| Country code for Central American Costa Rica | 44 |
| Dianne, Peggy, Kathy, and Janet: the .. Sisters | 47 |
| "Honor ... Thieves" [Jeffrey Archer novel] | 42 |
| "She ... on for dear life" [gripped tightly] | 44 |
| Bride and groom's vow, at the altar: 2 wds. | 43 |
| "Born as," in some celebrity introductions | 42 |
| "when you smell good, good things happen" brand | 47 |
| sir ...... [snake in disney's "robin hood"] | 43 |
| she sits on the bench with elena and ketanji | 44 |
| valladares who won the 45th season of "survivor" | 48 |
| "make an ass out of you and me," it's said | 42 |
| "drag race" challenge that favors comedy queens | 47 |
| "in order to be, never try to ....": camus | 42 |
| one of the two major sanskrit epics in hinduism | 47 |
| No longer making quotations in dramatic style | 45 |
| In fact, the gathering is about due to finish | 45 |
| A measure that means a bit of a treat for me | 44 |
| Comparatively slow getting to the air terminal | 46 |
| Regrettably, Kay's not finished, being in a state | 49 |
| Nature's provision of shelter for sailors? | 42 |
| Does his trade involve mixing oil into tar? | 43 |
| The gold-digger's department of expertise? | 42 |
| It's kept in Delaware, but broken in Wales | 42 |
| Cover needed when the medico is hors de combat | 46 |
| Paganism party for women maiden starts with fire | 48 |
| Greeting Republican, a Kennedy turned aside | 43 |
| City unprotected during shift, moving north east | 48 |
| Effective separate WC when camping, perhaps | 43 |
| Box you might help to pack, thus missing flight? | 48 |
| Defendant doomed, wanting introduction to Rumpole | 49 |
| Beer that's disgusting - bother drinking it? | 44 |
| Cop collects millions in support of member | 42 |
| this provides plenty of food after the match | 44 |
| a funeral shroud, we hear, to cause consternation | 49 |
| one is surrounded by high explosive - hurry! | 44 |
| they send out goods to retired doorkeepers | 42 |
| a great effort to produce southern transport | 44 |
| do some housework round one piece of furniture | 46 |
| circulate flimsy paper with the front missing | 45 |
| one in an attitude showing dignified assurance | 46 |
| this doesn't apply to present schoolchildren | 44 |
| question commonly posed by a detective novel | 44 |
| note retreat of w. african tribe to desert | 42 |
| folk must be crackers to devise such a dish | 43 |
| nonsense, needing keys for somewhere to sleep | 45 |
| record got nicer, having name that's unsettling | 47 |
| turn new flute composition out for musical | 42 |
| information on tv has a point, in a polite way | 46 |
| any bit treated has too much blood protein | 42 |
| european railway is behind grown-up infidelity | 46 |
| a father, for example, in better surroundings | 45 |
| travel permit for six to south africa, initially | 48 |
| light wit, perhaps, but slightly illuminating | 45 |
| change clothes perhaps - this will take you back | 48 |
| the cakewalk perhaps? there's a lot of it about | 47 |
| court duck around church and find a rodent | 42 |
| one leaves the airport upset, getting the bird | 46 |
| Cameron blockbuster three years before "Titanic" | 48 |
| Grammy-winning name in the "Training Day" cast | 46 |
| .. Bucks [Ivy Leaguers' dining certificates] | 44 |
| Former title for four of the last seven VPs | 43 |
| ".. intended" ["I didn't mean any wordplay"] | 44 |
| Angus shortly returned with secret carb source | 46 |
| First part of play on about desert survivors | 44 |
| Nick arresting Bill by secure police barrier | 44 |
| Nomination of program confronting topical stuff | 47 |
| Plot near Lake Heron out of bounds for horseman | 47 |
| Wrestling Moves covered by channels on Sky | 42 |
| Darling husband replacing a thousand in cash | 44 |
| Crow turned on light source? It's not clear | 43 |
| Current regulators with a lot of bird egg data | 46 |
| Cats fan, one appearing twice in new Hull opera | 47 |
| Bladed items kitchen alternately used on fish | 45 |
| Rogue going north converted Saul wearing cloth | 46 |
| back-to-back promotions about joint supplements | 47 |
| action scene from 24 linked to unlimited enmity | 47 |
| after losing lead, man united thrashed bury | 43 |
| british once more struggle to make inferior film | 48 |
| diamonds carried in briefcase every so often | 44 |
| drama queen's latest expression of surprise | 43 |
| marshal working around india in many cabinets | 45 |
| nothing perhaps written or spoken like napoleon? | 48 |
| desire of number briefly to entertain succeeded | 47 |
| band perform ballad with different opening | 42 |
| leaving centre for rehab, escort drug addict ... | 48 |
| ... through cornish town reportedly instead | 43 |
| tale entire county recalled, daughter conceded | 46 |
| repeatedly discovered fine item one uses is sharp | 49 |
| tense cook endlessly inspired by family cuisine | 47 |
| every second bobby's at disturbance in bar | 42 |
| unfortunate outcome of toaster chap repaired | 44 |
| on principle, athlete seb's eating large salad | 46 |
| zealous fashionista unchanging to some extent | 45 |
| a bicycle brand – or an oratory in london? | 44 |
| poet whose works include diving into the wreck | 46 |
| norman ...., author of the naked and the dead | 45 |
| accountant's activity that risks a library fine | 47 |
| field for rachel whiteread and lubaina himid | 44 |
| painting that's consuming street entertainer | 44 |
| like coming around to find brown is the devil | 45 |
