Across Gastropod for solo sailor? ABALONE Stone cracked for a start ONSET Does it grow down as it grows up? EIDER Trouble herons uncovered in flight control AILERON Earth-born, ill-formed and detestable ABHORRENT Expert sees 100 in A&E ACE One breaking record for cheeky ...
Across Composer tours eastern shore BEACH Protagonist here hosts love-in HEROINE Son possessing and using razor SHAVING 007 a respectable man AGENT Cheats cheated we hear put pressure on CONSTRICT Box amongst West Indians TIN Some yoga: the recruits assemble GATHER Female not left ...
Across Clothing torn when keeping goal RAIMENT Make circular motion with part of foot WHEEL Some fun duenna finds excessive UNDUE One million beans creating sudden urge? IMPULSE Complete one sort of clue correctly DOWNRIGHT Just starting old Danish epic poem ODE Long blade ...
Across Evil King Edward blocked by good Harry BADGER Seafood for small slight person SHRIMP Man’s one in this league ISLE Broken nail in hand of successful competitor FINALIST A quiet family member, that’s evident APPARENT Manage to sustain one collapse RUIN I want ...
Across Saw dog wearing lead PROVERB Spread in France and the Orient FEAST Torch say not heavy LIGHT Satan in Newgate or Marshalsea? OLDNICK Ego shattered with nurse unselfish GENEROUS Conceited one in vehicle VAIN Number one hit going around country NATION Outdo old ...
Across Some within influence Lebanese star CELEB Sound from above? This is missing below THUNDER Top decision-maker removing one verse EXECUTE Study in mess needing clean DUSTY Determined to be delivered end first STUBBORN Hope Eliza covers orange skin! PEEL Comedian takes extremely large ...
Across Man in Yale college ALEC Kind-hearted actor and reformer DOGOODER Mike in drawing-room in pink SALMON Hold forth about knight decorated ORNATE Weapon cult deployed round a water source CATAPULT Planet naturally contains volcano ETNA Dangerous to lose a Liberal judge CRITIC Unfashionable ...
Across Make changes to turn ale pale in colour NEUTRAL Swimmer in time runs away TROUT Ensemble’s backer opening show EVENT Good to see through protest GRUMBLE Come round too late? OVERSLEEP Sporty sort in taproom PRO Fish kept in creels EEL One in ...
Across Asian bread: fry up pieces regularly RUPEE Yellow bird CHICKEN About to make certain there’s condemnation CENSURE Old money smuggled into football club FRANC Creep into drunken function RECEPTION TV’s Polastri in Cleveland EVE After pressure get to give sermon PREACH Way to ...
Across Clubs dislike gold in the building CHATEAU Greeting His Excellency will love HELLO Principle when sent back is unchanged TENET Gem dealer suspiciously pockets millions EMERALD Cases taken here on a trip by royal household HIGHCOURT Inflation’s cause in a song AIR Cake ...
Across American stout available AROUND Flexible pressure in erratic pulse SUPPLE Block son joining Starmer’s party SLAB Cooked liver OK: student has too much OVERKILL No longer confined, holding on for advocate? EXPONENT Collect crops and rotten pear REAP Come to a vigil before ...
Across Meets socialist and becomes enraged SEESRED A Glaswegian perhaps in racing venue ASCOT Right leg originally against left LEGAL Male spy a reddish colour MAGENTA Meet cyclists at first on roadside CONVERGE Catch some rays? FISH New diner is less cluttered NEATER Woman ...
Across Many gathering posh flower LOTUS Something taken from whale cry BLUBBER Vessel fitted with a royal navy hooter BARNOWL Shorebirds’ tricks GULLS Miserly sort pickled stuff TIGHTWAD Excellent game explodes MEGA Concerned by omen, stand down RESIGN Military band? STRIPE Poet not allowed ...
Across Expert back in hotel bar ABLE Crediton redeveloped in principle DOCTRINE Brilliant but outdated inside information GOLDEN Get an obit rewritten OBTAIN Welcomes European married couple and son EMBRACES Fate of party a short time after reversal DOOM Secret deliveries taken into court ...
Across Consult match official here in middle REFER Plain circled by lion perhaps for entertainment CABARET Dress and dressing: part of verb and a gerund BANDAGE Garden visitor runs over trash can ROBIN Admit and deny absurdly having exploded DYNAMITED Pork pie held by ...
Across Donor is treated at home INDOORS Wicked American back, not dead ALIVE Part in saga incoherent once more AGAIN Spain joined and came out EMERGED Girl’s mood that may affect dog DISTEMPER Manage race RUN Robert’s hairstyle BOB Smuggle revolutionary into Hundred Club ...
Across European stops terrible sauna sickness NAUSEA Clean bottom lip following medic DREDGE Just open a container AJAR Resolution from British united after reverse BACKBONE Musical box: relic spattered with mud DULCIMER Stand by upright character entering temple WAIT Black cat shows energy BOUNCE ...
Across Born to stroll and gather berries BRAMBLE Blade finally opens series of letters? SWORD Composer’s catalogue heard LISZT Band Aid record brought back tears when broadcast PLASTER Stun somewhat like Bond’s DB5? ASTONISH Partly embrace devolution and hand over CEDE Key worker tipsy: ...
Across Story has Silver in it SAGA Turn against stranger at last on phone ALIENATE Dog runs from mine worker COLLIE Goods brought in setter’s left at sea IMPORT Tiresome types speak so in due course ATLENGTH Show boredom in November, way back YAWN ...