| raises the issue while you sit, burping away | 44 |
| metabolites not lost out in roof rafter piece | 45 |
| Individuals visiting one Asian country or another | 49 |
| Helping with article on gambler's activity | 42 |
| Don visiting solitary chap, a city dweller | 42 |
| Musical instrument found in sack, did you say? | 46 |
| Initially Omani spy aims to disturb meetings | 44 |
| Advertiser's rate for feature during sci-fi show? | 49 |
| Alarm about family's use of certain cosmetics? | 46 |
| Leader's position in group's last run of gigs | 45 |
| In Paris, a large centre for teens remains free | 47 |
| Resident properly involved in bloody uprising | 45 |
| Language that is somewhat hidden or secretive | 45 |
| Ruler in crown drinking last drop of Barolo wine | 48 |
| Acclaimed cellist initially passed on a track | 45 |
| Thoughts of how matters may or should turn out | 46 |
| Flashy military pilots getting suspicious cut | 45 |
| Right name, possibly, for traumatic experience | 46 |
| Stick seen behind a little creature in stream? | 46 |
| Cheese — French, originally — in legal case | 47 |
| Left-winger taken aback about blokes in distress | 48 |
| Still likely to be gutted on a regular basis | 44 |
| Item from Biblical book son held in part of hand | 48 |
| Out-of-date about book and unlikely to change? | 46 |
| Quarter of bushel on floor in imperial currency | 47 |
| Name of consecutive characters leading India | 44 |
| I love and I appreciate that Greek character | 44 |
| Pirate getting bit of a shock maybe finding gun | 47 |
| He's in the right position not to be found out | 46 |
| Use preservatives - typical measure with new lamb | 49 |
| Vinegar and oil mix is bound to help a wound | 44 |
| Very fine but initially losing travel operator | 46 |
| "Taste the Rainbow" and "Just Do It," e.g. | 42 |
| School subject where you might graph an equation | 48 |
| Expert who audits a corporation's books: Abbr. | 46 |
| ...... the deal officially complete an agreement | 48 |
| Inclines by wheelchair-accessible entrances | 43 |
| Industry fair for product vendors, for short | 44 |
| The Three Tenors or the Police, for example | 43 |
| "When am ......?" [TV guest's question] [2 wds] | 47 |
| Disney film with the song "A Whole New World" | 45 |
| Cable network with an "Unplugged" concert series | 48 |
| Performer who uses gestures instead of words | 44 |
| "Friends" friend played by David Schwimmer | 42 |
| Gymnast Comaneci with five Olympic gold medals | 46 |
| Endless respect little man gives senior officer | 47 |
| One politician with extremely exceptional drive | 47 |
| Stand to accept Ishiguro's last novel delay | 43 |
| Silent Titanic at sea, leaving Belfast region? | 46 |
| Maybe sponge second gun - regular firearm casing? | 49 |
| Designer to have new stock short-list, say | 42 |
| Major does banish army base from bright lodgings? | 49 |
| Old soap is French rennet to remove any nitrogen | 48 |
| Fashion designer who introduced the bubble dress | 48 |
| Fancy button on Stengel's baseball uniform? | 43 |
| City founded by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1849 | 49 |
| something that has had the creases smoothed out | 47 |
| french for island, goes before "de france" | 42 |
| plural form of is, sounds like a pirate utterance | 49 |
| 2021 netflix miniseries starring margaret qualley | 49 |
| describes a number that is divisible by two | 43 |
| ship that was used for catching large mammals | 45 |
| A road for airplanes taking off and landing | 43 |
| Ethnic group in North Africa and Western Asia | 45 |
| First name of Lady Grantham in Downton Abbey | 44 |
| What the Grinch did to Christmas, past tense | 44 |
| Aid and .., illegally assist someone in a crime | 47 |
| .. the Elder or the Younger, Arthurian knights | 46 |
| Ridge of sand and gravel in glaciated landscapes | 48 |
| Sheds one's seasonal skin, as a snake might | 43 |
| Constellation that is the Latin word for "altar" | 48 |
| Lawnmower target that marks the beginning of 16a | 48 |
| Croaking amphibian that sometimes feeds on 33a | 46 |
| tennis pro rybakina, 2022 wimbledon winner | 42 |
| first word of "my way," "puppy love," or "iris" | 47 |
| *Title role for Lee Marvin in a 1962 western | 44 |
| *Meteorological description in a Beatles song | 45 |
| Noted example of French Gothic architecture | 43 |
| "arrested development" actress portia de .... | 45 |
| intellectually minded high schoolers, to bullies | 48 |
| noodle dish garnished with peanuts and cilantro | 47 |
| les ......-unis (french term for the u.s.) | 42 |
| like the father, the son, and the holy spirit | 45 |
| dashiell hammett's final novel, with "the" | 42 |
| "whitney: can ...... me" (2017 documentary) | 43 |
| "the future ain't what it used to be" quipster | 46 |
| wrong content in parcels, send a batch back | 43 |
| someone choosing anagram of 'chile' in flier? | 45 |
| reportedly more than one cheese in piece of cake? | 49 |
| rock nihilists' spat, a nadir for group in film | 47 |
| discontented alligator prodding cat in some box? | 48 |
| Thai condiment often mixed with mayonnaise | 42 |
| First musician to be a "Time" Person of the Year | 48 |
| Grp. promoting the Great American Outdoor Show | 46 |
| Water accumulating at the bottom of a ship | 42 |
| .. vale tarde que nunca (better late than never) | 48 |
| i'm leaving university, following crazy idea | 44 |
| crude tea brewed by head of eton school again | 45 |
| work in tense police series? take a starring role | 49 |
