| jockeys | 7 |
| --- thompson, actress | 21 |
| at the right moment | 19 |
| style of house interior | 23 |
| inspected carefully | 19 |
| enormous | 8 |
| crack force | 11 |
| middle eastern port | 19 |
| inclusive | 9 |
| wedding attendant | 17 |
| nearly | 6 |
| clamour | 7 |
| undergarment | 12 |
| seeps | 5 |
| decorator | 9 |
| sandhills | 9 |
| hind part of a vessel | 21 |
| loses heart | 11 |
| constellation | 13 |
| eagerly ask | 11 |
| candied stems | 13 |
| restaurant | 10 |
| moving stairs | 13 |
| young child | 11 |
| increased | 9 |
| one upon ---, traditional introduction | 38 |
| divination cards | 16 |
| gaiters | 7 |
| small birds | 11 |
| canvas shelter | 14 |
| sculls | 6 |
| weird | 5 |
| mythological titaness | 21 |
| deteriorate | 11 |
| listening parts | 15 |
| expert pilot | 12 |
| female pronoun | 14 |
| detached | 8 |
| external | 8 |
| defeated contestant | 19 |
| fad | 3 |
| nessun dorma, e.g. | 18 |
| --- direction, boy band | 23 |
| stain | 5 |
| roost | 5 |
| emphasise | 9 |
| uncomplaining | 13 |
| thoroughfare | 12 |
| supportive framework | 20 |
| cut-out template | 16 |
| putting peg | 11 |
| scraped | 7 |
| quotations | 10 |
| member of the nobility | 22 |
| sparkling drink | 15 |
| paved area | 10 |
| dutch dairy product | 19 |
| makes changes or improvements specifically to a text | 52 |
| leonard, tv newsreader born in 1929 | 35 |
| type of cake used to make a french fancy | 40 |
| edward, actor who starred in 1980s tv series the equalizer | 58 |
| a window set in a ceiling or roof at the same angle | 51 |
| one who suggests another's name for a post or as member of a body | 65 |
| african country in which the no. 1 ladies' detective agency is set | 66 |
| a short-billed wading bird often found by water | 47 |
| a slender appendage in an animal usually for gripping or moving about | 69 |
| ........ good, song that was a uk no. 1 hit for herman's hermits in 1964 | 72 |
| a subset of the internet with addresses sharing a common suffix | 63 |
| girls' boarding school in kent founded in 1923 | 46 |
| ........ leadsom, conservative politician who has twice stood as a leadership candidate | 87 |
| strips of iron to be made into spiked metal fasteners | 53 |
| one in an olympic swimming pool measures 50 metres | 50 |
| old ........, a nickname of king charles ii based on his horse | 62 |
| a large single upright block of stone often serving as a monument | 65 |
| amerigo vespucci was a noted italian one | 40 |
| ivan, late financier on whom gordon gekko in 1988 film wall street is partly based | 82 |
| a blue dye once used to treat wounds | 36 |
| a hard seed in a cherry, peach or plum | 38 |
| on the ........, expression meaning 'in succession' | 51 |
| roger, late director noted for 1960s films including the original the little shop of horrors | 92 |
| a lively spanish dance for two people in triple time | 52 |
| one supporting established inhabitants' needs in a given area over those of immigrants | 86 |
| stefan, german goalkeeper who joined manchester city fc in 2022 | 63 |
| "mama" cass ........, member of vocal group the mamas & the papas | 65 |
| a small chamber in a building, typically leading to a larger one | 64 |
| coating in sink requiring replacement | 37 |
| boast over area in portuguese city | 34 |
| poetic work being performed in theatre | 38 |
| police given day around house to follow procedure | 49 |
| touch base with chapter concerning diplomacy | 44 |
| whirlpool excluded definitely at the margins | 44 |
| vehicle in second site after crashing? it's very frightening | 60 |
| end story for broadcast | 23 |
| distant agricultural workplace losing money | 43 |
| failure by oil company is astounding news | 41 |
| chaps given superior list of dishes | 35 |
| singer suzanne, say, is in virginia | 35 |
| pity meal turns out badly in part of a school day | 49 |
| escort a person in clubhouse before lunchtime? | 46 |
| rubbish found by henry in cheap place for drinks | 48 |
| three points covered by thrill in cumbrian town | 47 |
| bother leader of retirees on french island | 42 |
