| Pleasant-looking cravats are good and subtle distinctions | 57 |
| a jelly obtained from seaweeds used as a thickener in foods | 59 |
| underground workers' organisation able to confound the odds | 59 |
| pubs getting regulars to sign in before start of session | 56 |
| Actress Hathaway of "Bride Wars" and "Valentine's Day" | 54 |
| A significant portion of Turkey is in this continent | 52 |
| Parts of a car's interior that can be removed and cleaned | 57 |
| pertaining to touch, sight, hearing, smell, or taste | 52 |
| All-time highest-ranking woman in Presidential succession | 57 |
| Like someone who was just stuck in traffic, probably | 52 |
| "We shouldn't have this conversation in front of people" | 56 |
| "Assuming everything works out the way I'm hoping . . ." | 56 |
| Electronic game with the slogan "Watch, Remember, Repeat!" | 58 |
| Acquire the rights to a series about island castaways? | 54 |
| Cancel a series about a marijuana-growing suburban mom? | 55 |
| rapper whose current album is the death of slim shady | 53 |
| upcoming comedy-drama movie about the apollo 11 mission | 55 |
| epic saturday night series set in a mythological city | 53 |
| jennifer ...., plays hollyoaks favourite mercedes mcqueen | 57 |
| jane austen heroine who has been played by anya taylor-joy | 58 |
| us talk show hostess and original hairspray star, .... lake | 59 |
| Pub landlord Murray has heart of steel, serving beer | 52 |
| Rise late, unfortunately, but still the first to arrive | 55 |
| there are five in "shall i compare thee to a summer's day?" | 59 |
| role played by anthony hopkins in an oliver stone film | 54 |
| girl's name; genie ... bottle, christina aguilera song | 54 |
| that fellow given papers and current children's book | 52 |
| lazy and socially inept sort snubbed in heart of site | 53 |
| joey, say, damages leading ring after removing diamonds | 55 |
| those giving funds excited voters in sweden's capital | 53 |
| the book that follows leviticus in the old testament | 52 |
| a tool with a narrow blade used to cut curved outlines | 54 |
| english goalkeeper for celtic fc who retired in 2024 | 52 |
| a lever worked by the foot that imparts motion to a machine | 59 |
| plants with showy flowers whose name references a kent city | 59 |
| ........ passage, a channel for airflow through the nose | 56 |
| lost ........, 1960s sci-fi tv series, revived in 2018 | 54 |
| expression meaning 'to conform to the accepted standards' | 57 |
| the ........ brass, backing band for trumpeter herb alpert | 58 |
| john, britain's first astronomer royal, born in 1646 | 52 |
| to move or turn e.g. thumbs, typically in a purposeless way | 59 |
| No longer ready for German philosopher to be announced | 54 |
| admission from conservatives on board a european ship | 53 |
| collection of records i have found behind curved structure | 58 |
| costume taken with hesitation from piece of furniture | 53 |
| cheat university lecturer, with journalist being forgiven | 57 |
| 1954 film musical starring ann blyth and howard keel | 52 |
| large colourful deep-sea creature also called a moonfish | 56 |
| 1984 musical by andrew lloyd webber and richard stilgoe | 55 |
| Food that many Hawaii visitors try there for the first time | 59 |
| "Never Have I ......" [Netflix coming-of-age series] | 52 |
| Number of swans a-swimming in "The 12 Days of Christmas" | 56 |
| Electric light circuit disrupted by introduction of mains | 57 |
| Western chance to remove leader following first of October | 58 |
| One's put out by train companies cancelling runs repeatedly | 59 |
| At home, a casual night with mum staying in can be dull | 55 |
| Pudding's one conveniently run up with South American tuber | 59 |
| Organic working outside over months of rural economy | 52 |
| Unusual spectacles perhaps cut round outside of the ear | 55 |
| Certain about including right individual blood type. Wrong | 58 |
| Glove in cold season without top temperature is on and off | 58 |
| Public transport turning up prepared for part of a group | 56 |
| Fairly allotted a tax reduction after cleric lost heart | 55 |
| He has many contacts to pick here - French one included | 55 |
| "...... shot" (1977 hockey movie starring paul newman) | 54 |
| "he ...... you dare, come a little closer" (rihanna lyric) | 58 |
