Clues Starting With b Biotech room Baker's appliance Become limp Bloodsucker (5) Ballerina’s skirt Baby carriage B S —, India Test cricketer who took 7-98 against Australia at Calcutta in 1969 Batting turn of a team in a cricket match Blade that can go round? Bury Brahms not having to defect? Biotech room Baker's appliance Become limp Baby's soft shoe (6) Basic melodic mode in Indian classical music Bolster order for seafood Briefly a judge Blood vessel Beginning Beyond the pale Brief letter Bungle Boom created by this new electronic device Beccy (bless!) unwrapped cracknel - oddly a Lancs speciality Battery where bird is served? Burrowing shellfish (4) Bob dreads pageboy? (7) Being a lush country with no king after one fails (9) Bullfighter (8) Brag Best Actress in a Leading Role Oscar winner for Moonstruck Be neat about getting thrashed Bash in, perhaps, and drive away (6) Brave man (4) Belonging to us (3) Burden Bertolt —, dramatist whose stage plays include Mr Puntila and his Man Matti Berate about discount Badly bruised (5,3,4) Bodily secretion (6) Breathe in/out and have a long sleep (9) Bitter quarrel initially talked about after surgeon pockets tip (8) Bash in, perhaps, and drive away (6) Brave man (4) Belonging to us (3) Ball game of Native American origin Back part of a golf club head where it bends to join the shaft Bird in other nest Behold one’s new release Be a chauvinist, but not initially Bucket Batty or Ephron? (4) By a large degree (13) Bash in, perhaps, and drive away (6) Brave man (4) Belonging to us (3) Broad heavy knife Billie —, singer-actress who played Rose Tyler in BBC TV series Doctor Who BBC TV sitcom starring Tom Hollander in the title role as Adam Smallbone Bjorn —, 1976-80 Wimbledon singles tennis champion Building new demo Boast of a flyer Body part Bloomer made by former world leaders Brown cut short demagogue's childish outburst Burial vaults Burst of fire Become less distinct Beseech (3) Backless shoes (5) Banquet Building used as a home Broad smile Burst out Bulbous vegetable or salad item Bone in the ear also called the incus Botanical origins? British gamble is vigorous Betting on a spring Bone going spare? Baked food Before Behave Break Baby grand, eg Breakfast food Break one's word (9) Bird's periodical food (6) Bill sounds cheap for pictures (8) Broadcast making one smile (4) Business colleagues are staunch allies (4,7) Boarding place for dogs (7) By way of (3) Bring up (4) Beat Best Director Oscar winner for Mrs Miniver Bay window supported by one or more brackets Barbara —, actress who played Cinnamon Carter in US television series Mission: Impossible Banner includes queen Break a leg in storm Betting journalist was rushed Bat makes noise Beneath foreign articles Bird’s roost Below Breathed wearily Baby's bed Blockhead (7) Bill's on cover but nothing inside newspaper (7) Butler juggling with claret — it's trajectory is clearly visible (6,6) Broadcast spoils instrument (4) By which to read chart left by a member? (5,4) Bleat (3) Boy's name (4) Breathe in (6) Binding force (4) Buffalo (5) Boat of logs Brightest star in the constellation Aquila Bivvies of potent size Bragged about scrap Beers Brace Border Breaking bail — one's excuse? (5) Box adds a lot of weight to vehicle (6) Burden (4) Born as (3) Bard (4) Boys and girls Brawny B J T —, England Test cricketer credited with inventing the googly Beat Broad flat fish Behind in the City, primate comes to Province Banks perhaps withdraw an inaccurate statement Break new ground (8) Bed (or table) cloth (5) Burden I bear where fares are collected (4,5) Brusque king tucking into chop (4) Brownie groups bagging pound coins, primarily obsolete currency (9) Between-maid perhaps (4) Bottom, foundation (4) Bacon slice (6) Brick-shaped mass of gold Bill —, Canadian sculptor whose works include 1986 bronze The Spirit of Haida Gwaii, the Black Canoe Breed of dog with curly hair originally bred to hunt waterfowl Bound to alter diet Border of hedges Bird went ahead when called Breeze Book cover Bestow Buddhist leader embracing naughty