| Mrs. Beryl ..., character from "Downton Abbey" who is a chef for the Crawleys | 77 |
| ... Bucco, character from "The Sopranos" who is the chef at Nuovo Vesuvio | 73 |
| Mirren who has portrayed three different British queens on screen | 65 |
| ...... sez: "photo fans! preserve the past, make it last, with plastic!" | 72 |
| ...... sez: "broadwayâ€"it's not the same old song and dance!" | 65 |
| nfl team with fans in a bleacher section called the dawg pound | 62 |
| facial features with prominent bridges ["save me" singer aimee] | 63 |
| book sheet affixed to the inside front cover or the inside back cover | 69 |
| point value of an a, e, i, l, n, o, r, s, t, or u tile in scrabble | 66 |
| "i'd like to thank the ......" [classic oscars-acceptance-speech shout-out] | 75 |
| cosmetic procedure that might impair one's sense of smell in the short term | 75 |
| general george whose leadership was decisive in the battle of the bulge | 71 |
| co. that supplied the union army with soap and candles during the civil war | 75 |
| a french agricultural worker touring limousin's capital, not nice | 65 |
| What the number in brackets is for the people featured in this puzzle | 69 |
| Messenger from Scotland formerly that is trailing old errand boy | 64 |
| Spruce twinkling brightness in the States revealing massed galaxies | 67 |
| Shrines for holy ones, erected like Gaudí's masterpiece mostly? | 64 |
| one giving authoritative decisions for a cleric? not altogether | 63 |
| treat another very well in party, important type showing dignity | 64 |
| ........ party, those who accompany the groom's partner to a wedding | 68 |
| chubby, singer and dancer noted for his 1960 cover version of the twist | 71 |
| anthony, swedish striker who joined nottingham forest fc in 2023 | 64 |
| mountain in turkey described in the bible as the resting-place of noah's ark | 76 |
| yvette, ex-blue peter presenter who fronts tv series most haunted | 65 |
| uk political party that has been led by george lansbury and hugh gaitskell | 74 |
| ........ marx, u.s. comedian born in 1890 with the forenames julius henry | 73 |
| ........ are forever, 1971 bond film in which jill st john played tiffany case | 78 |
| a shrub or tree of the rose family often used in hedges in the uk | 65 |
| a product that develops during the manufacture of something else | 64 |
| character played by simon callow in four weddings and a funeral | 63 |
| ........ glasses, informal term for round spectacles with steel rims | 68 |
| billy ......, unfinished herman melville novella about a sailor | 63 |
| Return meat sauces firm had marked at the back with added sweetener | 67 |
| Venerable Hindu possibly sets aside day devoted to a Christian saint | 68 |
| Caught husband with resin and cannabis in vessel used after dark? | 65 |
| Sarnies organised with minimum of fuss, type without decoration | 63 |
| "...... frame a painting" [series of video essays about film artistry] | 70 |
| Small exchange between two people to show caring and build connection | 69 |
| Topic an autistic person is intensely focused on and passionate about | 69 |
| Channel with "The Incredible Dr. Pol," and a hint to the circled letters | 72 |
| Saltburn actor who costars with Zendaya on the HBO teen drama Euphoria: 2 wds. | 78 |
| State where America's first professional baseball team started | 62 |
| Amble to a fishnet somehow to rescue those in danger of drowning | 64 |
| Control others from a position of power and probably end well ahead | 67 |
| About young David returning, the one who avoided tax responsibilities | 69 |
| "...... of Eden" [Steinbeck novel that inspired a James Dean film] | 66 |
| "...... Kitteridge" [Pulitzer-winning novel by Elizabeth Strout] | 64 |
| Male professional who promotes products directly to potential customers | 71 |
| Actor invoved in a fatal shooting incident on the set of the film Rust | 70 |
| Small town in the Roman province of Britannia that became Bath | 62 |
| 1956 Elvis Presley hit adapted from the Civil War ballad Aura Lee | 65 |
| French Prime Minister, 1906-09 and 1917-20, known as "Le Tigre" | 63 |
| Irish dramatist whose plays include The Rivals and School for Scandal | 69 |
| Actor who married Ally McBeal actress Calista Flockhart in 2010 | 63 |
| Familiar name for France's representative at the Congress of Vienna in 1815 | 75 |
| The process of combining objects or ideas into a complex whole | 62 |
| Senior RAF officer of equivalent rank to brigadier in the Army | 62 |
| Actor and director who won an Oscar for his screenplay for Good Will Hunting | 76 |
| American actor and comedian whose films include Elf and Anchorman | 65 |
| "Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha" in a novel by Miguel de Cervantes | 68 |
| Fortress in Paris stormed on 14 July 1789 during the French Revolution | 70 |
| A rich soft creamy French cheese named after a village in Normandy | 66 |
| Danish physicist who received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1922 | 65 |
| Brian ......, the highest try scorer of all time in Irish Rugby | 63 |
| Song by Amy Winehouse that was a top ten hit in both the UK and the US | 70 |
| American rock band featuring Randy California and his stepfather Ed Cassidy | 75 |
