sword, to a brit | 16 |
| single thing | 12 |
| small tide | 10 |
| service tree or rowan tree; bros anag. | 38 |
| smart ..., know-it-alls | 23 |
| suffix denoting "small" | 23 |
| sharpen, hone | 13 |
| stoneworker; gary ..., former british heavyweight boxing champion | 65 |
| Symbols of humble beginnings | 28 |
| Sport that takes place in an octagon, for short | 47 |
| Something skipped across a calm lake | 36 |
| slicker start? | 14 |
| saigon soup | 11 |
| southern veggie | 15 |
| slosh | 5 |
| sitar music | 11 |
| shut out | 8 |
| several | 7 |
| strengthening piece of construction material | 44 |
| stand-up guys? | 14 |
| starch source in indian cuisine | 31 |
| subject of debate as to whether or not it's a science | 53 |
| service-chief? | 14 |
| sing about italy's first island wine | 36 |
| share beer - that shows logic | 29 |
| sly description of literary dodger | 34 |
| saltpetre starts to nestle in the reclining end | 47 |
| scientist making changes to stamina | 35 |
| steps out in space | 18 |
| such characters tend to keep people in the dark | 47 |
| still in the seventies | 22 |
| spoils something heavenly | 25 |
| shifty ivan cast off and departed | 33 |
| snooker-playing craftsman | 25 |
| stayed to produce green lid | 27 |
| stake has lost colour | 21 |
| scold for putting frock at lower price | 38 |
| specify plan to get tea variety | 31 |
| Sunny little chap? | 18 |
| Some outdated ideas passed muster | 33 |
| Start walking back, as a rule | 29 |
| Such varnish doesn't suit the whole ship, I see | 47 |
| Stravinsky's vigorous piece | 27 |
| Saint who confused Nabal with Laban? | 36 |
| slight elevation where the malleus attaches to the eardrum | 58 |
| see lee trip over a creature | 28 |
| soldier turns in end of letter ... swine! | 41 |
| secretary of the interior haaland | 33 |
| stall for time | 14 |
| shaking, maybe | 14 |
| snake | 5 |
| serial killer's obsession in "se7en" | 36 |
| Slight competitive advantage | 28 |
| Sportscaster Collinsworth | 25 |
| Spanish cheer | 13 |
| Squares have four of these | 26 |
| Small ornament or piece of jewelry | 34 |
| Slovakia's alpha-3 code | 23 |
| Skin care brand with products containing oats | 45 |
| Small device with a particular purpose | 38 |
| Set of steps for passing from one level to another | 50 |
| Sticky substance produced by some trees | 39 |
| Stick used by old people while walking | 38 |
| Singable bedtime story | 22 |
| Strong wine from southern Spain | 31 |
| State of not being in prison | 28 |
| Soup ... Yum | 12 |
| sister of napoleon bonaparte | 28 |
| short name for a single-lens reflex camera | 42 |
| Sothernmost of the Balearic Islands | 35 |
| Shake, Rattle and ......, Bill Haley hit | 40 |
| Sign-off message | 16 |
| Stacey's best friend in Gavin & Stacey | 38 |
| Spectacular North American cascade | 34 |
| Small pool on the pavement | 26 |
| Spurt | 5 |
| Secret hoard | 12 |
| Second admission | 16 |
| Served alight [food] | 20 |
| Sprinkling with mud or water | 28 |
| Settle into a comfy position | 28 |
| Strategy, plan | 14 |
| Superstar Minnelli with an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony | 56 |
| Springsteen's nickname, with "the" | 34 |
| School transcript figure [Abbr] | 31 |
| Shot centred on steps on the warpath | 36 |
| Span rebuilt around it | 22 |
| Split deck lies in store | 24 |
| Sexy to start with, and truly arousing? | 39 |
| Seductive, fetching | 19 |
| Sear body tissue to treat a wound | 33 |
| Stock of a rifle | 16 |
| Street urchin | 13 |
| Seize for military use | 22 |
| Spaghetti sauce container | 25 |
| Something to dunk a corn chip in | 32 |
| Supernatural gift, supposedly: Abbr. | 36 |
| Santa Monica ... [Southern California attraction] | 49 |
| Singer best known for Gangnam Style | 35 |
| Slanted surface in a skate park | 31 |
| Smallville character Luthor | 27 |
| Singer Horne | 12 |
| Soup base | 9 |
| Sign of life | 12 |
| Slugger Stan | 12 |
| Stylishly quaint | 16 |
| Salon stuff | 11 |
| Stroll | 6 |
| Sacred river | 12 |
| Soccer — | 10 |
| Salad ingredient | 16 |
| Scott Turow book | 16 |
| Seize | 5 |
| Smell really bad | 16 |
| Stringed instrument with seven pedals | 37 |
| Starchy bite atop a hot dish | 28 |
| Some diner desserts | 19 |
| Small sticks | 12 |
| Some rap battlers, briefly | 26 |
| Small mammal with a long snout | 30 |
| Secure URL opening | 18 |
| Some shade trees | 16 |
| Sobbed | 6 |
| Sneaky plan | 11 |
| Second number in the Fibonacci sequence | 39 |
| Short and ... | 13 |
| Slushy drink brand | 18 |
| Singer Peniston | 15 |
| Skate park trick | 16 |
| Symbol on a computer screen | 27 |
| Something Santa or a shopper might check | 40 |
| Survey of public opinion | 24 |
| Show obsequious deference | 25 |
| Sudden wild rush | 16 |
| Sneering | 8 |
| Sole | 4 |
| Selfish drivers do go rash when upset | 37 |
| Scottish cap or hood | 20 |
| Submitted to the Spanish guard | 30 |
| Sets out a perceptible increase in salary | 41 |
| Sees coins, tossed, splitting | 29 |
| Sure it won't get muddled? It's hard to say | 43 |
| Source of oil in southeast unaltered | 36 |
| Some volume of books teaching religion | 38 |
| Small, tricky splinter | 22 |
| Seen inside, sheltering with female | 35 |
| State one's earlier blunders | 28 |
| stands firm | 11 |
| scale units | 11 |
| snarls | 6 |
| sound of objection | 18 |
| shield boss | 11 |
| swooped into court | 18 |
| shack | 5 |
| small, light car | 16 |
| state of panic | 14 |
| speculate | 9 |
| slope | 5 |
| set of baby items | 17 |
| stage front | 11 |
| social statuses | 15 |
| solemn undertaking | 18 |
| solidifies | 10 |
| soft wool | 9 |
| sixth-form qualification | 24 |
| savage | 6 |
| scottish port | 13 |
| sight organ | 11 |
| swedish band | 12 |
| song by elton john that was his first solo uk no. 1, in 1990 | 60 |
| support period hidden from the performing spotlight? | 52 |
| slur ace represented as non-religious | 37 |
| several mild reforms for runner-up's reward? | 44 |
| stray in distant area in italian city | 37 |
| short sleep in a pub? not entirely | 34 |
| series with outsiders from balkans, belgrade citizens? | 54 |
| sun by recreational area not half in resort | 43 |
| soldier provided that answer for political movement | 51 |
| staggering tax rise for comic character | 39 |
| spooner's subdued fish | 22 |
| supplies side-splitting joke | 28 |
| start of silly season for rishi? | 32 |
| singer's entertaining dad dancing in somerset village | 53 |
| snug and elegant – chic | 25 |
| science kit for kids | 20 |
| swallow drop? | 13 |
| salutation | 10 |
| successful transaction for the business side of a magazine, maybe | 65 |
| some former apprentices | 23 |
| spot in the paper | 17 |