| governor teddy who is featured in the musical "newsies" | 55 |
| immoral person's fling with virtuous person? i’m not sure | 59 |
| maybe hannah's daughter hosted by friend in italian city | 56 |
| .... beach, california resort has famous golf course | 52 |
| "I beg to ....." is a polite way of expressing disagreement | 59 |
| grammy winner anthony, with the hit "you sang to me" | 52 |
| criminal played by stanley tucci in "road to perdition" | 55 |
| Song played over the opening credits of "Moonstruck" | 52 |
| Aviator who designed a line of antiwrinkle women's wear | 55 |
| like a coastal zone between the high- and low-water marks | 57 |
| jump in which a figure skater uses the pick to launch | 53 |
| 2002 nelly song that urges, "take off all your clothes" | 55 |
| women's health magazine that went digital-only in 2017 | 54 |
| ely desperately after pen to house college transport | 52 |
| scotsman broken by onset of injury and hard suffering | 53 |
| musical piece produced by new department's head in jumper | 57 |
| brummie's refusal to do a turn as the title character | 53 |
| joins the performance of tosca [teen night production] | 54 |
| Stovepipe that collapses in a heap affected with rot | 52 |
| 1960s pop group who sang He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother | 56 |
| Ralph Waldo ......, 19th-century American philosopher | 53 |
| Complete collection of religious books found in Ireland | 55 |
| second victor being skilful describing light objects? | 53 |
| a small fear's provoked unnecessary signals of danger | 53 |
| aim rulers cultivated, typifying quite a bucolic area? | 54 |
| noisy disturbance in italian city rejecting old proposal | 56 |
| bird starts to roost over border in northamptonshire | 52 |
| value put on essentially hard actor sharing the limelight | 57 |
| scottish highland port village opposite the isle of lewis | 57 |
| breed of cat with ruddy coloration and a fluffy tail | 52 |
| ........ braithwaite, love interest of diarist adrian mole | 58 |
| a place where young plants and trees are grown for sale | 55 |
| 1983 salman rushdie novel shortlisted for the booker prize | 58 |
| Openly gay don pinching contrary soldier's sweaters? | 52 |
| 365 days with knight essentially seems scarily longer! | 54 |
| Dunces primarily sent up Hoskins's often blue material? | 55 |
| boater perhaps striking the second a reversal frustrates | 56 |
| "I wish I was a little bit ... . . ." [Skee-Lo lyric] | 53 |
| Fusion genre popular in Myrtle Beach and Charleston? | 52 |
| Jude who played Captain Hook in 2023's Peter Pan & Wendy | 56 |
| GSN game show hosted by John Michael Higgins: 2 wds. | 52 |
| Member of the Dallas NBA team Mark Cuban co-owns, for short | 59 |
| Now I know my .... Next time won't you sing with me? | 52 |
| Hail ... [flag down some city transportation]: 2 wds. | 53 |
| "C'mon, you're OK!" [or a Taylor Swift hit song] [3 wds] | 56 |
| Lady Godiva's mount [or a Taylor Swift hit song] [2 wds] | 56 |
| Breakfast chain offering Thick 'N Fluffy French Toast | 53 |
| "Rock and Roll, Hoochie ......" [1970s rock classic] | 52 |
| "Pardon me, are you Aaron Burr, ......?" ["Hamilton" lyric] | 59 |
| Third ...... Blind ["Semi-Charmed Life" pop-rock band] | 54 |
| Get shot of main differences amongst the cream of society | 57 |
| a provider, perhaps british, crazy to host strange men | 54 |
| "It'll be ... little secret!" ["I won't tell anyone!"] | 54 |
| Ceremonial pile of wood that aptly rhymes with "fire" | 53 |
| Consequence for a misbehaving child, perhaps: 2 wds. | 52 |
| Feminine suffix that's the kin of "-ess" and "-ette" | 52 |
| drag queen who sometimes uses the last name "filter" | 52 |
| part of carnegie hall that's named after ronald perelman | 56 |
| Roman poet who said "Ah me! Love cannot be cured by herbs" | 58 |
| Activities that might require 20-sided dice, for short | 54 |
| davis and parker's "and just like that . . ." co-star | 53 |
| reneé who played regina george in "mean girls" [2024] | 54 |
| like the poetry you wrote in middle school, most likely | 55 |
| parks and ...... [casual name for an amy poehler sitcom] | 56 |
| ...... plains [new south wales suburb named for a bird] | 55 |
| late in the day, some scoff half-heartedly – it's wicked | 58 |
| soldier could get one in case of invader playing ball | 53 |
