| Texan city separated from Mexico by the Rio Grande | 50 |
| Second longest-reigning British monarch | 39 |
| Device with a rotating disc whose axis remains stable | 53 |
| Classic film musical with Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra | 54 |
| Marlowe play about a devil-invoking theologian | 46 |
| Biblical brother of Moses | 25 |
| Humphrey ---, trumpeter and former host of the radio show I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue | 84 |
| Largest island in the Dodecanese archipelago | 44 |
| Boston's US state | 17 |
| Leading 20th-century sculptor born in West Yorkshire | 52 |
| Christopher ---, director of the biopic Oppenheimer | 51 |
| Former name of Ghana | 20 |
| British conductor who has led orchestras based in Berlin, Birmingham and London | 79 |
| Mammal of which Kipling's Rikki-Tikki-Tavi was one | 50 |
| Crime film starring Al Pacino as a police whistleblower | 55 |
| 1715 legal statute now only encountered proverbially | 52 |
| --- Groan, first of Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast novels | 53 |
| Two-piece synthetic garment popular in the late 1980s | 53 |
| Cricket bowler such as Jim Laker or Graeme Swann | 48 |
| Postwar Communist leader of Yugoslavia | 38 |
| Adult male deer | 15 |
| Punctuation mark used to indicate letter omission or to form possessives | 72 |
| Lizard known for its ability to alter its skin coloration | 57 |
| One of the sections into which a long poem may be divided | 57 |
| Type of light motorcycle made by Vespa and Lambretta | 52 |
| Broad floating leaf of an attractive water plant | 48 |
| Rihanna song that topped the charts for ten weeks in 2007 | 57 |
| Chief advocate of passive resistance to British rule in India | 61 |
| Soy product is swallowed in quick time | 38 |
| Top decoration, one collected in play-off game | 46 |
| He restacked fire a little lower | 32 |
| Rocky actor and I hooked up with a Balkan nation | 48 |
| Head of surgery repaired uterus with stitches | 45 |
| General reappointed armed policeman | 35 |
| Enclosure surrounding large or famous Italian city | 50 |
| Review power harnessed by elected district | 42 |
| A trying experience or contract | 31 |
| Space for keeping stuff held by publicist or agent | 50 |
| Champ is first to chop with axe | 31 |
| Certain pressure applied by one in vote is reassessed | 53 |
| Asian dish, reportedly, is snake | 32 |
| Software engineer supporting rules of language in expression | 60 |
| Clubs dealt with recent, noisy commotion | 40 |
| Clothes hanger company designed with a rail | 43 |
| Nothing set back four members of eager family | 45 |
| Bring back valuable rock following short break | 46 |
| Control assumed by reformed feminist or Penny Wong, say | 55 |
| Ordered in car - flashy Nimbus | 30 |
| Takes food items stored in meat safe | 36 |
| Minted collection of pieces? | 28 |
| Stallone punched by Gibson on the nose | 38 |
| Access a meeting-place | 22 |
| Metal plate from church city in Italy | 37 |
| Baby food given by a father | 27 |
| A trader upset NT firefighter | 29 |
| Different bacteria on solid body-builder | 40 |
| Picture as presented by very famous painter | 43 |
| Championship's front-runner arranged to pick racing driver's seat | 65 |
| A river in central Russia | 25 |
| Remove colour from | 18 |
| The coat or fleece of an Angora goat | 36 |
| Large-stoned salad fruit | 24 |
| General pardon, especially for offences against a government | 60 |
| In grammar, the number category that implies only one | 53 |
| In spoken language | 18 |
| Republic off the African coast | 30 |
| Obstructive bureaucracy | 23 |
| White nutritious liquid | 23 |
| Practise before a public performance | 36 |
| Picture from a camera | 21 |
| First dishes at a meal | 22 |
| Outline of a book or movie | 26 |
| Navigable body of water in Sydney, for example | 46 |
| Kings and queens, collectively | 30 |
| Early name for freestyle stroke; a 1980s band | 45 |
| Australian waterhole | 20 |
| Pig squeal | 10 |
| US state in the Pacific | 23 |
| Common cider fruit | 18 |
| Break free | 10 |
| A folded section placed between the leaves of another publication | 65 |
| Cloudburst | 10 |
| Unusual events, worthy of note | 30 |
| Good Friday or ANZAC Day, for example | 37 |
| Comments or observations | 24 |
| Tower section of a church | 25 |
| Before, in poetry | 17 |
| The Sultan of ...... [Babe Ruth's nickname] | 43 |
| Sports organization that manages Arthur Ashe Stadium [Abbr] | 59 |
| "The Sixth ......" [Bruce Willis thriller] | 42 |
