| spiritual leader to overturn rug | 32 |
| straight muscles torn in a trice | 32 |
| smooth | 6 |
| stitch | 6 |
| solar energy source | 19 |
| sphere | 6 |
| scruffy | 7 |
| seaweed jelly | 13 |
| stage musical featuring the song one night in bangkok | 53 |
| something measurable in military squad | 38 |
| small measure at home followed by children | 42 |
| sailor infused with energy has sign of emotion | 46 |
| set fire to black funerary container | 36 |
| seat is mended for daytime rest | 31 |
| supporter | 9 |
| silent | 6 |
| state of being lawful | 21 |
| strong drink to be had in quiet breaks? | 39 |
| song by the kinks | 17 |
| separates | 9 |
| scandinavian capital | 20 |
| sanction | 8 |
| sides | 5 |
| symbols | 7 |
| stuck to a routine | 18 |
| slingshot | 9 |
| sleighs | 7 |
| squid's fluid | 13 |
| slippery | 8 |
| satisfaction of a debt before its official due date | 51 |
| song by little eva released in 1962, covered by kylie minogue for a hit in 1988 | 79 |
| stafford, labour politician who was clement attlee's second chancellor | 70 |
| switching between broadcasters en route from dover to calais? | 61 |
| surpass in ability circle thus displaced in spain | 49 |
| strong drink for morale | 23 |
| single eccentric carrying coat for gardening and tight-fitting trousers | 71 |
| shade | 5 |
| scram! | 6 |
| saudi neighbour | 15 |
| sleep like a ... | 16 |
| soundtrack to torvill and dean's 1984 triumph | 45 |
| see you | 7 |
| sign of saintliness | 19 |
| small hooter | 12 |
| sir paul's daughter | 19 |
| soon | 4 |
| saucy | 5 |
| son of zeus | 11 |
| Spoken, not written | 19 |
| South American river-fish | 25 |
| Sweet frozen confection | 23 |
| System aimed at preventing speeding | 35 |
| Skye village opposite Kyle of Lochalsh | 38 |
| Short flounced garment worn by cheerleaders | 43 |
| Scottish minister's house | 25 |
| Split professional role | 23 |
| Small head rash | 15 |
| Sticks with conjunctions | 24 |
| Swine holding rear up is a giant | 32 |
| Sends overseas with Carol's three? | 34 |
| She accepts fashionable lustre | 30 |
| Septic swellings | 16 |
| Small spot | 10 |
| Sponge off | 10 |
| Surplus | 7 |
| Sour | 4 |
| Swiss chocolate company | 23 |
| Salman ......, Midnight's Children author | 41 |
| Stan ......, jazz saxophonist | 29 |
| Skewered maize, often eaten as a starter | 40 |
| Symbol given to beaches meeting stringent environmental and safety standards | 76 |
| Substance left [after a process] | 32 |
| Steel hat | 9 |
| Slatted window cover | 20 |
| Strenuous activity | 18 |
| Short shorts | 12 |
| Strong denial | 13 |
| splendid advertisement for older member of the family | 53 |
| sole supplier | 13 |
| straight alternative for a builder | 34 |
| she left fellow to create ledge | 31 |
| strange french one with us initially upset man | 46 |
| strange giant sure to produce autograph | 39 |
| sponge used for messy rugs once | 31 |
| showing diplomacy, one with french article relating to touch | 60 |
| suffered, possibly under an editor | 34 |
| swimmer with the winner's medal? | 32 |
| southern railway transport to make a great effort | 49 |
| safeguards for certain bonds | 28 |
| some of the code regulations current in germany | 47 |
| swords, for example, for team members | 37 |