dance (7) Between-maid perhaps (4) Bottom, foundation (4) Bacon slice (6) Brown or black mineral; the chief ore of tungsten Bundle left after wild caper Be indebted to Bother Board game Boulder Brain in head's spinning Buddhist scripture possibly drawing humanity heavenwards Breach (7) Between-maid perhaps (4) Bottom, foundation (4) Bacon slice (6) Blacksmith’s block Butter up Badly thought out Basic monetary unit of Cambodia Betting on a new bridge Built by corrupt daughter Body part Bog plant Breastbone Began in a surprised way? (7) Boast (4) Begin (5) Blessed Border of hedges Bind Behave Begins news bulletin on the radio with place fast trains won't reach Banker confused about line supported by unknown carmaker Beneficiaries of sleaze initially profited, accumulating large sums Bird damaged on a road (7) Bone with small top joined to bone with no name (7) Band's journey in the Home Counties (6) Bit of southern rubbish (5) Boy born unwell (4) Boy going up to vehicle is a destructive one (6) Broom of twigs (5) Bucket Branch of maths Brazilian dance Bobby —, ice hockey player who won the James Norris Memorial Trophy from 1968-75 Bicycle for two Badge of honour (5) Betrayal (7) Belly (7) Begin again (6) Be seated Bill —, television naturalist and comedian born in 1941 Bernard —, 2007 World Championships 1,500m and 5,000m gold medallist Beam of light Bathroom item Backside Brute Body of written work of the highest quality (5) Beautiful old lover, who in Paris is given designated place (9) Belonging to Tory team, class thinking of no one else (13) Beheading the cleric is a light crime! (5) Be on one's guard (6) Born Boy’s title Bore with exercise Bishop joins bird and hound Best ever LP Bitterness is key to everything Breed of dog Beef with teacher - access to computer not good Become suspicious (5,1,3) Back off Blood vessel British nobleman Brown bird well known for its musical song Bishop has one key offer Building material Baptism basin Bullfighter Beach alarm blocked by old unspecified people Beautiful appearance given to instrument quickly! Become ill again (after initial recovery) (7) Back tooth (5) Be in accord (5) Brother's hairstyle (7) Blasted policeman stops old press chief (8) Book related in 2, which does cover the basics (6) Briefly show murderer turned evil (8) Bedside cabinet item BBC Radio comedy programme starring Tommy Handley that ran from 1939-49 BBC TV quiz show that first aired in 1972 Bar has old exercise left Believes chap has had me over Bragged about scrap Bemused with creature Brown Before Beers Bother Borough of New York City Baffling question Biting insect Blokes Brett —, golfer who won the 1990 AGF Open Broken step is a pain Bacterium Ballet skirt Books a member read about ice cream abroad Boxes lighter than usual with drug in short supply Bird once spotted in holm oak Bartolomeu ----, Portuguese explorer associated with the Cape of Good Hope (4) Bulky; onerous (7) Book for a boy about five (5) Bracelets, rings, etc. (9) Big cat (4) British coin once worth five shillings Bishop finds one boy a mammal Buffalo Building complex British Virgin Islands, say (3,5) Bread for example not fresh, but quietly accepted (6) Beat time in a trance (4) Baseball player's pet singer? (7) Bad luck (10) Beverage (3) Bushy hairstyle (4) Broad smile (4) Breaks suddenly Bashful Bent or twisted Bearing of offspring Brother of Moses in the Old Testament; first high priest of the Israelites Book’s self-dedication Burden, nuisance, a feeling of listlessness within Boy! Saint-Laurent admits 50 old mistresses! Bucket (4) Broaden (5) Building where things are made Bold exploit British coin once worth five shillings Brilliant around brook Blue feathers Beast has article to mail off Border Bury around maybe 6 or 7 say Bloomers made by stupid sheep trapped by the tide on the rise Bound (to do something) (7) Badger short of phosphorous compound (5) By way of (3) Book of words (7) Boy's name (5) Bring up the back Bird in the nest Bag from excursion, reportedly Bird or insect beside plant stem (9) Bird — tit (5) Birds in