| small crane with a cage for aerial work | 39 |
| gatherings | 10 |
| for one | 7 |
| loud dance event | 16 |
| like sheep | 10 |
| emmerdale, for one | 18 |
| feline cry | 10 |
| fit for muslim consumption | 26 |
| pinnacle | 8 |
| gothic alter ego | 16 |
| main arteries | 13 |
| big band, e.g. | 14 |
| pistol | 6 |
| pro's companion | 15 |
| reporter's question | 19 |
| knocked | 7 |
| coasted | 7 |
| tranquil | 8 |
| high-strung | 11 |
| burrowed | 8 |
| irritated state | 15 |
| choice group | 12 |
| knob | 4 |
| throbs | 6 |
| cleanser | 8 |
| nurturing | 9 |
| pledges | 7 |
| coin | 4 |
| clutches | 8 |
| poet's above | 12 |
| prior to, in verse | 18 |
| angler's aid | 12 |
| spookier | 8 |
| daft | 4 |
| soup ingredient | 15 |
| cleaned the floor | 17 |
| electric unit | 13 |
| Elided agreement | 16 |
| "Belle de ...," 1967 Catherine Deneuve film | 43 |
| Where the Nobel Peace Prize is presented | 40 |
| 10 hundos | 9 |
| Hindu god of death | 18 |
| Assessment of a situation | 25 |
| "Sunday NFL Countdown" airer | 28 |
| A tourist may have one | 22 |
| What's left of the Colosseum | 28 |
| Padlock parts | 13 |
| Chest material | 14 |
| They may be striped at ice cream shops | 38 |
| Unity | 5 |
| Fish whose left eye migrates to its right side as it ages | 57 |
| Certain camarade | 16 |
| Source of confidence | 20 |
| Reason for an R rating | 22 |
| Sad trombone sound | 18 |
| Put in harm's way | 17 |
| Harmonious, in a way | 20 |
| Leave behind | 12 |
| Double-knotted, say | 19 |
| "... and the Bee" [2006 film] | 29 |
| Genie's gift | 12 |
| What surfers and guitarists can do, in slang | 44 |
| Gloating winner's exclamation | 29 |
| Zodiac animal that spells another if you change its last letter to "t" | 70 |
| Bordeaux red | 12 |
| Poet who wrote "Behold the duck / It does not cluck" | 52 |
| "Invisible Cities" author Calvino | 33 |
| 1990s fitness craze | 19 |
| Cloisonné technique | 20 |
| Like Mecca and Medina | 21 |
| Figure skater Midori | 20 |
| V-six or V-twelve? | 18 |
| South Asian | 11 |
| Long-necked instrument | 22 |
| Poker action | 12 |
| Heckles, in a way | 17 |
| Eye-catching shades | 19 |
| Haunting | 8 |
| Public transportation option around Hong Kong | 45 |
| Sheep product | 13 |
| Author Émile | 13 |
| Actor Matthew of "The Americans" | 32 |
| Successfully nested, say | 24 |
| Word with body or work | 22 |
| Frowned-upon sound | 18 |
| Meat-filled puff | 16 |
| Like Gandhi | 11 |
| Black and ... [beer cocktails] | 30 |
| Specifically | 12 |
| "This is a library!" | 20 |
| Composer's numbered piece | 25 |
| Paul ..., Hungarian mathematician with over 1,500 published papers | 66 |
| Campfire remnant | 16 |
| Response to hearing all the gory details | 40 |
| Like the "h" in "hat," to a linguist | 36 |
| Immeasurably long time | 22 |
| Two halves of a platonic whole | 30 |
| Miffed | 6 |
| Like a good day for kite-flying | 31 |
| Rulers used to make many crosswords? | 36 |
| Sassy retort | 12 |
| Excess | 6 |
| Ancient region bordering the Aegean Sea | 39 |
| Inspiration for the jokes in this puzzle's theme | 48 |
| Box | 3 |
| Parent's encouragement to a budding chef? | 41 |
| What a glass of cold water forms on a hot day | 45 |
| "Got it" | 8 |
| Spanish wine region | 19 |
| When doubled, a rebuke | 22 |
| "Mm-hmm, get a little nearer"? | 30 |
| Quick-cooking noodles | 21 |
| River in a classic dad joke | 27 |
| "Wait ... can we not play this in F sharp instead?" | 51 |
| Obvious name for a pet lion | 27 |
| Unswayable | 10 |
| Taiwanese tech company | 22 |
| Subject of a common phobia | 26 |
