| premature state of listeners accepting punishment | 49 |
| comedian with strange hunch, on time for campaign | 49 |
| creatures holding a new iron, providing dinners | 47 |
| gave out and faded, having succeeded with writers | 49 |
| it has a pronounced similarity to another word | 46 |
| men go crazy after one shakespearian woman | 42 |
| circulates advertisement in press arrangement | 45 |
| dark times, we hear, for chivalrous characters | 46 |
| a fool holds fixed property of the deceased | 43 |
| biographical record of me in the sea in france | 46 |
| cower when a jewellery item is found in church | 46 |
| possibly forces tiepin into a book illustration | 47 |
| said it had been assessed by the teacher again | 46 |
| "I'm ... Git You Sucka" [1988 parody film] | 42 |
| Kind of dish that you wouldn't want to eat from | 47 |
| headliner at the 2024 super bowl halftime show | 46 |
| "the ...... faces of eve" [joanne woodward film] | 48 |
| performed with dramatic aplomb, in drag slang | 45 |
| where people compete in a league of their own? | 46 |
| they're consumed through extra-wide straws | 42 |
| patches that can be avoided with sunscreen | 42 |
| country whose anthem is "amhrán na bhfiann" | 44 |
| like a kid wearing a tutu and a superhero cape? | 47 |
| compose a second draft of a hit song from "cats"? | 49 |
| .... vinegar: ingredient in sushi seasoning | 43 |
| like english pronunciation in most of england | 45 |
| "why do fools fall in love" singer frankie | 42 |
| reduplicative nickname of comedian o'brien | 42 |
| what a book adapted for the screen is made for | 46 |
| giants ... or some opponents of the giants | 42 |
| ...... the elder [1760s british prime minister] | 47 |
| concerning airborne substance of home inspections | 49 |
| metal helmet once worn by soldiers, informally | 46 |
| maumee river city due east of south bend, indiana | 49 |
| "drinkers of the wind," in horse racing circles | 47 |
| 1740 epistolary novel – ms anderson of baywatch | 49 |
| start to cover artificial fabric in marker | 42 |
| direct view across revolutionary paintings | 42 |
| one portion is minute showing impracticality | 44 |
| bad actor rejected food somewhere in germany | 44 |
| fight back as consumer holds dog upside down | 44 |
| Coming-of-age novel that spawned a 2002 film | 44 |
| ".. Mundo" [quest of some Portuguese explorers] | 47 |
| "Well, ...!" [surprised response]- 2 words | 42 |
| 2002 film with Jennifer Lopez and Ralph Fiennes | 47 |
| Realm that began with the reign of Charlemagne | 46 |
| be very close to british command in operation | 45 |
| shortly stick by a u.s. lawyer in western country | 49 |
| was in debt after list of charges gets swollen? | 47 |
| where religious devotees might go on request? | 45 |
| plant having dagger-shaped features in u.s. city | 48 |
| fancy model tiara that's specially designed | 43 |
| prince devised a fix for west yorkshire town | 44 |
| a gender-neutral name of old german origin | 42 |
| italian city in which balsamic vinegar originated | 49 |
| sound the strings from the very first rumblings | 47 |
| at last, but it's first in the map collection | 45 |
| legalise all out and about in the blockade | 42 |
| purist takes a turn for the worse in the chase | 46 |
| nothing vague about fiddle carved on the newel | 46 |
| attempting to end in commerce, and so began again | 49 |
| a slippy kind of thing in your weekly money | 43 |
| look about something bottled in japan as souvenir | 49 |
| condition in art sadly reveals brainwashing? | 44 |
| pressurise second team in hope stunt changes | 44 |
| permit opening of another literary magazine | 43 |
| sort out here essentially list of personnel | 43 |
| raise support in drinking haunt for restaurant | 46 |
| ........ agreement, another term for a lease | 44 |
| floods out as it's up for short manoeuvres | 42 |
| mental attitudes come down to mists in the end | 46 |
| car panel beaten out, in a manner of speaking | 45 |
| set-aside in an effort to create pacific group | 46 |
| supported, but very, very quietly poured away | 45 |
| Here's why, we hear, it shouldn't be believed | 45 |
| Introvert, individual splitting left and right | 46 |
| Philosopher that's brought home successfully | 44 |
| Put out of office, editor upset over attitude | 45 |
| Lack of purpose? Not so, when embraced by heads | 47 |
| Leader of Indians having powwow around tree | 43 |
| Beautiful child trapped in crèche? Rubbish | 43 |
| Shakespeare's first to reverence his justice | 44 |
| Drink in fresh coffee at last, having done this? | 48 |
| Drained state of pint seems to require refreshing | 49 |
| Enthusiastic about entertaining good music | 42 |
| One sharing job perhaps is to leave with watch | 46 |
| One starting a new life being married, I concede | 48 |
| One king guarding another that is less discreet | 47 |
| Disreputable and unsteady, speaking drunkenly | 45 |
| Old songs left for silly people mostly to collect | 49 |
| An old missile that keeps making a comeback | 43 |
| Hold back an expression of disapproval in play | 46 |
| Watches foreign money - not a pretty sight | 42 |
| Exploded with fury having commission to pay | 43 |
| They were widely worn in Oxford in the 20s | 42 |
| late-night host with the podcast "club random" | 46 |
| meme cited during wrongly directed ranting | 42 |
| "...... ok?" [2022 dakota johnson dramedy] | 42 |
| clothing retailer with a period in its name | 43 |
| web portal launched with windows 95: abbr. | 42 |