tree almost caught by dogs (9) Bird after song for competition (5,5) Bottom on turf, great tackle (4) Bird laugh (4) Be of use to a number who are ill (5) Break violently (5) Boy's name (6) Breathing organs Body of water Best fish, entirely presented without tail Band entrances without piano skill, on reflection Birthmark — EU vans (anag) (6) Bible story (7) Bath Oliver’s last in box (4) Boss with certain way of working to absorb pressure (7) Bob’s one hard song to perform (6) Be of use to a number who are ill (5) Break violently (5) Boy's name (6) Book collection Big Bob —, 1996 US Republican Party presidential candidate Bobbin provides second game Bemused with creature Beautiful youth Base returning some deliveries Butterfly and moth expert (13) Be the source of (6) Betrothed (7) Be of use to a number who are ill (5) Break violently (5) Boy's name (6) Brazilian modern ballroom dance in duple time Bores about the first dessert Bird’s roost Bruce perhaps drunkenly answered monarch Beat Frenchman brought into cup game Bring to ruin: loosen (4) Bite in rage (5) Black durable hardwood (5) Bygone (4) Booze (7) Board game (5) Biblical murder victim (4) Broil Bottom-dwelling ray with a flattened diamond-shaped body Be victorious Buoyancy aid Band Boy Be indebted to Beyond ordinary understanding (6) Bullfighter charged with endless love (8) Ballpark figure, perhaps, to reset mini-cameras (11) Bill on Ireland coming up later (9) Body of water (3) Before (3) Belief (5) Brave person B C —, West Indies Test cricketer who hit 400 not out against England at St John's in 2004 Break a leg in a storm Burden with useless stuff Basic Swiss cheese Mike cut for the French Brain case (7) Break small piece off end of thick raised surface (4) Bother an educator and an iconic rebel (8) Battery room in the monastery (4) Beginning (5) Belonging to us (3) Bad luck, tough times Brave article in vital scheme Bemused with creature Bottom of drain layout Body part Bishop doing cow impressions excited to be going viral, perhaps Burdened (5) Block entered back to front (5) Bound in leather, instruction from the top university (5) Bend to heal about five (5) Break up to join the cast, perhaps (4,5) Blockhead has quarrel at top of hill (4) Baggage (7) Bottom-dwelling predacious fish of the goosefish family Billy —, singer-actor whose roles include Cat in 1991 biopic The Doors British artist in underwear Broker Breed of dog Baking powder ingredient (5,2,6) Bowler is in agreement, almost (8) Boor tackling hard in 2 (8) Brief joy on loo — 2 (6) Bear-like mammal (5) Bobbin (5) Baked and sweetened breakfast cereal resembling muesli Baby pig in 1920 children's book The Story of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting Being troubled by baby-sitting Become established (4,4) Block out tabs containing content of YouTube (7) Biden, for one, raising flag, getting black mark (7) Bear-like mammal (5) Bobbin (5) Bee structure Buy things here Broker played by Ewan McGregor in the film Rogue Trader Beastly medic? Bored with raw material Beverage Be indebted to Bishop running rings round second-rate primate Being faithful, new church gets behind Christian era on Earth Bargain — short cut? (4) Border, Scotch or Welsh sheepdog (6) Bear-like mammal (5) Bobbin (5) Beginner Bruised Brown bear in The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling Brainy Before (5,2) Bingo Before Black and white striped mammal of the horse family Buns worked with old petty officer Buns worked with old petty officer Beefcake covered with celery tips in big pieces Boo when lord ditches Penny for Juliet Be contrite (6) Bridge carrying a waterway (8) Believe this may be on the cards (6) Beach pebble or rock (9) Bearing working at home with a bit of light music (8) Brochette (6) Bus type Bathroom powder Basic arsenal contains conveyances Basic arsenal contains conveyances Better almost certainly to say nothing when questioned Browser showing contents of Green Book, omitting nothing Building with many storeys (4-4) Blade trimmers (10) Bedtime drink (8) Battle (6) Boy's