| Considered buying that garden tool? | 35 |
| Ring call, for short | 20 |
| Floral brew | 11 |
| Cornucopia, essentially | 23 |
| "You realize this is a silent meditation, right?" | 49 |
| The same | 8 |
| One of several named in a will | 30 |
| Day before domingo | 18 |
| PC-sensitive, in a way? | 23 |
| Core components | 15 |
| Like yesterday's bread, compared with today's | 45 |
| Time of one's life | 18 |
| Actress Kendrick, when appearing in smaller films? | 50 |
| "What a pity" | 13 |
| Sandy springs | 13 |
| Coke-ette? | 10 |
| Bhagavad ... [Hindu scripture] | 30 |
| Words after "Mamma mia!" in "Bohemian Rhapsody" | 47 |
| Preferring platonic relationships, informally | 45 |
| Jaded miner's remark? | 21 |
| Like braids and some breads | 27 |
| Film unit | 9 |
| Ones living a lavish lifestyle, in slang | 40 |
| Bust | 4 |
| Captain and nine crew members? | 30 |
| Where fairy tale creatures often live | 37 |
| Preps for framing, as a photo | 29 |
| "Human beef" and "Chicken pox pie" on a menu, one hopes | 55 |
| "She sure runs fast!"? | 22 |
| Graphing calculator button | 26 |
| Staple of '80s pop | 18 |
| Octopus's octet | 15 |
| Desires | 7 |
| Getaway driver's plan, obviously? | 33 |
| Feast often concluded with haupia [coconut pudding] | 51 |
| Emirati's neighbor | 18 |
| Shapeshift | 10 |
| Experience | 10 |
| "I'll return shortly," in shorthand | 35 |
| Turkic tongue | 13 |
| Baltimore squad, casually | 25 |
| Say "Another great thing about me …," say | 43 |
| united supporters up for chaos | 30 |
| springtime insect heard possibly | 32 |
| goddess encountered among forest grazers | 40 |
| queen mother in dark raised fabulous female | 43 |
| something unexpected in bend it like beckham? | 45 |
| see duck in chop suey regularly | 31 |
| owls or those bats? | 19 |
| los angeles less than clean? | 28 |
| 1980s singer, man in genesis, six-footer | 40 |
| access to food: trout's tail in best batter? | 44 |
| general course renaissance painter announced | 44 |
| quite thin fabric | 17 |
| sort of roll: a-e etc? | 22 |
| frightful house i'd renovated | 29 |
| Sum up year: a disaster for the PM | 34 |
| Be against leaders of oil protest painting over walls of Stonehenge | 67 |
| Try southern papers | 19 |
| Scripture class that has attracted many converts? | 49 |
| Guilty feeling beginning to rattle persona of C Dexter? | 55 |
| Working to drive controversial government initiative | 52 |
| Open-chain structured pharmacy — click to collect | 51 |
| Regularly cleared current ballot box | 36 |
| Go and get undressed, and so forth | 34 |
| Held captive by Taliban, she embodies female spirit | 51 |
| Stimulant keeping City boss on the ball? | 40 |
| Starts to bet openly on timing — this might mean the sack | 59 |
| Decree old road the way to Edinburgh? | 37 |
| Sailor goes to sea, reportedly shins down rope | 46 |
| The end of Sutherland? Groan; that's awful — such a fiery character! | 70 |
| Country run with a gagging order? | 33 |
| Small Kentucky Fried Chicken for one which Rishi wasn't allowed as a kid | 72 |
| Marvellous, endlessly sumptuous manufactured cloth | 50 |
| Knocks box over | 15 |
| They're benevolent chaps [following rum] | 40 |
| Rare genny lec U-turns that could affect the balance of power | 61 |
| Watch Biden, a man with conviction | 34 |
| Can evil Tories become fragmented after backing an outmoded policy? | 67 |
| A shock for France — beaten on penalties after conceding first in Cologne | 75 |
| Rhino, one with enormous strength | 33 |
| 'Change' article penned by left wing group | 42 |