| "I understand!" [2 wds] | 23 |
| Son or daughter | 15 |
| Madame Curie who won two Nobel Prizes | 37 |
| Some black-clad teens | 21 |
| Rats, mice, etc | 15 |
| Organized coalition of workers | 30 |
| Hurries up | 10 |
| Big name in jeans | 17 |
| Bar bill | 8 |
| True's opposite, on a test | 26 |
| Actress Eddy who won a posthumous Emmy for playing Epiphany Johnson on "General Hospital" | 89 |
| Cable channel for bargain hunters | 33 |
| Host of the 2016 Summer Olympics, familiarly | 44 |
| Pigeon's call | 13 |
| Place for poodle pampering [2 wds] | 34 |
| Most of the time | 16 |
| RPM indicator on a dashboard, familiarly | 40 |
| The Bears or the Bulls, on scoreboards | 38 |
| Part of a mailing address for a condo, briefly [2 wds] | 54 |
| Lambs and their families | 24 |
| Tax form digits [Abbr] | 22 |
| Pro ballplayer in the Bronx, familiarly | 39 |
| Denied access, on social media | 30 |
| Honda model since 1976 | 22 |
| Small sofa | 10 |
| Four-door cars | 14 |
| Preps for a big game | 20 |
| Big name in hotels | 18 |
| 13-Across point guard who was named Most Outstanding Player of the 2024 NCAA Final Four men's basketball championship [2 wds] | 125 |
| Shoe part that has cleats | 25 |
| Digit on a foot | 15 |
| Helium, for one | 15 |
| Actor's line directed to the audience | 37 |
| Maker of Sierra pickup trucks | 29 |
| How some very close horse races are won [3 wds] | 47 |
| Head coach of 13-Across who was named Naismith Coach of the Year in 2024 [2 wds] | 80 |
| "The Tell-Tale Heart" writer Edgar ...... Poe | 45 |
| Start of many a poetic tribute title [2 wds] | 44 |
| Vinyl records, for short | 24 |
| Comedic send-up | 15 |
| Really, really get to | 21 |
| Corned beef ...... | 18 |
| Long, long time period | 22 |
| Loser to paper and winner over scissors | 39 |
| Big East team known as the Huskies who won the 2023 and 2024 NCAA men's basketball championship | 95 |
| Stage of development | 20 |
| Have a serious disagreement | 27 |
| Misbehave [2 wds] | 17 |
| Route-finding technology: Abbr. | 31 |
| Enact a prohibition against | 27 |
| Company that makes Homestyle Waffles | 36 |
| Roosters' mates | 15 |
| Ta-ta, in Turin | 15 |
| Parent company of Facebook and WhatsApp | 39 |
| Tablet that can receive downloads from the App Store | 52 |
| ... tai [tropical cocktail] | 27 |
| Give the ... [fire] | 19 |
| Person reviewing articles before publication | 44 |
| ... Will Be Loved [Maroon 5 hit] | 32 |
| Combine, as numbers | 19 |
| Toy like a dreidel | 18 |
| Like a TV show whose lines are all written in advance | 53 |
| Destined for a disastrous outcome: Hyph. | 40 |
| Sleepover attire, for short | 27 |
| A little kindness can ... long way: 2 wds. | 42 |
| That's enough sharing, thanks: Abbr. | 36 |
| Hall & Oates, for example | 25 |
| Nuptial vow: 2 wds. | 19 |
| Anna's sister in Frozen II | 26 |
| Lars and the Real ... [Ryan Gosling movie] | 42 |
| Amusing little story | 20 |
| Lion's lair | 11 |
| When Ubers are due to reach their destinations: Abbr. | 53 |
| Inexpensive art often found on a dorm room wall | 47 |
| Meeting between two people: Hyph. | 33 |
| Emmy-winning actress Dowd | 25 |
| Longtime Celtics player Larry | 29 |
| Where the tree of the knowledge of good and evil was | 52 |
| Garment in a hotel closet | 25 |
| Fair to middling: Hyph. | 23 |
| Stereotypical member of a chess club | 36 |
| Sensation of hunger or guilt | 28 |
| Ingredient in sunburn-soothing balms | 36 |
| Had lunch | 9 |
| Former mayor of South Bend, Indiana who ran for president in 2020: 2 wds. | 73 |
| Revolutionary Guevara | 21 |
| Former soap actress Kelly | 25 |
| Movie format for larger-than-normal screens | 43 |
| Coin that features Franklin Roosevelt's face | 44 |
| Brief cultural phenonmenon | 26 |
| Source of burlap | 16 |
| Bambi, for one | 14 |
| Missouri city that's home to the Cardinals: Abbr. | 49 |
| With 33-Across, former mayor of San Antonio, Texas who ran for president in 2020 | 80 |
| Grain for a horse | 17 |
| ... I've been told: 2 wds. | 26 |
| ... and proper | 14 |
| Role played by George Burns in three movies | 43 |
| Muscle quality | 14 |
| School near Hollywood: Abbr. | 28 |
| Polka ... [showy pattern] | 25 |
| All good things must come to an .... | 36 |
| Former mayor of Burlington, Vermont who ran for president in 2020: 2 wds. | 73 |
| Zilch | 5 |
| D-sharp or D-flat, for example | 30 |
| Former king of Asgard, in Marvel movies | 39 |
| Coming-of-.... story | 20 |
| Newspaper column expressing a personal view: Hyph. | 50 |
| Singer McEntire | 15 |
| Damascus is its cap. | 20 |