| patron saint of lourdes, shepherds and shepherdesses | 52 |
| nelly, a narrator in the 1847 novel wuthering heights | 53 |
| ........ piper, actress who played rose tyler in doctor who | 59 |
| the most respected or prominent women in a particular field | 59 |
| female trio who provided backing vocals for barry white | 55 |
| one who might work at christie's or sotheby's, for instance | 59 |
| circular movements of water causing small whirlpools | 52 |
| small freshwater fish of northern eurasia used as bait | 54 |
| 1942 film comedy starring ginger rogers in the title role | 57 |
| Any number swamped by record break - might one save four? | 57 |
| Swap ends in very long cricket matches, at intervals | 52 |
| Hackney's hackneyed according to quotation spotted on mug | 57 |
| Demure English child revolting when everyone's watching | 55 |
| Turn over a thick plank, possible surfboard material | 52 |
| corresponds with everybody surrounded by restrictions | 53 |
| where marksmen practise to show how far the missile will go | 59 |
| make things better for one politician getting over problems | 59 |
| illustration facing title-page is perfection, perhaps | 53 |
| contributor's verse accepted by us soldier with hesitation | 58 |
| company providing flights for one royal involved in a row | 57 |
| permanent shoemaker's model - popular girl, originally | 54 |
| obvious unhappiness initially about introductory piece | 54 |
| he has no power to go over people's heads, but does! | 52 |
| classical hero in scholarly writings around university | 54 |
| "i'd like to buy ......" ["wheel of fortune" request] | 53 |
| President who held a widely upvoted Reddit AMA in 2012 | 54 |
| .... and yang [opposing princples in Chinese philosophy | 55 |
| Simpsons cry originally written in scripts as annoyed grunt | 59 |
| Tibetan monk whose title sounds like a woolly animal | 52 |
| "Good Luck, Babe!" singer-songwriter Chappell ...... | 52 |
| "...... Girls" [Broadway musical written by Tina Fey] | 53 |
| "The Good ......" [CBS legal drama from 2009 to 2016] | 53 |
| Bluegrass instrument played by Béla Fleck and Steve Martin | 59 |
| Golfer Lorena who was the 2003 LPGA Tour Rookie of the Year | 59 |
| Glaring malevolently, putting support round farm animal | 55 |
| Repulsive new audience accommodation a university installed | 59 |
| Hang about, initially investigating expensive underwear | 55 |
| Tension revealed by female teacher avoiding motorway | 52 |
| Trendy regular sweetheart, not unknown as an alternative | 56 |
| News channel that was originally launched as CNN2: Abbr. | 56 |
| Charlemagne and Otto's realm [anagram of "her"]: Abbr. | 54 |
| World capital with a museum dedicated entirely to pasta | 55 |
| Number of degrees in each angle of an equilateral triangle | 58 |
| Naturally soft on the inside and rough in conversation | 54 |
| Date once and reportedly drop all contact with McGuire? | 55 |
| Subject tips: take History, Extension Maths, English | 52 |
| Sports organization with a "Golden Boot" award: Abbr. | 53 |
| Allyson ..., track star with seven Olympic gold medals | 54 |
| Oscar nominee for "The Prince of Tides" and "Affliction" | 56 |
| creature domesticated in china more than 5,000 years ago | 56 |
| "...... it funny" [2001 no. 1 from j.lo and ja rule] | 52 |
| hat favoured by indiana jones and tom baker in doctor who | 57 |
| severe diarrhoea spread by contaminated water or food | 53 |
| unfruitful show of hesitation entering steps in wall | 52 |
| Generations chronicled in the two "Roots" miniseries | 52 |
| St. John's .... [naturopath's prescription, perhaps] | 52 |
| classic text showing honest cry for help by conservatives | 57 |
| mission created by armoured vehicle changing direction | 54 |
| inventor and junior clamping a piece of lab equipment | 53 |
| kind pro offers to screen compound i'd best not reveal | 54 |
| it will reverse consumption with its choice selection | 53 |
| in stalag with perhaps twenty or thirty prisoner restraints | 59 |
| ill due to repeatedly absorbing pressure, chose exit | 52 |
| so sire can't have any bright individuals in school? | 52 |
| belittle princess's golf score, with a heartless giggle | 55 |
| disorganised campaigns lacked leadership and religion | 53 |
| lincoln's ... fields, largest public square in london | 53 |