name (3) Bleat (3) Burden (4) Brian —, author of science fiction novels Super-State and Moreau's Other Island Building for Jewish religious services Boy has only to pack Blue feathers Bring up the back Boy has only to pack Blue feathers Bring up the back Back head to show austere approach Bunting taken from door to landing Breathing in (8) Back socialist after U-turn, right-wing politician being offensive (10) Bit stuck in lift that hasn't opened, one giving the illusion of movement? (2,6) Bully races out where it all kicks off? (2,6) Brother I see sent up after relative losing head in prison (10) Broadcasting about the melody (2,3,3) Begin what I said about the restaurant! (8) Ballet skirt (4) Beautiful girl (5) Boat carries out orders yet Beneath French and German articles Boat carries out orders yet Beneath French and German articles Boozer holding price after rise gets boost Bug drive Blight on the plant? This needs fencing (10) Blue-flowered plant also called succory whose leaves are used in salads Blessed with not as much Blessed with not as much Black suit (6) Backtracking, English are ready to impound small, small pieces Belief is held by the opposition? British actor is keeping working after bit of resting Bury But on the other hand Bird’s beak Begin Bequeathed as specified Behold – layout is true Bequeathed as specified Behold – layout is true Bid Brigade’s city Brigade’s city Brother, fine with flipping wind, has third helping of sprouts Breathe out – formerly healthy (6) Burrowing rodent (7) By the sea (7) Baa (5) Biblical wise men Belonging to them Bounce Baby in club, worried about nothing Bemused with creature Being of superiority Beneath French and German articles Below Be indebted to Bouquet inamorata holds back Boodle's mark (4) Brambles not right as an environment for raising wildlife and fools (10) Being old, will droop (4) Brew beer, only half jug (4) Barren region with dearths — area's suffering (6,6) Beam when brat is beaten (1-3) Bird gets friend up with flying apparatus (7) Boast (4,3) By or in itself (3,2) British currency Broadcast Beach grains BBC TV motoring show first presented by Angela Rippon in 1977 Border of hedges British cut (not horse), cured meat and game Branch of mathematics (8) Bird from the Rhone (5) Brave woman didn't finish a drug (6) Bushy hairstyle (4) Baffling question (5) Born (3) Bubble on the skin Belly button Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for When My Baby Smiles At Me Busy nodding with some clergymen Boast about wooden shoe Boatman involved in terrible ordeal, but winning (8) Bather in difficulty may get out of it (6) Become an apprentice - editor perhaps? (4,8) Bend, be bent (4) Bird type (4,5) Broad smile (4) Borrowing charge (8) Boy's name (6) Behave smugly (5) Beseech (3) Bit by bit Beast is firm with wife Best occasion for advertising Bovid mammal Bar returns from riotous feast Book that's difficult to endorse? Betray (informal) (4) Bewildered (9) Big game reserve visited by a Member of Parliament? (5,4) Black and sticky reversal for 9 (3) Bill on stage? (3) Bookkeeper but not necessarily an accountant (9) Burn up totally (10) Before (3) Breakfast food (6) Based on truth Brooding about god Boat Beetle Boy has little time for this county Black widow, say (6) By shop's entrance, father catches sick on back of expensive shoe (10) Bowie number succeeded in the future, 'Tom' having faded out? (6) Black and sticky reversal for 9 (3) Bill on stage? (3) Bookkeeper but not necessarily an accountant (9) Burn up totally (10) Before (3) Breakfast food (6) Bewildered Brigade’s city Betting on a spring Blessed with not as much Broker Beam of light Biblical priest Be contrite Benefactor (5) Black and sticky reversal for 9 (3) Bill on stage? (3) Bookkeeper but not necessarily an accountant (9) Burn up totally (10) Before (3) Breakfast food (6) Book of maps Buffalo endemic to Indonesia comprising the species the Mountain — and Lowland — Being out on a spree Beginning Bambi, for example, turning up in tall grass Bits of paper that get cleared up after