| Town west of the River Jordan near the site of ancient Shechem | 62 |
| ... Statham, actor who performed his own stunts in the film "Transporter 2" | 75 |
| Sylvester Stallone film where he performed all the fight scenes | 63 |
| Jackie ..., actor who performed his own stunts in the film "Police Story" | 73 |
| Angelina ..., actress who performed her own stunts in the film "Salt" | 69 |
| Cameron ..., actress who performed her own stunts in the film "Knight and Day" | 78 |
| river of central england that flows to the river severn at tewkesbury | 69 |
| electrically charged atom formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons | 77 |
| ... desert, arid plateau of south africa, namibia and botswana | 62 |
| ... park, glasgow stadium home to the scotland national football team | 69 |
| ancient greek city on the bosphorus; site of present-day istanbul | 65 |
| tony ..., world middleweight boxing champion from june-september 1948 | 69 |
| One attached to bottle's taken in by fancy settee for confidential chats | 72 |
| Completed maths problems involving area for things with segments | 64 |
| Endeavour and others latch onto leads from the least expected sources | 69 |
| well-known fellow seen beside a motorway with untruthful person | 63 |
| it's stolen for older relative by man not properly appreciated | 62 |
| work by head of organisation beside ship with hesitation getting animal | 71 |
| sound of phone making heavyweight in boxing enclosure enraged, initially | 72 |
| 2018 Childish Gambino hit that won the Grammy for Song of the Year | 66 |
| feeling after being caught stealing from the cookie jar, maybe | 62 |
| The puzzle's title, as a command; also, where the circled entries may be found | 78 |
| abrupt transitions from one scene to another in films and tv shows | 66 |
| a person who has arrived in an area where they have not grown up | 64 |
| ........ menzel, actress who voiced elsa in the frozen film series | 66 |
| form of communication, e.g. latin, that has no current active speakers | 70 |
| actor who played igor in the 1975 horror spoof young frankenstein | 65 |
| graphic representations of all the systems at play in an individual's life | 74 |
| franjo, croatian politician who became his country's first president | 68 |
| one who temporarily fills in for another, especially a doctor or priest | 71 |
| at ........, expression meaning 'in a state of total confusion' | 63 |
| ........ small, fast bowler who played for warwickshire and england | 67 |
| episodic novel by elizabeth gaskell first published in book form in 1853 | 72 |
| a soft white or grey mineral used to make plaster of paris and fertilisers | 74 |
| ........ davis, actress who played veronica rawlings in 2018 film widows | 72 |
| "miles ......" [2015 biopic in which don cheadle plays miles davis] | 67 |
| Faces of perennially upbeat soap sellers one's often seen in Boots? | 67 |
| Creep tremulously round female with a few words to start with? | 62 |
| American volunteer 'army' working within underdeveloped nations | 63 |
| Stoked about Einstein's initial pages, getting into shortening atomic mass | 74 |
| Letters for someone wearing pajama pants on a Zoom call, perhaps | 64 |
| Part that goes round in the Metro, to radiate in both directions! | 65 |
| "Turn the ...," idiom that can be completed with an oceanic movement | 68 |
| Folk-rock supergroup initials that was later joined by Neil Young | 65 |
| "good golly, miss ......", a hit rock 'n' roll song by little richard | 69 |
| elvis costello and the ...; as are answers to asterisked clues | 62 |
| lsu basketball star ...... reese, whose wnba debut was with the chicago sky | 75 |
| where tennis champions victoria azarenka and aryna sabalenka were born | 70 |
| Instrument that contains strings but isn't a string instrument | 62 |
| Queens neighborhood that's home to the Steinway & Sons piano company | 68 |
| home to many of jacob lawrence's "migration" paintings, familiarly | 66 |
| tribe whose community was centered around a lake in new hampshire | 65 |
| freshwater spiny-finned food and game fish such as the european ... | 67 |
| 2001 biopic featuring both judi dench and kate winslet in the title role | 72 |
| donald ..., actor who played the title role in 1971 film thriller klute | 71 |
| knight of the round table and lover of queen guinevere in arthurian legend | 74 |
| final phase of the egyptian language whose dialects include sahidic | 67 |
| weedy plant with typically broad leaves and greenish or reddish flowers | 71 |
| erica ..., author of the novels fear of flying and inventing memory | 67 |
| commune of paris, france, celebrated for its porcelain manufacture | 66 |
| dish of boned, stuffed meat or fish poached, covered with aspic and served cold | 79 |
| bernard ..., chief press secretary to margaret thatcher from 1979-90 | 68 |
| prevent a doctor working, though industrial action's cancelled | 62 |
| country's representative in united nations occasionally called smarmy | 69 |
| Visitor attraction, say, in California by the city road recalled | 64 |
| Confused situation, catch, after learner's brought in for English | 65 |
| Approval from most powerful about a preliminary contest, time to go | 67 |
