| Army rank immediately below captain | 35 |
| Silica ---, drying agent often inserted in packaging | 52 |
| Spiritual intermediary or medicine man in certain indigenous religions | 70 |
| WE Henley poem that ends: "I am the captain of my soul" | 55 |
| Large passenger jet | 19 |
| Nonstick coating trademarked by DuPont in 1945 | 46 |
| 19th Greek letter | 17 |
| England midfielder who joined Arsenal FC for a fee of £100m in 2023 | 68 |
| London's theatre district | 25 |
| Defamation in spoken form | 25 |
| Metal device that may be attached to a riding boot | 50 |
| British artist who designed the cover of the Beatles' eighth studio album | 73 |
| Certainly you expect soup to begin with | 39 |
| Head of embroidery is after double thread | 41 |
| Attempt to contain burnt material and rubbish | 45 |
| One wrapped up in Bottom's performance | 38 |
| Group is mostly keen about new holiday itinerary | 48 |
| Threw parties, organising a guard for doors and windows | 55 |
| Stable incident has me turning prude, extremely embarrassed | 59 |
| Girl marrying outside key alpha group | 37 |
| Catch a number climbing | 23 |
| Certain characters in regatta individually win | 46 |
| Enterprise, say, opening small joint | 36 |
| Rich fabric not entirely satisfying | 35 |
| Former college, filthy place, to mostly renovate insulation, perhaps | 68 |
| Some empty out of the way resort area | 37 |
| Irritable like a horrible child having lost book | 48 |
| One in penny casino game losing pound in turn | 45 |
| Dry in southeast and cold | 25 |
| Flow of vapour across river | 27 |
| Some swear thyme is blue | 24 |
| A foot behind | 13 |
| Fruit old queen put in stirred neat gin | 39 |
| Rubbish three times gets left out | 33 |
| Competitor raced in European northern Tourist Trophy | 52 |
| A base insult badly open to being prolonged | 43 |
| Old man carrying article made of wood | 37 |
| Libertines encountered in Marrakesh? | 36 |
| Comedian's foil swapping a ring for daughter's heavy food | 57 |
| Likable prayers introducing a set of holy books | 47 |
| Dreadful pranks reportedly stopped by cold woman in charge | 58 |
| Old Native American, key one of five inspiring long novel | 57 |
| Representative of Evita touring south pursuing wheel components? | 64 |
| Sorry about worker shut up inside | 33 |
| Eg Hammerstein's gigantic vehicle? | 34 |
| Doctor once said to be connected with Bath and Wells perhaps | 60 |
| Flowering plant requiring market's first permit | 47 |
| Mongoose in Germany I associated with cardinal in speech | 56 |
| Nonsense writer engaging husband as composer of music | 53 |
| A Jurassic herbivore, or a son 18 abandoned? | 44 |
| Gaseous element unknown in French — or Norwegian originally | 61 |
| A new compiler mostly imbibing single liqueur | 45 |
| Game birds? | 11 |
| Lorry governor used to carry agreed plant | 41 |
| "Like a bone?" First of underfed Labradors raced back | 53 |
| Dry American senator in Rome way back | 37 |
| Old city bloke left Derby finally as a top priority | 51 |
| Eye-catching feature high-flyer goes round with minder at first | 63 |
| Obsequious sergeant major and his area of influence | 51 |
| Athlete's approach getting old rail union down? | 47 |
| Small group Elder perhaps notes outside hotel | 45 |
| Work with the school map, perhaps: it's for examining pupils | 60 |
| Bog standard wine about to overcome character opening inn | 57 |
| Indian dish served in Maryland port? No more | 44 |
| Demure, reserved | 16 |
| Dog's gruff cry | 15 |
| Ate a main meal | 15 |
| Formally charge [a serving US president, eg] | 44 |