the match (8) Breathe in (6) Burdensome (7) Baby's toy (6) Boarder Barack —, US president re-elected in 2012 Brigade’s tools By way of (3) Be gentler when developing this? (5,4) Bit of elegant gold instrument releasing cold alcohol (3,2,3) Brown's legislation upset teachers as a body (6) Broken seats are part of the estate (5) Brown to process leather (3) Bingo (5) Big cat (4) Be successful Broom of twigs Broadway production starring Ethel Merman that was a 1960 Tony Award for Best Musical nominee Bream changed colour Boulder Body part Brandish weapon in front of English bard Before the real part Before game, bishop gets drunk Biblical character in the sauna Bawdy (9) Brewing empire's leading wine opened first (9) Be quiet about mother's financial failure (5) Book of maps (5) Bishop's headdress (5) Bundle of hay Brooding about god Bound to change diet Ban due to affect waterway Brimless hat Bargain (6) Body protection for one who's paid to slice one (5) Be sure to turn round Monsieur's tongue (7) B movie opening and closing cinema presentation to create mood (8) Beastly male, one covered in dye (6) Board transport in a violent rainstorm (7) Bold (6) Break violently Berkshire racecourse that hosts the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes Burrow Body Beheading a clergyman is a serious crime Brazilian rosewood — Canada jar (anag) (9) Brass that looks like gold (6) Builder (5) Bits and bobs (4,3,4) Be a high street stationer — it's a stable job (9) Buffalo (5) Beam of light (3) Boast Battering device Bolsters Body art item Barry —, author of the novels Pascali's Island and Sacred Hunger Bustle turned out to be slight Body parts Brings about Body of water Bloody wound for former pupil Biblical character wielding an oar Bows and arrows maker (8) Basic religious authority in Orthodox Judaism (6) Blood Brothers, for example (7) Be averse to getting into pedalo at headland (6) Bitter and sour, say, from Left cutting benefits (8) Buffalo (5) Beam of light (3) Baggage Bill of fare Brown sugar Beastly medic Bemused with creature Bragged about scrap Beverage Beer Born Boy Be indebted to Breed of dog Being short of money, it can be difficult to get out of bed Battle station Bug (4) Bags (8) Bewitching (8) Buffalo (5) Beam of light (3) Body Bill — depressed, we hear — making a scene Bonnie's partner seen in river Big books from the east devoured by cats Big test; torture (6) Baked food (3) Bill of fare (4) Bird's bill (4) Bird (3) Build, put up Banquet Bake off British food Brag Bother Bed that can float (4) Boycott a cost rise that's outrageous (9) Boiled rice occasionally described as golden? (5) Bird present in plant by lake (4,3) Build up for goal in free flowing soccer (9) Bewails (7) Belief (5) Backless seat (5) Banquet (5) Belonging to him Border of hedges Birds of Florence? Bad habits, clinging to old opinions (6) Brings up (5) Brimless cap (5) Blacksmith's block (5) Bathroom fitting (5) Building designer BBC TV series for children that starred Clive Dunn in the title role Blue feathers Beast has article to mail off Biblical character Brown Border Black China tea (5) Bad spirit among nude monks (5) Bravery award (5) Brown sugar Badger’s burrow Beginning Bob —, winner of the 1986 US PGA Championship Behaves Beats (6) Brainchild (4) Black market stocks book (5) Ban could rob game (7) Boy's name (5) Border of cloth (3) Burden or weight Bill —, actor whose roles have included Lennier in US television series Babylon 5 Bad dream from grim area Buffalo Become completely exhausted through overwork (4,3) Bind anew (5) Baked food on many levels? (5,4) Bravo for Mike in rush for game (8) Begin playing hit at university Ban could rob game (7) Boy's name (5) Border of cloth (3) Bread maker Beth —, uneven bars gold medallist at the 2006 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Bone and fur takes me back Boss rioted unexpectedly Broker Bother Begin to arrange a spree Belly (informal) (5) Ban could rob game (7) Boy's name (5) Border of cloth (3) Bird such as the common — also called the Great Northern