| One looking inquisitively round tank at centre of enemy vessel | 62 |
| humiliation of worthless fellows overwhelmed by fate essentially | 64 |
| surreptitious glances eventually finding lieutenant in drink extremely happy | 76 |
| adapted for use in a clip art design employing captions primarily | 65 |
| not speaking about portent of evil with thailand's left-wing campaign group | 75 |
| slogan sometimes seen next to a flag that's black, white, green, and red | 72 |
| with "the," sigrid nunez novel that won a 2018 national book award | 66 |
| successful transaction for the business side of a magazine, maybe | 65 |
| wrongly omit placid officers guarding right ambassadors etc. in a place | 71 |
| curtis, jazz singer noted for his song i wonder why released in 1991 | 68 |
| an act to extend the valid period of a licence, subscription or contract | 72 |
| a record of research into a person or group's development over time | 67 |
| expression meaning 'falling just short of a successful outcome' | 63 |
| ........ oxide, chemical compound commonly known as laughing gas | 64 |
| Around lake, Barry sits in mobile home — the most prominent in field | 70 |
| Just over three feet in length, European species that bears fruit | 65 |
| Meant to be involved with recent portrayal of historical event | 62 |
| 2012-2018 ABC/CMT drama series starring Connie Britton as a country music star | 78 |
| Founding member of Boyz II Men who was born on June 18, 1971 [2 wds] | 68 |
| "West ...... Story" [Sondheim musical based on a Shakespeare play] | 66 |
| The Beatles and Wings singer-songwriter who was born June 18, 1942 [2 wds] | 74 |
| ABBA song with the lyric "The love you gave me, nothing else can save me" | 73 |
| "... Made For Loving You," song by Tori Kelly and Ed Sheeran: 2 wds. | 68 |
| ... dancing, Middle Eastern dance form with lots of hip movements | 65 |
| "Monster ...," 1962 song by Bobby Pickett with Halloween-inspired dance moves | 77 |
| Rob McElhenney's character in "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" | 65 |
| "Cha Cha ...," 2000 popular song by DJ Casper with lyrics that are dance moves | 78 |
| Bunny ..., novelty dance move created at a San Francisco high school in 1952 | 76 |
| period that might be named after a president or a taylor swift album | 68 |
| org. that replaced the "f" in its name because of a legal dispute | 65 |
| written in linguistically playful prose, like "ada" or "pale fire" | 66 |
| mikko ..., finnish golfer; 2014 volvo world match play championship winner | 74 |
| brother of amulius and grandfather of romulus and remus in roman mythology | 74 |
| loretta ..., actress who played major houlihan in us television sitcom m*a*s*h | 78 |
| plant of south america cultivated for its red fleshy edible fruits | 66 |
| grinning creature in the lewis carroll book alice's adventures in wonderland | 76 |
| problematic ...... [celeb you still like despite their questionable behavior] | 77 |
| "Never get involved in a land war in ..." [advice in "The Princess Bride"] | 74 |
| stoneworker; gary ..., former british heavyweight boxing champion | 65 |
| spicy movie snack for a demi moore and patrick swayze fantasy romance? | 70 |
| entomological source of the etymology of the name of ghana's capital | 68 |
| when aboard taxi, half of english county's a more exotic place | 62 |
| unable to deliver sonnet, gutted – long to pen one line, on reflection | 72 |
| former colony, australian, cheers being claimed by the netherlands | 66 |
| hairnets yearn [anag.] – water between sardinia and mainland italy | 68 |
| Christmas tradition that moves randomly around your home [4 wds.] | 65 |
| round mass blocking pipe riled one: smoker hereabouts blew top! | 63 |
| space in house – one beneath roof – reportedly with failing joints? | 71 |
| time inside second hospital department hence husband's abandoned | 64 |
| former politician nick, liberal for one, in conservative gang lately | 68 |
| a fast-drying painting medium with pigments mixed with egg yolk | 63 |
| ........ in the middle, u.s. sitcom with a child prodigy in the title role | 74 |
| surrey town that is the birthplace of ballerina margot fonteyn | 62 |
| telephone directory that listed businesses according to services offered | 72 |
| kieran, coach who took ipswich town to the premier league in 2024 | 65 |
| jim, singer noted for his 1984 song i should have known better | 62 |
| u.s. river that was site of a crossing by george washington in 1776 | 67 |
| ........ device, one used to block the reception or transmission of signals | 75 |
| chet, u.s. jazz trumpeter born in 1929 nicknamed the prince of cool | 67 |
| equipment for climbing up or down using two long pieces of thick cord | 69 |
| a sailing ship with two or more masts, often with a smaller foremast | 68 |
| ........ match, game between players or teams who dislike each other | 68 |
| type of printer that forms characters by spraying fluid droplets | 64 |
| north american territory of france at one time, that included part of quebec | 76 |
| "The World ... Require You" [Rion Amilcar Scott story collection] | 65 |
| My boss wanted to keep us in the loop, so she scheduled our meeting at a ... | 76 |