| female brought up american medical facility | 43 |
| birder bill almost totally on vacation, peculiar thing | 54 |
| conventional thing to be hoisted? | 33 |
| team at odd points supplied natural skill | 41 |
| rugby player left has mixed or adverse reaction | 47 |
| old english expression in short in west country place | 53 |
| a learner among outsiders in brigade of a skilled nature | 56 |
| one filling in survey is sad with republican ousting democrat | 61 |
| price commuter queried in online scam, maybe | 44 |
| bear footmarks all over the place in site to serve food | 55 |
| start to see current flaw about european following result of treatment? | 71 |
| a shelled food rejected for a schooling fish | 44 |
| a delay accepted by graduate in spanish city | 44 |
| reveal reduced plate of food nearby | 35 |
| recall quiet expert by cold island, part of arctic landscape | 60 |
| about to receive a delivery in protest against employer | 55 |
| Duck under German car to find out about sound | 45 |
| Trunk destroying roots | 22 |
| Salesman - one in the saddle, we hear | 37 |
| Hair tidier at hostilities | 26 |
| I angled to become principal | 28 |
| Without being idle, don't start | 31 |
| Mischief-maker returns standard onion | 37 |
| To refuse to work is a blow | 27 |
| Arranged to fight | 17 |
| Big enough to see specimen head off | 35 |
| Dried fruit for ruler's wife | 28 |
| Timid, admitting weird, and poor | 32 |
| Merchant in common Germany | 26 |
| Difficult going around hospital, however | 40 |
| Such material can be a bore | 27 |
| Snack is thing eaten by donkey in Spain | 39 |
| Noisy boy to confine water loss | 31 |
| Choose to be in charge of drinking measure | 42 |
| Sorting out a legal title for pasta | 35 |
| Small captain trembled | 22 |
| Fabric sellers spread out round river | 37 |
| Accomplice is a gambler, we hear | 32 |
| Meadow flower round mouth of a bullock? | 39 |
| First reheat ovens for Sunday joints | 36 |
| Before dance, elite troops walk with a swagger | 46 |
| Barred enclosure | 16 |
| Very light wood | 15 |
| Lift, in America | 16 |
| Came face to face with | 22 |
| Be poorly | 9 |
| Show put on by pupils | 21 |
| Possible to be moved or altered slightly | 40 |
| Noise of shutting a door hard | 29 |
| Of distant astronomical objects | 31 |
| Demand as a right | 17 |
| Composition for a solo instrument and orchestra | 47 |
| Ostentatious | 12 |
| Large tropical lizard | 21 |
| Marc ......, Russian-born painter and printmaker | 48 |
| Give out cards | 14 |
| Lacking in principles | 21 |
| Cross-country walker | 20 |
| Woman's draped garment | 22 |
| Correctness of reasoning | 24 |
| Proportion | 10 |
| Matching cardigan and jumper | 28 |
| Healthy substance in food | 25 |
| Drag, schlep | 12 |
| Concerning vision | 17 |
| One who fights in a ring | 24 |
| Downward climb | 14 |
| Tiny parasitic arthropod | 24 |
| US lawyer | 9 |
| Small beard | 11 |
| Old coaching houses | 19 |
| Vast | 4 |
| Wrangling between or within electoral groups | 44 |
| Regular at Aintree or Ascot | 27 |
| Eye ailment | 11 |
| Suitable for any gender | 23 |
| Common green vegetable | 22 |
| Food additive in mum's grub [inits] | 35 |
| One is accepted by singer's foundation | 38 |
| Bird to be sly verbally | 23 |
| State of dishonour in family with one left out | 46 |
| Portion of a trench unearthed | 29 |
| Non-payer shows animal's inner weakness | 39 |
| Characters inclined to be stressed | 34 |
| Note from Oklahoma | 18 |
| Artillery involves one regulation | 33 |
| Animal in healthy enactment | 27 |
| Lone record | 11 |
| Elegant character in dry surroundings | 37 |
| Join egghead first and make an appearance | 41 |
| Tiff doesn't end at health resort | 33 |
| Current holder required | 23 |
| Sikh headwear leader removed in the town | 40 |
| Five trapped in awful layers of servitude | 41 |
| Distant seafood stall? | 22 |
| At end of December we dine extravagantly, and drink this | 56 |
| Pick up king, then knight | 25 |
| Cockney's wife to block new outbuilding [5,4] | 45 |