| agile hoofed mammal of africa and asia such as the rock ... or tree ... | 71 |
| smallest quantity of an element that can take part in a chemical reaction | 73 |
| hardy annual climbing plant whose pods bear round edible seeds | 62 |
| mort ..., canadian-born comedian who penned the autobiography heartland | 71 |
| Mute roadie, wandering round - one's assessing what can be heard | 64 |
| After working, one ideal person to receive a little something from Government? | 78 |
| Italian 9, around start of Christmas month, depicted in book of twelve leaves | 77 |
| ...... jabeur, highest-ranked african and arab tennis in rankings history | 73 |
| cricket power that won the 2024 icc men's t20 world cup in 2024 | 63 |
| ...... sodipo, london-based artist whose work focuses on black trans people | 75 |
| it's good for "absolutely nothing," per an edwin starr no. 1 hit | 64 |
| 1939 film in which bogart plays a creepy lab assistant, the return of ...... | 76 |
| has an extra level, as an amp that nigel shows off in "this is spinal tap" | 74 |
| software that allows people to run mobile programs on computers | 63 |
| Roofless sites for the retail of pre-loved automobiles [4-3,4] | 62 |
| cope somehow holding the fancy top of this envelope-shaped handbag | 66 |
| ordinary american nurse after losing note is removed from office | 64 |
| a new university fringed by canal altered matters in financial reports | 70 |
| british liberal hosted by two writers in turn has distinctive badge | 67 |
| one who carves or cuts designs or texts on the surface of hard objects | 70 |
| 1946 psychological thriller starring ingrid bergman and gregory peck | 68 |
| shakespearean character who says 'parting is such sweet sorrow' | 63 |
| a technique for managing one's time or activities more efficiently | 66 |
| a short melodic phrase repeated throughout a musical composition | 64 |
| actor who narrates the reality tv series race across the world | 62 |
| ........ television, form of video surveillance, given the initials cctv | 72 |
| Like committed intimate relationships that aren't explicitly romantic in nature | 79 |
| Scottish actor who starred in Moulin Rouge! and the Star Wars prequels: 2 wds. | 78 |
| Scottish actor who starred in GoldenEye and the Harry Potter series: 2 wds. | 75 |
| Scottish actor who starred in Doctor Who and Good Omens: 2 wds. | 63 |
| 2023 novel by 31-Across about a widow making a fresh start in Manhattan [3 wds] | 79 |
| Stephen Colbert children's book "I ...... Pole [And So Can You!]" [2 wds] | 73 |
| Novelist Huang who writes the "Twisted" and "Kings of Sin" romance series | 73 |
| Hans Christian Andersen character who wears "invisible" clothes | 63 |
| book recounting life in the gorbals, also the name of the 'taggart' theme song | 78 |
| german bacteriologist whose name is used for a shallow glass dish | 65 |
| post-war undecorative architectural style typically using unpainted concrete | 76 |
| bbc tv series based on the books of veterinary surgeon james herriot | 68 |
| apparatus to produce an airstream for aerodynamic investigation | 63 |
| After French wine, drink ale at first then head for spicy meal | 62 |
| Resentment with stock market debut — large one — in part of Turkey | 70 |
| only commercial airline to equip its fleet with missile-defense systems | 71 |
| "kicking death in the ass while singing," per charles bukowski | 62 |
| 1970 disney film that features duchess the turkish angora, with the | 67 |
| Got a modern electronic device, for starters, and played on it | 62 |
| Singer in All Saints who was a contestant on Celebrity Race Across the World | 76 |
| Eric Carmen song from the film Dirty Dancing that was a top ten hit in the US | 77 |
| Swiss conductor who was the principal conductor of Diaghilev's Ballets Russes | 77 |
| ITV crime drama series starring David Tennant and Olivia Colman | 63 |
| A richly-seasoned French stew of meat or poultry and vegetables | 63 |
| An imaginary country of tiny inhabitants in Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels | 79 |
| English punk band who had hits with Swords of a Thousand Men and Wünderbar | 75 |
| Belgian surrealist artist whose works include The Treachery of Images | 69 |
| A cruciferous plant of the genus Raphanus cultivated for its edible root | 72 |
| Italian painter of the Venetian school whose original name was Jacopo Robusti | 77 |
| Village site of The Prancing Pony inn in the works of J R R Tolkien | 67 |
| In North America, a sunken enclosure giving access to a basement | 64 |
| The Greek goddess of the moon, whose Roman counterpart is Luna | 62 |
| American singer and songwriter nicknamed "The Queen of Rockabilly" | 66 |
| American actress whose roles include Trudy Campbell in Mad Men | 62 |
| A flightless marine bird of the order Sphenisciformes of cool southern regions | 78 |
| A member of the Plantagenet royal line descended from Geoffrey, Count of Anjou | 78 |
| Ancient city on the coast of Asia Minor whose modern name is Izmir | 66 |
| Middle ... [geopolitical region with Lebanon, Yemen, and more] | 62 |
| Salt scrub site where one can get some much-deserved "me-time" | 62 |
| town in north yorkshire associated with a horse racecourse and army garrison | 76 |