| Object conferring magical protection or luck | 44 |
| Microbe | 7 |
| Glowing, luminous | 17 |
| Politeness | 10 |
| Educational establishment for young children | 44 |
| Old guitar-like instrument | 26 |
| Life, being | 11 |
| Emaciated, drawn | 16 |
| Intensely or rapidly | 20 |
| Austrian composer | 17 |
| Housing, lodgings | 17 |
| Obscene, indecent | 17 |
| Pedestrianised area of a town centre | 36 |
| Whip of knotted rope | 20 |
| Fathomless pit | 14 |
| --- McKellen, Burnley-born thespian | 35 |
| Spinal bone | 11 |
| Carry, convey | 13 |
| Continuous | 10 |
| Mischievous imp or sprite | 25 |
| trouble or afflict | 18 |
| measure used for gold, diamonds, etc. | 37 |
| yellow-flowered plant | 21 |
| raise from the dead | 19 |
| appearances | 11 |
| small dog | 9 |
| thorax | 6 |
| to fasten firmly | 16 |
| renegade | 8 |
| piece of absorbent paper | 24 |
| takes the skin off | 18 |
| past | 4 |
| animal coat | 11 |
| travel by aircraft | 18 |
| drawing implement | 17 |
| naval troops | 12 |
| creatures | 9 |
| injures with a knife | 20 |
| use | 3 |
| languishes | 10 |
| arthur's court | 14 |
| bereavement | 11 |
| cook in hot fat | 15 |
| young female horse | 18 |
| starting handle | 15 |
| give up work | 12 |
| take a small drink | 18 |
| used in archery | 15 |
| northernmost state | 18 |
| feeler | 6 |
| peter pan girl | 14 |
| facial expression | 17 |
| soft food | 9 |
| farm animals | 12 |
| playing cube | 12 |
| trust in | 8 |
| comic sandler | 13 |
| to press | 8 |
| convex roof | 11 |
| sherpa's home | 13 |
| string | 6 |
| alcoholic beverage | 18 |
| roofing slate | 13 |
| engine part | 11 |
| rapper | 6 |
| precipitous, sheer | 18 |
| follow, happen after | 20 |
| paucity | 7 |
| charred | 7 |
| opposed to, informally | 22 |
| big scary fish | 14 |
| join closely | 12 |
| jug handle | 10 |
| ... and principe, island nation in the gulf of guinea | 53 |
| untidy jumble | 13 |
| ... hayworth, screen idol | 25 |
| arithmetic problem | 18 |
| marks left by healed wounds | 27 |
| wheel-spindle | 13 |
| had a cry | 9 |
| play the guitar | 15 |
| mr. kravitz, singer | 19 |
| resembling bees | 15 |
| passionate | 10 |
| "top chef" host lakshmi | 23 |
| ... brothers | 12 |
| sugar plant | 11 |
| phase | 5 |
| acutely | 7 |
| mending | 7 |
| "don't give up!" | 16 |
| positive electrodes | 19 |
| a taxi | 6 |
| lewd talk | 9 |
| writer paul | 11 |
| companions | 10 |
| actress winona | 14 |
| scoop | 5 |
| turn away or aside | 18 |
| stinging insects | 16 |
| ...... and vinegar, crisp flavour | 33 |
| Cockcrow time | 13 |
| Italian cornmeal dish | 21 |
| Donkey's loud cry | 17 |
| Dead keen on | 12 |
| Begin to relax | 14 |
| Quaint, cute | 12 |
| Baled | 5 |
| Blanch | 6 |
| Child in the earliest stages of life | 36 |
| Bending | 7 |
| Spend recklessly | 16 |
| Less beautiful | 14 |
| In good order | 13 |
| Central issue | 13 |
| Spanish afternoon snooze | 24 |
| straight lines from circle's centre to circumference | 52 |
| ---- mccabe, glaswegian stand-up | 32 |
| gaelic for 'great music', another name for pibroch | 50 |
| most successful period | 22 |
| town with turra coo statue | 26 |
| ---- twelfth, grouse-shooters' term for august 12 | 49 |
| whipped cream dessert | 21 |
| excessively proud | 17 |
| water beetle which circles on surface | 37 |
| it's between honduras and guatemala | 35 |
| lowest atmospheric layer | 24 |
| leith shopping centre or greenock cruise port | 45 |
| e.g. david livingstone | 22 |
| traditional one could be roll-top and slipper | 45 |
| e.g. vestal virgin | 18 |
| it describes metal that can be drawn out into wire | 50 |