| inspiration for linesman round pitch with energy ebbing | 55 |
| king's wife to wash bella's coat, and zip it up inside | 54 |
| Doctor Who's former companion, played by Billie Piper | 53 |
| Moulin ......!, Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor film | 52 |
| Melanie ......, singer formerly nicknamed Sporty Spice | 54 |
| One of the 'mechanicals' in A Midsummer Night's Dream | 53 |
| Had our trouble with politician and speed restrainer | 52 |
| One having voracious appetite - for punishment perhaps | 54 |
| nickname of a casualty character played by patrick robinson | 59 |
| frightened for france during a sudden surprise attack | 53 |
| this bean crushed to make an aniseed-flavoured liqueur | 54 |
| mess deaconess created over current money subject to tax | 56 |
| nothing to stop fearless witch flying in a straight line | 56 |
| greek goddess engaged in women only activities at first | 55 |
| speaker's sign of objection as recipient of ridicule | 52 |
| sister harbouring love for relation in exemplary way | 52 |
| discuss financial problem besetting austria and spain | 53 |
| disagreeable person penning note is condescending type | 54 |
| suffer terrible ruin after admitting first of crimes | 52 |
| separate from larger group in hotel i have found on holiday | 59 |
| a scholar keeping vietnamese soup and recipe in old jar | 55 |
| talk foolishly about island figure plundering ships? | 52 |
| central piece of grammar about the sorest neck yet seen | 55 |
| john ..., snooker player who won the 1979 uk championship | 57 |
| francis ..., french painter whose works include 1944's job | 58 |
| rudolf ..., composer of 1925 operetta the vagabond king | 55 |
| 2003 film drama starring tobey maguire and jeff bridges | 55 |
| Has such opposition given useful aid to two police forces? | 58 |
| horse gets a certain amount of liquid and nothing more | 54 |
| matter-of-fact articles rewritten about first person | 52 |
| information that is to be found in the arabian nights | 53 |
| "...... land" [2016 best picture winner -- uh, nominee] | 55 |
| It can go before Fitness or Health in names of magazines | 56 |
| Triangular chip with Nacho Cheese and Cool Ranch flavors | 56 |
| Comics company that publishes The Amazing Spider-Man | 52 |
| Umpire's call to someone in the on-deck circle [2 wds] | 54 |
| " ...... not There is no try" [advice from Yoda] [2 wds] | 56 |
| 2016 animated film featuring a bunny named Judy Hopps | 53 |
| New York City sports arena above Penn Station, for short | 56 |
| S American native prepared after second to seize weapon | 55 |
| Took a risk housing priest about to be thrown off course | 56 |
| Daniel's companion, retired, gaining new self-confidence | 56 |
| He made preparations to preach differently through a year | 57 |
| Having no enthusiasm for good university, one inland? | 53 |
| Contaminant placed around old ballet centre by hill-dweller | 59 |
| Left in charge, the writer had time to make it legal | 52 |
| Alongside notice, bird accepts a little money ... a pound | 57 |
| broadway actor and glee's rachel berry, .... michele | 52 |
| band with the #1 british hit "cum on feel the noize" | 52 |
| Like a proverbial "nest" once the kids go to college | 52 |
| Staple of Thursday night CBS programming during the 2000s | 57 |
| Belgian town known for its restorative mineral springs | 54 |
| What an inflated glove may serve as for a cow costume | 53 |
| Ambient musician whose name is found in "white noise" | 53 |
| flower at the center of a financial bubble in the 1630s | 55 |
| bryson who sang "beauty and the beast" with celine dion | 55 |
| "...... thou even shred?" [skateboarding shirt phrase] | 54 |
| "already thought of that and adjusted the plan accordingly" | 59 |
| "a man, a plan, a canal, ......" [palindromic phrase] | 53 |
| body parts used when performing "i'm a little teapot" | 53 |
| 2022 drama that starred cate blanchett as a composer | 52 |
| ref. work that is likely to never be reprinted [abbr.] | 54 |
| kofi ..., secretary-general of the un from 1997-2006 | 52 |
| christian ..., french couturier noted for his new look | 54 |
| Enjoy view in common — area with endless grassy plot | 54 |
| Sirius Black material seen after Harry finally appears? | 55 |
| Making changes in remodelling animal shelter for example | 56 |