| richard ..., co-star with julia roberts in pretty woman | 55 |
| tense social worker having odd outburst of bad temper | 53 |
| cold fish served up by earl for danish king of england | 54 |
| simplified drawing showing workings of rebuilt riga dam | 55 |
| in chicago mangetout gets immediately eaten by curious apes | 59 |
| meditate by pool of still water before soldiers turn up | 55 |
| vandals soar, after reform in south american capital | 52 |
| how a must-see film, play or exhibition might be described | 58 |
| michael ..., secretary of state for education from 2010-14 | 58 |
| ... bay, body of water in se cuba; site of a us naval base | 58 |
| city in the czech republic; historical capital of moravia | 57 |
| jennifer ..., author of the novels the keep and look at me | 58 |
| Sue tours around about America finding stuff for wedding | 56 |
| Head of costumes fitting first class number for lead | 52 |
| way of procedure followed by the royal navy of today | 52 |
| gain knowledge – what writers need may be found within | 56 |
| take cover from the militia leader as killing starts | 52 |
| long narrow body of water between arabia and ne africa | 54 |
| hybrid produced by crossing the tangerine and grapefruit | 56 |
| The chap to flatter, perhaps, but it must be sincere | 52 |
| State definitely it's the little turning on the right | 53 |
| An oven faulty at the bottom end will do you no good! | 53 |
| Mickey taking hit over working nearby at regular intervals | 58 |
| Liven up green pants with one small bit of embellishment | 56 |
| Fake metal bust encapsulating king may be bought here? | 54 |
| One who delivers middle class mother's children, at last | 56 |
| Reportedly excited after misdemeanour in place of worship | 57 |
| Billionaire philanthropist is procuring fleshy fruit | 52 |
| make a successful attempt at proving a beard is false | 53 |
| wet weather on mountain to the south brings great stress | 56 |
| huge mime performance taking three different directions | 55 |
| machine is the product of french and english articles | 53 |
| noodles, first dipped in dry wine, make a light meal | 52 |
| Actress Gardner who was once married to Frank Sinatra | 53 |
| Distinguishing feature of Rudolph the reindeer [2 wds] | 54 |
| "...... Me Up Before You Go-Go" [first No 1 hit for Wham!] | 58 |
| Actress Weil who plays Paris Geller on "Gilmore Girls" | 54 |
| the lower house, and principal chamber, of the oireachtas | 57 |
| a group of wild mammals of one species that remain together | 59 |
| biblical character who had visions of a ladder to heaven. | 57 |
| which taoiseach was charles haughey's father-in-law? | 52 |
| hungarian whose invention became a 1980s phenomenon. | 52 |
| oj simpson spent most of his nfl career with which team? | 56 |
| winner of young player of the tournament at euro 2024. | 54 |
| which one of snow white's seven dwarfs wears glasses? | 53 |
| actor best known for playing miley byrne in glenroe. | 52 |
| with book returned, monastic island student gets heated | 55 |
| theatrically ruthless creditor is deficient with security | 57 |
| Number in Labour calling for an injection of backbone | 53 |
| 1987 romantic comedy film for which Cher won an Oscar | 53 |
| "I never think of the future. ...." [Albert Einstein] | 53 |
| Car suspension part which improves stability when cornering | 59 |
| Composer Modest .... was one of the "Mighty Handful" | 52 |
| Ibsen play title character, married to George Tesman | 52 |
| Prophet between Jonah and Nahum in the Old Testament | 52 |
| A traditional nickname for someone with the surname Wilson | 58 |
| .... replaced Peter Gabriel as lead vocalist of Genesis | 55 |
| Donna .... played Mary Bailey in It's a Wonderful Life | 54 |
| Ragtime age dance which was denounced by the Vatican | 52 |
| .... played Ellie Sattler in three Jurassic Park films | 54 |
| An American tree like a horse chestnut, or a native of Ohio | 59 |
| Predecessor of the World Trade Organization [abbreviation] | 58 |
| Chauffeur carries rag, part of a long-standing arrangement? | 59 |
| A pet piranha going wild, such as can cause blood loss? | 55 |
| Knows traditionally rain comes around extreme end of March | 58 |
| Gem quality men I see ultimately fancy, but no fine one | 55 |
| Banned weapon Middle East left out of military exercises | 56 |