| london transport still heading west, then east | 46 |
| troublemaker with funny dialect is incriminated | 47 |
| where pigs may be going, that's cosy and warm | 45 |
| king, tucking into fried food, sends out tweets | 47 |
| supporter defending united, a goatish fellow | 44 |
| eccentric stayed with us in parts of the week | 45 |
| hindrance that stops cruel cats bounding up | 43 |
| jim almost welcoming dullard in grand party | 43 |
| two areas around southern india – in this region? | 51 |
| Part of the body which can sometimes be ingrowing | 49 |
| Pain in the muscles and joints of the lower back | 48 |
| Continuous twisted strand used in knitting | 42 |
| Offensive to standards of modesty and decency | 45 |
| Symbolist in 19th-century French literature | 43 |
| Protective barrier between hovercraft and water | 47 |
| Maybe It's Because I'm a ......, Cockney song | 45 |
| First name of Swedish scientist Swedenborg | 42 |
| Extinct feline carnivore of the Tertiary period | 47 |
| New Scotland ......, national police headquarters | 49 |
| Indian pastry filled with vegetables or meat | 44 |
| Rely on holding over prisoner with flatbread | 44 |
| Soldier's conflict starts to reel in other ranks | 48 |
| Behaviour of modern pet corrected. About time! | 46 |
| Gold route bearing northward for European country | 49 |
| Part of Highland dress worn across the shoulder | 47 |
| instrument often seen in baroque paintings | 42 |
| ... croft, michelle keegan's brassic character | 46 |
| requirement after a garlic-heavy meal, perhaps * | 48 |
| what's on a clock, before springing forward? | 44 |
| back problem left by posh doctor in the past | 44 |
| where drivers change direction continually? | 43 |
| we tidy a messy track created by a current? | 43 |
| room in house containing grey bag with handles | 46 |
| jacket for rich individual, european banker | 43 |
| packer regularly working in midwest u.s. city | 45 |
| nothing in the u.s., we hear, for singer stevie | 47 |
| a semicircular or polygonal recess in a church | 46 |
| britpop group whose songs include charmless man | 47 |
| john, fashion designer born in hong kong in 1953 | 48 |
| outcrop that's assembled, generally indoors | 43 |
| Happens to include pastry dish for those inside | 47 |
| Irish Gaelic featuring in teachers' seminar | 43 |
| Black sheep runs into railway factory for drink | 47 |
| Being plump, bachelor wears Ben's suit badly | 44 |
| Homes we rebuilt, note, in a particular location | 48 |
| Tree by an old barn appearing black initially | 45 |
| Tango on ice mostly is something refreshing! | 44 |
| Who's Keith to keep a jam jar for biscuit? | 42 |
| Introductions having PA accepting job — good sign | 51 |
| Gypsy man features in Post Office advertisement | 47 |
| No knight, evidently, taking queen in game | 42 |
| british roast, cooked and left at remand home | 45 |
| removed soap from broken siren, on the day | 42 |
| christine ..., 2008 olympic 400m gold medallist | 47 |
| racing toboggan on which riders lie supine | 42 |
| One-time recluse to return, revealing himself | 45 |
| Cosmetic change finally applied to the old boat | 47 |
| Early on, moves on board to generate opportunity | 48 |
| Yorkshire batter finally scores, bagging a 6 | 44 |
| about fifty-one rogues i reform become pious | 44 |
| language for thieves of paintings to go into | 44 |
| vegetable included in dish of macaroni one cooked | 49 |
| forward male beginning to trust a forecaster | 44 |
| chica soon supplanting hard left is accepted | 44 |
| guildford staff level with super content writer | 47 |
| bird pokes face with wing in giant blunder | 42 |
| the most dangerous democrat here is french | 42 |
| it's turned on behind grasping youth's back | 43 |
| "The Sum ...." (Russell Crowe film, 2 wds.) | 43 |
| They're one year ahead of freshmen (abbr.) | 42 |
| Wild hounds bark for water guarded by Labrador | 46 |
| Where to see the Taj Mahal in a gracious setting | 48 |
| Revive with a little relaxation and a mineral | 45 |
| Basic training results in pilot's suspension | 44 |
| Coin with a common side and a national side | 43 |
| Film FX used in the second "Star Wars" trilogy | 46 |
| Coffee beverage sometimes topped with foam art | 46 |
| *Voting method for a citizen living abroad | 42 |
| You ... me at hello (quote from Jerry Maguire) | 46 |
| Earl Grey or English Breakfast, for example | 43 |
| .... 500 (race won in 2024 by William Byron) | 44 |
| Actress Diane whose daughter is Laura Dern | 42 |
| Country whose Supreme Leader is Ali Khamenei | 44 |
| Mass of aluminium missing from retrograde amalgam | 49 |
| First man, perhaps, to keep queen as companion | 46 |
| Aggregate and endless gas, not an aromatic plant | 48 |
| Baffle might exist to pen flightless birds | 42 |
| Repel as troubles return to one's former state | 46 |
| Stand and move gently when approaching fifty | 44 |
| Machine operator can't read legible contents | 44 |
| Striking reactionaries without qualification | 44 |
| Strings up juvenile, in the end, like the old | 45 |
| Paul McCartney/Michael Jackson hit song (3 wds) | 47 |
| "Baby Got Back" rapper Sir Mix-...... (Hyph) | 44 |
| Blurry images in tabloid photos, for short | 42 |
| "Ain't That Lonely ......" (Dwight Yoakam song) | 47 |
| this diana was lead singer of the supremes | 42 |
| cosmetic injections to add fullness to lips | 43 |
| .... the ocean, a small, unimportant amount | 43 |
| open-air stalls tourists often like to explore | 46 |
| german car company aka bavarian motor works | 43 |