diver Blemish Bill of fare Binds Bequeath Beginning Bold daughter joins a band Beef has arrived,, not entirely without trimmings Brass covering northern hills Ballet skirt (4) Breathing organs Be in full agreement Barrel tax Bets on clean cuts, say Bragged about scrap Boiler’s lubricant Born Beverage Bill's companion? Goodness me! Badly alarmed by North Dakota, an unreal place (9) Break returned cooking vessels (4) Both Paul and Bill have real estate (4) Bad actor (3) Box, in training (4) Bee structure Broad smile Bet Brightest star in the constellation Cygnus Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for Babes in Arms and The Human Comedy Beer with politician is enough Bundle Based on truth Blaze held back by sheriff Be of service (6) Bivouac (4) Be seated (3) Big cats (5) Banquet (5) Beau (5) Beginning or origin Bobby —, winner of the World Chess Championship from 1972-75 Bird from Shenfield Bard Beers Blemish Basil, say, getting some other builder Brighter Muslim meets the queen Birds start to sing as well as musicians Beach resort city on Monterey Bay, California (5,4) Backless sofa (5) Burden (4) Baffling question (5) Baby’s bed Burns teas Bed not wasting material Boost tree, cultivating salad plants Banish Brown Birds scared by beaters Be conspicuous, as bear away from home Bit of an old dinosaur! (6) Ballyhoo (9) Beat the Spanish in physical training (4) Beefy team of sterling worth? (10) Breaks suddenly (5) Bucket Bound to change diet Bore sat around, the blusterer Bishop’s crook Braggart Band, very quiet otherwise, introducing piece of music at appropriate time (9) Beat the Spanish in physical training (4) Beefy team of sterling worth? (10) Breaks suddenly (5) Breathe long and loud Branched horn Best Actress in a Leading Role Oscar winner for Places In The Heart Bored with raw material Brigade’s gear Bodice affects score on time Bring up the back Body of water Brought back from Harlem, a new type of paint Beat the Spanish in physical training (4) Beefy team of sterling worth? (10) Breaks suddenly (5) Boiled sweet Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for Fiddler on the Roof Buzzer right to have a drink Broadcast in which Yorkshire flower died Bee substance (5) Board game (5) Bevel (4) Beat gas protection forecast (13) Blue briar possibly offers a conduit for rainwater (8) Beach sunbathers might appreciate this vodka cocktail (3,6) Breathing organ (4) Beer type (3) Beaten competitor (5) Beer barrels By way of Branch of maths Best Actress in a Supporting Role Oscar nominee for Gods and Monsters Behold an object with revulsion Burden of responsibility (4) Become thick (4) Broadcast porn deal matters for pair that grind (6,3,6) Books Lineker, say, without support (6) Beginning to beat out precious metal, striking head (9) Brussels supports aid arrangement for so long (5) Bird's home (4) Boxing match Bread browned by heat Brass musical instruments Brendan —, author of 1958 autobiographical novel Borstal Boy British coin worth two shillings and sixpence taken out of circulation in 1970 Bishop, elderly but brave Building a pick-up truck Block British article Boring sort of bard Bottom of drain layout Bird list has to include duck Bad rash needs to be controlled Beware (4,3) Bring about (havoc?) (5) Be in accord (6) Bizarre (5) Body of troops used to build a bridge (7) Body of water (3) Backless shoes Ball game Business rated incorrectly Backing some students is a mistake Bank in decline with lake drying up (4) Be sorry for a doctor given the runaround (5) By whom hotel guests may be taken in (12) Broaden (5) Big (5) Boy's name (3) Brave man Belief Balazs —, 1996 Olympic hammer gold medallist Barbara —, First Secretary of State from 1968-70 Bore about dress Border of hedges Blocked Bay Busy worker going to river for a drink Bird coming from Dartmoor to Lancashire BBC 1990s sitcom written by and starring Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson (6) Beyond the Fringe, for instance (5) Bagging 500 in opening spell of bowling is excessive (8) Burning tar by lounge (6) Be sorry