| vikram ..., author of novels the golden gate and an equal music | 63 |
| ... castle, 13th-century scottish fortress known as the strength of liddesdale | 78 |
| john ..., us composer whose works include 1951's music of changes | 65 |
| first woman, in 1956, to ride in an olympics showjumping event | 62 |
| john ..., author of stage plays the white devil and the duchess of malfi | 72 |
| michael ..., 1988 olympic 200m butterfly swimming gold medallist | 64 |
| standard unit of currency of peru replaced by the nuevo sol in 1991 | 67 |
| Going in a particular direction, academic follows points on the compass | 71 |
| Every second of Dolph Lundgren's strip-search is available to watch online | 74 |
| Stringed instrument trio meant to play Beethoven's 2nd, 3rd or 8th | 66 |
| Repeatedly carry out the termination of birds - now they're extinct | 67 |
| One in motorcycle gang knocked out by American musicians on the street | 70 |
| confectionery or the dessert course before the lamb and pork etc. | 65 |
| describing conditions when one is becalmed - don't tack so much | 63 |
| it often comes out around christmas time, but it's no everlasting flower! | 73 |
| "that little dangly thing that swing in the back of my throat," per cardi b | 75 |
| revealing feature of french artwork that includes sci-fi picture | 64 |
| what might cover features talk about for instance – his majesty? | 66 |
| complimentary cockney's report of high-scoring football result | 62 |
| concerned with sea horse eating starter from italy? rice, maybe | 63 |
| entrance to a major hotel, perhaps, with rapid turnover of staff | 64 |
| aspects of the moon or a planet in terms of the amount of illumination | 70 |
| a car safety device compulsory for uk front seat occupants since 1983 | 69 |
| haruki, japanese writer noted for his 1987 novel norwegian wood | 63 |
| one of a narrow shelf-like pair of single beds, one on top of the other | 71 |
| tony, character played by john travolta in 1978 film saturday night fever | 73 |
| swiss city which is the headquarters of the world health organization | 69 |
| jazz standard written by hoagy carmichael, the ........ of you | 62 |
| ........ thomason, actress who played detective jenn townsend in the bay | 72 |
| medical professionals who might perform liposuction or mastopexy | 64 |
| musical instruments whose name in hawaiian means 'jumping flea' | 63 |
| piet, dutch painter born in 1872 noted for his abstract squares | 63 |
| ........ lewis, actor who played bobby axelrod in tv series billions | 68 |
| Travis Kelce and George Kittle, e.g., and a hint to the starred clues' answers | 78 |
| .... McNamara, actor who plays Mark Conner-Healy on The Conners | 63 |
| 2005 Keanu Reeves film whose title is a demon hunter's surname | 62 |
| Country singer who stars with Tim McGraw and Sam Elliott on "1883" [2 wds] | 74 |
| "The Queen" Oscar winner who stars with Harrison Ford on "1923" [2 wds] | 71 |
| "Black Box" actress who stars with Kevin Costner on "Yellowstone" [2 wds] | 73 |
| lydia ...., eponymous conductor played on film by cate blanchett | 64 |
| President retires after era's end, taking break to eat ace nuts | 63 |
| Judge's order in drug-busting lawsuit ends with staid resolution | 64 |
| Moody once in cricket, dominating spinner through the air? Bingo! | 65 |
| This sudden attack that happens when one is intensely anxious or afraid | 71 |
| "... Placid," 1999 horror comedy film that features a gigantic crocodile | 72 |
| 1975 film that features a gigantic shark that attacks a summer resort town | 74 |
| "like ......" [2024 #1 hit for future, metro boomin and kendrick lamar] | 71 |
| "losing ......" [1995 drama starring halle berry and jessica lange] | 67 |
| Bad thing to be in, in poker ... or good thing to be in, in golf | 64 |
| Count played by Jim Carrey in "Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events" | 79 |
| series that features cats named luna and artemis from the planet mau | 68 |
| ...... ring [calming piece of jewelry for some autistic people] | 63 |
| ". . . above our poor power to .. or detract": Gettysburg Address | 65 |
| Electoral system in trouble, when foolish things might happen at first | 70 |
| current rules about welcoming greeting – it's spoken in africa | 64 |
| reggae singer who formed his own record label tuff gong in 1970 | 63 |
| ........ is in the heart, uk top ten single by dance act deee-lite in 1990 | 74 |
| paul, actor who played the lead role in 1932 gangster film scarface | 67 |
| derisive term for funds that do not genuinely exist or have no real value | 73 |
| josh, actor who plays a tennis coach's ex-boyfriend in 2024 film challengers | 76 |
| smooth, pinkish-brown nuts that are ingredients in pies in the u.s. | 67 |
| an oval or circular painting, panel or design used to decorate a building | 73 |
| cogito, ........ , latin principle of the philosophy of rene descartes | 70 |
| richard, tv quiz show host and author noted for his crime novels | 64 |
| annemarie ..., 1972 fis alpine world ski championships combined gold medallist | 78 |
| babe ..., us baseball player who hit 714 home runs in his career from 1914-35 | 77 |
| 1957 broadway musical by stephen sondheim and leonard bernstein | 63 |