| Reputation curtailed by snacking again and again and again | 58 |
| Last of black & popular shade of blue for Russian painter | 57 |
| Rents dilapidated building, finally. Next, to reinforce | 55 |
| Met up with heartless people over hot Indonesian food | 53 |
| A commissioned officer of the lowest rank in the US Navy | 56 |
| BBC classical music quiz chaired by Joseph Cooper from 1966 | 59 |
| Character in the TV series Callan played by Russell Hunter | 58 |
| The Mediterranean cruciferous plant Lobularia maritima | 54 |
| Logo that symbolizes an organization or other groupings | 55 |
| Right to sell company's products using the company's name | 57 |
| Musical composition like the Gauri in Sikh tradition | 52 |
| 2004 film comedy starring scott mechlowicz and jacob pitts | 58 |
| actor married to actress courteney cox from 1999-2013 | 53 |
| kriss ..., 1990 commonwealth 400m hurdles gold medallist | 56 |
| Word of warning about crime, initially, from the police | 55 |
| To a saint, the pious conclusion is the flowery part! | 53 |
| an error that prevents the players being even-handed | 52 |
| those who have already qualified by correspondence course? | 58 |
| such a position in society is often symbolically expressed | 58 |
| he shows the beginnings of indiscipline more puckishly | 54 |
| not specifically what gives character to the reunion | 52 |
| the kind of right that can't be transferred to foreigners? | 58 |
| electric ones work by an arrangement of pretty wires | 52 |
| this shows the sequence taken from a word in a lexicon | 54 |
| cover faults in laundry, not including the coloureds | 52 |
| Part of a woman's anatomy named for Dr. Ernst Gräfenberg | 57 |
| portmanteau hairstyle that sounds messier than it is | 52 |
| company promising "better cocktails through engineering"? | 57 |
| company that manufactures industrial-strength breath spray? | 59 |
| steve of south africa [and the subject of cry freedom] | 54 |
| italian town with three instances of the same letter | 52 |
| actress bernadette when she's tagged on the basepath? | 53 |
| cinematic hero called "the one," and an anagram of "one" | 56 |
| destination in arthur c. clarke's novel "prelude to space" | 58 |
| "whoa, ......!" [sportscaster keith jackson's catchphrase] | 58 |
| what heavy drinker did when turning up in bus station? | 54 |
| Perimeter of a pool table that people have plopped down on? | 59 |
| Resume play after accidentally sinking the white pool ball? | 59 |
| officials showing anger in dreary places with day gone | 54 |
| cyril is dressed in centre of pack in man-made material | 55 |
| reckless boast about bishop and those leading orders | 52 |
| a worker, ultimately, fastens electric light sources | 52 |
| national hunt racecourse in east sussex that opened in 1884 | 59 |
| los angeles ........ , u.s. professional basketball side | 56 |
| mausoleum created by a mughal emperor in agra in india | 54 |
| have loads of vim on beer, with genetic modification | 52 |
| place where one might be subject to attention in a theatre? | 59 |
| successful song by american grabbing a break in continuity | 58 |
| clownfish voiced by alexander gould in a 2003 animated film | 59 |
| to combine two or more sets of things e.g. ideas into one | 57 |
| sheila, lead vocalist in the three degrees born in 1947 | 55 |
| an exaggerated action to express annoyance or impatience | 56 |
| describing a seal or closure that is completely airtight | 56 |
| incidences of physical harm caused by accidents or attacks | 58 |
| could you let two into the event just before midnight? | 54 |
| foolishly we took on a trier to put pen to paper again | 54 |
| food in retreat by island left out in wine-producing area | 57 |
| celt at odd points putting on cover for a high-rise block | 57 |
| feature of a chamber, say, some choose? not entirely | 52 |
| discontinue publicity at work after lure with article | 53 |
| engineer a bit wrong about ordinary water-based transport | 57 |
| essential part of debt with depleted business declines | 54 |
| refrain from disturbing a woman turning up in shelter | 53 |
| dutch city that was the birthplace of rembrandt in 1606 | 55 |
| european country whose cities include kosice and zilina | 55 |
| song that was a posthumous hit for roy orbison in 1992 | 54 |