| title used after marriage, for some: abbr. | 42 |
| Woman buying litter and catnip-filled toys | 42 |
| "The ... of making ... is putting it together" | 46 |
| "The Taste of Country Cooking" author Lewis | 43 |
| "I want to be included on the email thread" | 43 |
| "Fearless" and "Lover," e.g., for Taylor Swift | 46 |
| "... on 51-Across" [hoops analysis program] | 43 |
| "... means family" ["Lilo & Stitch" quote] | 42 |
| Cute name for a toddler's post-crib sleeping spot | 49 |
| Go ....-crazy [become anxious due to confinement] | 49 |
| ... fly [runner-advancing play in baseball] | 43 |
| Advanced degree for an entrepreneur: Abbr. | 42 |
| Like harmful chemicals or unhealthy relationships | 49 |
| Grimace, cutting speed with backwards tumble turn | 49 |
| All right, either way one queen is more eccentric | 49 |
| Dancer's hospital drama in NSW coastal town | 43 |
| Tendency to skirt around Republican's education | 47 |
| 100 bucks a rock idol kept beside the bed? | 42 |
| Glazes and disappears outside mid-afternoon | 43 |
| Many lean left wearing shoe without a back | 42 |
| Singer Rita who released the 2023 album "You & I" | 49 |
| Part of speech that's a person, place, or thing | 47 |
| ...... Over Darling, 1963 Doris Day comedy | 42 |
| Sport using a canopy to glide down to earth | 43 |
| Michelle ......, Memoirs of a Geisha actress | 44 |
| Piece of cloth put over the back of a chair | 43 |
| Largest of the Mediterranean's Pelagie Islands | 46 |
| Canteen grasped by semolina aficionado [inits] | 46 |
| Excel? Almost certainly on way through mountains | 48 |
| Through fine art, has to connect with the ground | 48 |
| It is petty when it is involved with rival | 42 |
| specialist in bone manipulation and massage | 43 |
| cathedral in the city once known as eboracum | 44 |
| erskine ..., author of 'the riddles of the sands' | 49 |
| town on the south-eastern outskirts of glasgow | 46 |
| pulped material sometimes used for sculpting | 44 |
| the kessock bridge spans this body of water | 43 |
| activity for which harry houdini was renowned | 45 |
| in the land of the blind, the ... man is king | 45 |
| surgical instrument used for opening veins | 42 |
| the main antagonist in shakespeare's 'othello' | 46 |
| coastal town with a large-capacity racecourse | 45 |
| ad ...., 2019 space thriller with brad pitt | 43 |
| .... to berlin, isherwood on weimar decadence | 45 |
| buck-toothed duck with a crush on chicken little | 48 |
| black, sticky material used to cover potholes | 45 |
| but ....! what light through yonder window breaks | 49 |
| john le ...., british author of espionage novels | 48 |
| Short-sleeved clothing named for its shape | 42 |
| Actress Stewart who played Bella in "Twilight" | 46 |
| "Legally ...", film with Reese Witherspoon | 42 |
| Someone who overcomes a dangerous situation | 43 |
| Docs used by the President to manage operations | 47 |
| Betty .., character created by Max Fleischer | 44 |
| Island located 1.22 km from the Statue of Liberty | 49 |
| Host of A Capitol Fourth on TV 2017-2019: John .. | 49 |
| William .., set up a company with James Gamble | 46 |
| The enormous whale from the film Pinocchio | 42 |
| Venezuelan fashion designer for first ladies | 44 |
| Clientele that's exclusive and cherry-picked | 44 |
| Actress Anderson from "Baywatch," lovingly | 42 |
| "Avatar: The ... Airbender," 2024 TV series | 43 |
| Organization founded by Billie Jean King: Abbr. | 47 |
| v i ..., russian statesman who died in 1924 | 43 |
| town and major railway junction in cheshire | 43 |
| white sheep or goat cheese popular in greece | 44 |
| British nudists surprisingly refuse to go here | 46 |
| Visionary king spared in author's criticism | 43 |
| Hotel moved during generation of map for old city | 49 |
| Provide evidence for visiting Lord's perhaps | 44 |
| Trampled rodent running around middle of landing | 48 |
| Job estimate includes start of renting flat out | 47 |
| Policy behind last month's worsening performance | 48 |
| one whose performance may set people reeling | 44 |
| language derived from english in dialect form | 45 |
| ... something to look at with downcast eyes | 43 |
| economical telephone call to watering place | 43 |
| conjecturing it's tip top in sausage mixture | 44 |
| the first man to make a lady lose her head | 42 |
| plans to show how campers are accommodated | 42 |
| bit of a blighter, but not to be taken seriously | 48 |
| admitted a little old lady with a familiar name | 47 |
| kids, cold, greeting large doctor in french | 43 |
| it should get the fire going, with any luck | 43 |
| won't they want a penny for their thoughts? | 43 |
| virginia briefly gives vent to hypochondria | 43 |
| test garment for fit in attempt to deceive | 42 |
| with which fell intentions are carried out? | 43 |
| could error also enter into their verdict? | 42 |
| places indicated by directions on the signpost? | 47 |
| mark and ..., presenters radcliffe and riley | 44 |
| mountain range extending across eight countries | 47 |
| billy fisher, played by tom courtenay, say | 42 |
| "...... ordo seclorum" [phrase on a dollar bill] | 48 |
| The ... Tour [Taylor Swift concert series] | 42 |
| Where you might sleep while "in the doghouse" | 45 |
| Studio behind "King Kong" and "Citizen Kane" | 44 |
| ... pot, container for rinsing nasal passages | 45 |
| how only two super bowls have ended, for short | 46 |
| "deck the halls with boughs of ...... ..." | 42 |