| starts to regret undergoing this dreary routine | 47 |
| undesirable conditions for groups of racehorses | 47 |
| beginning say near southampton's earliest docks | 47 |
| ode padre composed about son of reckless criminal | 49 |
| not affected by character largely shown by capone | 49 |
| asserts to be the case with earl being reluctant | 48 |
| no admission costs with a yen for ferret training | 49 |
| flamin' well started with a fright on cue. shock! | 49 |
| a company makes this in support of channel | 42 |
| a liberal chap with a conservative handbook | 43 |
| new inhabitant in north yorkshire town, right? | 46 |
| mark in lenses at intervals produces irritability | 49 |
| span's tripled possibly for things grown indoors | 48 |
| excellent and mostly sumptuous cotton, maybe | 44 |
| waterproof overshoes, typically made of rubber | 46 |
| confrontational or hostile courses of action | 44 |
| ronni, comedian and impressionist born in 1966 | 46 |
| made totally certain of characters oft unbolted | 47 |
| useful on pitch for troll that can lob in a spin | 48 |
| guru rallies, in the middle of the country | 42 |
| vague about the sieve in the authorised version | 47 |
| debussy, nodding in part, to the church council | 47 |
| Crisply baked exterior of certain pastry dishes | 47 |
| Position occupied by items with special value | 45 |
| Coniferous tree; feel intense longing [for] | 43 |
| BBC music show that ran weekly for 42 years | 43 |
| Broadcast around auditorium far from profound | 45 |
| Figure in Tonga excited by backing of company | 45 |
| Finally, channel dealing with English sport | 43 |
| camera type distinct from a rangefinder: abbr. | 46 |
| Tried if car smash results in manslaughter | 42 |
| I'm so taken back by it in any show of ill will | 47 |
| Memorial of old priest outwardly Roman Catholic | 47 |
| Its members were bound to work in tight security | 48 |
| Fear of redundancy drove him to breaking point | 46 |
| Recess would be pleasant about the end of March | 47 |
| Marsh plant named after a fuzzy animal part | 43 |
| People often thanked in graduation speeches | 43 |
| Big ... International Marathon [California race] | 48 |
| Positive response to "Are you able to do it?" | 45 |
| *First American astronaut to travel in space | 44 |
| Maundy .... [part of Holy Week, in Christianity] | 48 |
| Sitcom that starred Judd Hirsch and Danny DeVito | 48 |
| What the Kelley Blue Book can give the value of | 47 |
| "Neither snow ...... rain " [postal motto] | 42 |
| ...... fly [easy out in baseball, usually] | 42 |
| Music releases with just a few songs [Abbr] | 43 |
| A person who directs the course of a ship, etc. | 47 |
| elton john's was tiny; tina turner's was private | 48 |
| host of the apprentice: you're fired, tom ... | 45 |
| emotional pixar animation with a current sequel | 47 |
| ms shire, star of rocky and the godfather films | 47 |
| former radio 1 dj who recently got hitched | 42 |
| dawn french's comedy partner, .... saunders | 43 |
| phoenix nights creator who hails from bolton | 44 |
| white wedding and rebel yell hitmaker billy ... | 47 |
| a contest with rules to determine a winner | 42 |
| the second largest of the hawaiian islands | 42 |
| air pollution by a mixture of smoke and fog | 43 |
| business role affected by military confinement | 46 |
| make taller rowing crew interrupt women only | 44 |
| have busy one jog around ring for vegetable | 43 |
| drive away key online provider that's intervening | 49 |
| behold, fool intervenes to catch with a rope | 44 |
| meadow provided sustenance as a plant in season | 47 |
| snare turns up captive finally, in a short while | 48 |
| A form of maths could leave one breathless | 42 |
| Destiny of corpulent Englishman, initially | 42 |
| Military fanfare for final mail collection | 42 |
| Barker operates pen franchise with hidden formula | 49 |
| Really naive girl moving in to empty place | 42 |
| Tempted Greek character loses tan from bone | 43 |
| Aromatic oil used medically or ceremonially | 43 |
| Eliminate, to reduce a population [of animals] | 46 |
| Leaves holder with talking helper, of course | 44 |
| Brave prepared most of fine lunch with gin | 42 |
| Road vehicle left with alternative ... rails | 44 |
| Part of the body with awfully bad prediction | 44 |
| It'll increase reactions in a frenzy, merely | 44 |
| Play monotonously, that's almost the spirit | 43 |
| large country house with land belonging to it | 45 |
| Snack of dried and spiced nuts, seeds, pulses etc | 49 |
| US crooner whose signature song became Moon River | 49 |
| Nursery rhyme character who "has lost her sheep" | 48 |
| Italian-American actor in GoodFellas and Casino | 47 |
| "Isle" in Kent encompassing Margate and Ramsgate | 48 |
| Military command to return to a previous position | 49 |
| Scottish isle whose chief town is Rothesay | 42 |
| Government by the wealthiest members of society | 47 |
| German white wine made from fully ripened grapes | 48 |
| River crossed by the Gateshead Millennium Bridge | 48 |
| A bishop caught with horse outside church office | 48 |
| American industrial leader, old and pale of face | 48 |
| Additional passage from book court rejected | 43 |
| Famous actor originally involved in musical | 43 |
| Small expanse of water Belloc handled, partly | 45 |
| A brother helped, we're told [scraped away!] | 44 |
| Graduate nurse once, one keeping judge's dog | 44 |
| Surrendering crop in conclusion of farming | 42 |
| Gloomy signal from one who knows the score? | 43 |