| Soldier in theatre of war once briefly sent back | 48 |
| Entire band gathered round large board | 38 |
| Tedious task; one dragged on | 28 |
| The opposite of a moving picture? | 33 |
| Spout, round and long | 21 |
| A drugs officer avoiding conflict wary about heroin leading to disorder | 71 |
| Something to read, or reed | 26 |
| Get bigger spades to the front of cathedral | 43 |
| Flying team ace, heartless menace in battle | 43 |
| Hands regularly relax in extremely challenging situation | 56 |
| Always available as retiree to tour part of Oz | 46 |
| Worked land badly inside broken gate | 36 |
| Plumber's triumphant call penetrates consciousness | 50 |
| Flowers for half-hearted socialists | 35 |
| Dead tree damaged new leader's address | 38 |
| First of cold, wet months creating depression in Wales | 54 |
| Temporary servant in a month turning nit-picky about work | 57 |
| Supporting platform for a coffin | 32 |
| Crouch down in fear | 19 |
| Sour pear-shaped fruit used in jam-making | 41 |
| Confounded, defeated | 20 |
| Use up [resources or energy] | 28 |
| Bitter ingredient of absinthe | 29 |
| Glittering disc sewn on to a garment | 36 |
| Treatment for addiction | 23 |
| Exchange involving compromise | 29 |
| Currency of Slovakia and Latvia, eg | 35 |
| Lunar phase | 11 |
| Tonic, restorative | 18 |
| Cunningly get the better of | 27 |
| Go back to an earlier part of a video | 37 |
| Set of clothes, outfit | 22 |
| Pedagogue | 9 |
| Greek counterpart of Cupid | 26 |
| Linger, lurk | 12 |
| There's unwrapped present | 25 |
| Hard-nosed type that might charge you | 37 |
| Entertaining both sides in election, face refusal | 49 |
| Threadbare Italian city embraces saint | 38 |
| Hero sussed most of you out | 27 |
| Song from dreadful egoists, maybe | 33 |
| Sticking together recent changes about erected house | 52 |
| Got temperature wearing hairpiece | 33 |
| Fixed trouble in elevated study | 31 |
| Have whittled fragments — that's annoying | 43 |
| Unconfined tapir chasing fine animal | 36 |
| Tramp primarily has overpowering personal whiff | 47 |
| My oracle, unfortunately mine | 29 |
| Window frame needs front of seasoned wood | 41 |
| Snatch letters, reportedly | 26 |
| Old dons deserve being in media, periodically | 45 |
| What would assess final appeal of criminal computer user | 56 |
| Introduction of soft metal with nickel backing | 46 |
| Book van, going back round Northern Ireland | 43 |
| Digital outlier that's manually located? | 40 |
| Tip with change, having no time at all for port | 47 |
| Excellent lingerie, very alluring up-front | 42 |
| Unlimited information relating to The Listener? | 47 |
| Grabbing glimpse of decisive victory, punch cheat | 49 |
| Fraud will be prosecuted, did you say? | 38 |
| Goodwill expressed by woman visiting relations? On the contrary | 63 |
| Briefly a way in for this painter | 33 |
| Eritrea's onslaught providing cover for rebellion | 49 |
| Grumble about watch | 19 |
| Woman related to Charles I? | 27 |
| Aggrieved parties getting hold of a scrounger | 45 |
| Treasurer's problem concerning specific objective | 49 |
| Key language a bit of a mouthful? | 33 |
| Book's heroine enthralling one in high position | 47 |
| Seated thus on horse I stared around | 36 |
| Mark time | 9 |
| Who will receive unfinished speech on bishop's responsibility? | 62 |
| Cockney injured but ready to fight | 34 |
| Striking statement by a model? | 30 |
| This could be a feature in Daily Express | 40 |
| Loser having grand time? It creates resentment | 46 |
| Battlefield tree stripped bare | 30 |
| Picture of cricket, perhaps, Charlie ignored | 44 |
| Get involved, teen cried out | 28 |
| Claim papers concealing government department's U-turn | 54 |
| Almost all university students — about 1000 — graduate | 58 |
| Supporter providing free can of beer? About time! | 49 |
| A second spasm, might one say? | 30 |
| Went back, being lost? | 22 |
| Naive assembly that's full of hot air? | 38 |
| Controversial test, one welcomed by Apple consumer | 50 |
| A couple of Conservatives exploited the defendant | 49 |
| One watching language in vehicle carrying a communist west | 58 |
| Odds you might be given about English workers being framed? | 59 |
| Novelist's irritation loudly expressed | 38 |
| The greatest Abba hit, a children's favourite? | 46 |
| Light amplification device | 26 |
| Round French cap | 16 |
| More prudent or sensible | 24 |
| Lavatory tank | 13 |