| king of iolcos in greek mythology who sent jason to fetch the golden fleece | 75 |
| f1 motor racing circuit that hosted the san marino gp between 1981-2006 | 71 |
| site in suffolk where a saxon ship burial was unearthed in 1939 | 63 |
| singer-actor who played baron frankenstein in 1985 film fantasy the bride | 73 |
| niki ..., 1973 french open men's singles tennis championship runner-up | 70 |
| page to don adriano de armado in william shakespeare play love's labour's lost | 78 |
| Suffolk town known for trawling, not frequently right at the bottom | 67 |
| 19 Brussels bureaucrats held back after obsessive type of display? | 66 |
| North America succeeded, primarily swapping gold for capital in the Caribbean | 77 |
| Address of on-line retailer that is into up-cycling is much-visited site | 72 |
| not for the first time, affected strut with heels is not acceptable | 67 |
| "..., play ‘Despacito'" [request to Amazon's virtual assistant] | 65 |
| General Mills cereal advertised as being full of vitamins and minerals] | 71 |
| Twin Peaks actor who plays Lucy's father Hank on Fallout: 2 wds. | 64 |
| Hannah Montana actor who plays Lucy's brother Norm on Fallout: 2 wds. | 69 |
| Nickname that might have -ley or -ter after it in the full version | 66 |
| Reddit session whose name suggests no question is out of line, for short | 72 |
| "We ...... the Champions" [Queen song often played at sporting events] | 70 |
| Queen ...... [nickname for the artist who has won a record 32 Grammy Awards] | 76 |
| ........ drago, boxer played by dolph lundgren in 1986 film rocky iv | 68 |
| part in back of the eye that sends visual messages to the brain | 63 |
| Is sign of hesitation about position leading to confrontation? | 62 |
| Insignificant number getting married in a cathedral ultimately? | 63 |
| Perhaps sinner and saint going out — they often meet in the dark | 66 |
| Politician beginning to speak with queen about international organisation | 73 |
| Sad moralist upset about church putting priests on a pedestal? | 62 |
| Start of Christmas with trading opportunity on the up for light units | 69 |
| Unquestioned supremacy not a condition to set the world alight? | 63 |
| One of the old people, this writer, requiring editor's intervention | 67 |
| One hundred — as far as the eye can see, mostly southern — sausages | 71 |
| Doing one better than while taking ecstasy, it might make you swell up | 70 |
| On the Riviera, milk and honey's finishing off the congregation | 63 |
| Twinkling object in the sky; exceptionally talented and famous person | 69 |
| Q3: Which odd number turns "even" when you take away a letter from it? | 70 |
| "Cheaper by the ..." [family comedy film starring Steve Martin] | 63 |
| Q5: Which number when multiplied changes all numbers to its kind? | 65 |
| Cloris ..., Emmy-winning actress on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" | 63 |
| ...... ray [she starred in the "thriller" video with michael jackson] | 69 |
| where you'll probably have to fill out a bunch of paperwork on day 1 | 68 |
| "cliffs of ......" [grammy-winning rock instrumental by eric johnson] | 69 |
| tlc reality series featuring couples facing k-1-visa deadlines | 62 |
| "arrested development" actor whose character claims to have awards "from army" | 78 |
| question sugar keeps asking her mom in "the bear" episode "fishes" | 66 |
| snack enjoyed by jon heder in a 2004 movie and a 2024 ad campaign | 65 |
| character called a "heinous bitch" in "10 things i hate about you" | 66 |
| ...... clan [hip-hop group originally from staten island, a.k.a. shaolin] | 73 |
| word that might be shortened to just its middle letter, in texts | 64 |
| appliance that blows woman's verge of rose leaves around scots town | 67 |
| offer from those taking charge to dispense with services of char | 64 |
| failing this foundation in mineralogy; gaining a place for economics | 68 |
| ...... house, song by crosby, stills, nash & young [1970] and madness [1982] | 76 |
| british government department which merged with hm customs and excise in 2005 | 77 |
| pals initially meeting somewhere in bedfordshire briefly – it's a small world! | 80 |
| trouble caused by those kicking off as governor general releases orders | 71 |
| happen to check temperature on time following fever and pain locally? | 69 |
| blunder a week arising with terminus of london underground network | 66 |
| musical; fanciful song sung by glastonbury legend richie to parton? | 67 |
| mike ..., comedian-actor who played frank butcher in bbc tv soap eastenders | 75 |
| josef ..., czech composer of symphony asrael and tone poem a summer's tale | 74 |
| lieutenant of othello in the william shakespeare play of that name | 66 |
| sebastien ..., winner of the world rally drivers' championship from 2004-12 | 75 |
| spanish wine with a vanilla bouquet produced around the ebro river | 66 |
| the ..., 2007 film thriller starring kristen stewart and dylan mcdermott | 72 |
| 1972 alfred hitchcock film starring jon finch, alec mccowen and barry foster | 76 |
| agricultural implement with the top of the handle near the shaft | 64 |
| one spot round the top of the nose will produce a pimply condition | 66 |
| Small dog with curly fur [In this answer, note the first 2 and last 2 letters] | 78 |