| Sinister country Spain on reflection | 36 |
| Soldiers knocked over - that's horrible part of course | 54 |
| Senior embracing sex without agreement, say? It's Trump's forte | 63 |
| Swing with nurse in front | 25 |
| Still being here, take car outside [can I get into reverse?] | 60 |
| student always has a crowbar | 28 |
| sacked if upsetting socialist | 29 |
| set broken leg | 14 |
| shape of cricket in london? | 27 |
| still in the venture | 20 |
| song about coral destruction | 28 |
| stream of brilliance | 20 |
| Speak to brusquely | 18 |
| Shakespeare or Wordsworth | 25 |
| Southern states' power source | 29 |
| Solemn affirmations | 19 |
| Suggest orally | 14 |
| Spring reversal | 15 |
| Suffix for young or prank | 25 |
| Stupidly clumsy | 15 |
| Sexy skirt feature | 18 |
| Soothsayer | 10 |
| Second-place finisher Hyph | 26 |
| Shilling fraction | 17 |
| Safe to consume | 15 |
| Strike | 6 |
| Sushi staple | 12 |
| Spectral glide, in jazz | 23 |
| Symbol of the "perfect dairy product" | 37 |
| Shake or wink | 13 |
| Surname meaning "maker" | 23 |
| Sport with scoring by touching | 30 |
| Sand, say | 9 |
| Showy but insubstantial | 23 |
| Start holding | 13 |
| Subject of the biography "War on the Basepaths" | 47 |
| Side in an age-old battle | 25 |
| Small band | 10 |
| Sound from an 18 Down | 21 |
| Shirt, essentially | 18 |
| Seagoing | 8 |
| Surmounts | 9 |
| Something wafting | 17 |
| Singing star from London | 24 |
| Sun block | 9 |
| Some S&L nest eggs | 18 |
| Start reading again | 19 |
| Shipped off | 11 |
| Sports complex | 14 |
| Saucepan topper | 15 |
| Sea marker | 10 |
| Set ablaze | 10 |
| Second wife of Lennon | 21 |
| Sharp-tasting | 13 |
| Somewhat stiff | 14 |
| Sortie signal | 13 |
| Singer Garfunkel | 16 |
| Sheriff Taylor's tyke | 21 |
| Sportscaster Cosell | 19 |
| Sporty English autos | 20 |
| Secret rendezvous | 17 |
| Small hotel | 11 |
| Skill, in Latin | 15 |
| Supermodel Kate | 15 |
| Spike of films | 14 |
| Surgery ctrs. | 13 |
| Stores away | 11 |
| Simpson trial judge Lance | 25 |
| small binoculars | 16 |
| sonic signal | 12 |
| sr., probably? | 14 |
| state ‘former president's a bum!' | 35 |
| speak disparagingly of danish outfit's almost burning dish | 58 |
| Stuck-up sort | 13 |
| Spin around | 11 |
| Shot out, as lava | 17 |
| Striped swimmer named for a heavenly being | 42 |
| Strongly desire | 15 |
| Sink, as the sun | 16 |
| Surf's partner on a menu | 24 |
| Soup server's spoon | 19 |
| Significant | 11 |
| Simple trade | 12 |
| sedgwick of "the summer i turned pretty" | 40 |
| silly person | 12 |
| ship's feature | 14 |
| squirrel, e.g. | 14 |
| screen | 6 |
| snail's kin | 11 |
| self-images | 11 |
| springs up | 10 |
| stitching | 9 |
| supporting | 10 |
| stockings | 9 |
| small specks | 12 |
| small openings made in envelopes | 32 |
| spoke in jest | 13 |
| Sinusitis department: Abbr. | 27 |
| Shoe's partner | 14 |
| Small part of a molecule | 24 |
| Suffix with "infant" or "percent" anagram of "lei" | 50 |
| School year term, for short | 27 |
| Spanish "more" | 14 |
| Slip-...... comfy shoes | 23 |
| Straightens up | 14 |
| Small restaurant for coffees and lunch | 38 |
| Sewing technique | 16 |
| Ship-related | 12 |
| Sign of bronchitis | 18 |