| Particular sort of organism | 27 |
| Strikingly adorn | 16 |
| Side of a cut gem | 17 |
| Rigorously interrogate | 22 |
| Mind-reader | 11 |
| Sell to bidders | 15 |
| Chlorine or iodine, eg | 22 |
| In ---, as one | 14 |
| Democratic Republic of Congo's former name | 42 |
| Breathe | 7 |
| Ailment | 7 |
| Gallbladder substance | 21 |
| Chop, hack | 10 |
| The food of love? | 17 |
| Group of nine players | 21 |
| Happy, satisfied | 16 |
| Brief view | 10 |
| Of the neighbourhood | 20 |
| Rifle's aiming aid | 18 |
| Floor of a fireplace | 20 |
| Fall outing | 11 |
| Cut brace loudly | 16 |
| Rush sculpture by the Parisian | 30 |
| Church musician giving up time for European run | 47 |
| Shabby gallery embarrassed to include exhibit finally | 53 |
| Safely grinds up okra | 21 |
| Regularly connected previously | 30 |
| Rather inferior doctor about to ingest opiate initially | 55 |
| Hold back noise around estimated time of arrival | 48 |
| Judge river minute | 18 |
| Rising stench on fish with note “past sell by date” | 55 |
| Prison ship getting old American irritable | 42 |
| Speak fast | 10 |
| Bizarre quarrels about dropping first of questions | 50 |
| Motor held by men I brutalised on the way back | 46 |
| Work with iron causing distress | 31 |
| Blast barrier before end of construction | 40 |
| Select a bleach partly suitable for office | 42 |
| EU actions involved firm | 24 |
| Skilled fellow left out of myth | 31 |
| Head of agriculture denies altering strongly flavoured plant | 60 |
| Developing new ace perfume | 26 |
| Unchanging surface with cross removed | 37 |
| Boasted about day being jam-packed | 34 |
| Let it be said that Euterpe turned heads | 40 |
| Worry about class with fool lacking distinction | 47 |
| Nasty gremlin runs out to fraternise | 36 |
| Chinook's mid-section catches branch left hanging | 49 |
| Contract that could make ferry operator redundant? | 50 |
| Swimmer good leading another two? | 33 |
| Celebrity with false teeth and plaque | 37 |
| Each tale revised to feature home and housekeeper | 49 |
| Judah's son up and back in extremely short period | 49 |
| Wonk finally given time can nail constituent | 44 |
| Animal god happy with miracle periodically | 42 |
| Calm provided with fleet offering defence? | 42 |
| European Union with drive set up exchange | 41 |
| Supreme commander involving gunners in good time | 48 |
| Hero's beloved name appearing in editorial | 42 |
| Fairy Liquid initially taken from bottle | 40 |
| Take a hike? Let's go rambling around Thailand's capital | 56 |
| Lover who was for one summer in France an interpreter | 53 |
| Bird takes fruit endlessly — there's remorse about that | 57 |
| Home help in retreat finds country I may represent | 50 |
| Senior cabinet minister provides rally in reshuffle | 51 |
| Great number into working on both sides of trench | 49 |
| Streetcar crossing close to you a shock | 39 |
| Piece of cake — choose to cut both ends off | 45 |
| Hurried through Dutch city avoiding the belligerent speech | 58 |
| Play from Spike, productive American inspiring us | 49 |
| Sappers collapse denied one later showing | 41 |
| Outside a bar cleaner caught early bus | 38 |
| Plant shown in Ask the Family persistently? | 43 |
| Accommodated as royal, delicate fabric placed in room | 53 |
| Gag, wisecrack | 14 |
| Elongated teeth of ivory | 24 |
| Achieve, accomplish | 19 |
| Widely scattered | 16 |
| Principal part of the brain | 27 |
| Unfolding events | 16 |
| Irish-born writer of comedies of manners [1751-1816] | 52 |
| Continue after a break | 22 |
| Bright star in the constellation Lyra | 37 |
| Stood out most prominently, had the most influence | 50 |
| Concepts, notions | 17 |
| Literary assistant employed to take dictation | 45 |
| Slanderous comment | 18 |
| Obscene material | 16 |
| Almond-flavoured liqueur | 24 |
| Love affair | 11 |
| Grin, beam | 10 |
| Occurring very soon | 19 |
| Heavily polluted air | 20 |
| --- board, nailfile | 19 |
| Gradually appears | 17 |
| Render destitute | 16 |
| Colorful fish in a garden pond | 30 |
| Weekly NBC skit show with a musical guest, for short | 52 |
| "Quantum ......" [classic Scott Bakula TV series] | 49 |
| Intervening spaces | 18 |
| Rabbit ...... [old TV antenna] | 30 |
| "This Old Heart of Mine [Is Weak for You]" singers The ...... Brothers | 70 |
| Class that requires little effort [2 wds] | 41 |
| Lavish party | 12 |
| Missile in a tavern game | 24 |