for a doctor given the runaround (5) By whom hotel guests may be taken in (12) Broaden (5) Big (5) Boy's name (3) Blacksmith’s block Best Actress in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for American Hustle Betting on a spring Berry Snr? Bother at a party Before Biblical priest Be indebted to Become aware lies are false Business venture (10) Be sorry for a doctor given the runaround (5) By whom hotel guests may be taken in (12) Broaden (5) Big (5) Boy's name (3) Bebe —, actress whose roles have included Dr Lilith Sternin-Crane in US television sitcoms Cheers and Frasier Barbara —, actress who played Major Anya Amasova in 1977 action film The Spy Who Loved Me Band transported tonne Bear not working in deadlock Bar excluding others? Not entirely! Bum; yomp (5) Boards a coach (5) Be too self-indulgent (7) Blacksmith's block (5) Bill of fare Bag worn on the back Barbecue necessity Board game developed by Alfred Butts in which numbered tiles with letters are used to form words Breakfast beverage Be a bird — buzz off! Bill joins in peaceful song (8) Branch of learning — I have to be expressing personal ideas (10) Ball game (8) Blokes (3) Be out of health (3) Biblical character murdered by brother Cain Bird in another nest Bread-maker Bury Best available (7) Brainbox (5) Black businessman ran scams to cut cash on delivery (6) Bill of fare (4) Badly off Barry —, co-creator and co-writer of BBC Radio comedy show Round the Horne But mine built road surface Blue fleet Beers Banner Bound to have some nude portraits sent back Become engaged in game show Blood-sucking member of the spider family (4) Boat operators (8) Badly-behaved youngster (4) Be agreeable to a sleep, perhaps (6) Belonging to us (3) Bleat (3) Belt (4) Back silver medal position Betting three notes on an implement Box contains old film Banquet Bishop’s headdress Be sensible before arriving in time Break in which father is providing meal Burns Night dish (6) Being drug-free, one avoids exploitation (3-4) Bond's capture of copper puts things straight (6) Backward rodents get the top of the bill (4) Breathe in (6) Bursts out (6) Breastbone (7) Beam of sunlight (3) Berry-like fruit of a rose plant Brew of character, say Boat seen after short time in capital Bird that is a raw beginner Brochure (8) Broadcast desire to land and soon lose consciousness (2,3,4,1,5) Backward rodents get the top of the bill (4) Breathe in (6) Bursts out (6) Breastbone (7) Beam of sunlight (3) Burden Butter, say, ruining drapes Bound to change diet Boss rioted unexpectedly Border of hedges Board and lodging in central tower Brilliance — panache (7) Bluster; card game (4) Brings up (5) Boy's name (5) Buffalo (5) Booze (7) Blood vessel Body of water in eastern Canada straddling the Ontario-Quebec border Bounded Bother Battered hat, I am sure, is unprofessional Belgian city urges change on Belgian capital Best alfresco function? (5) Boozer drinking hooch finally fired (4) Bishop put on garment over part of nun's habit (4) Breaking up solid images (5) Bound to be a cellar (5) Bullfighter (7) Body of water (3) Bet (5) Burden (4) Big cat (5) Book’s self-dedication Bad lads in Tasmania, for example Burst of firing — filled USA (anag) (9) Birds and fish-eating mammals devouring rejected haul (8) Bed made of rubbish (6) Belong, conform (3,2) Bunch of flowers Bone going spare? Blemish Boy from north in lake Blasphemous academic — an eye-opener! Be inactive, as old vein's opening in heart (4,4) Billie Jean —, 1975 Wimbledon ladies' singles tennis champion Brownish-grey colour whose name derives from the French word for mole Brawl about a scarf Business that's pretty good after a false start Bar worker? (6) Building's high point (7) Bucket (4) Bushy hairstyle Be victorious Because of Bernard —, Principal Conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra from 1967-79 Board game in which players try to transfer pieces from their own to their opponents' bases Ben —, actor whose roles have included Q in 2012 action film Skyfall Bard Boy Boring tool (5) Bloke largely innocent, on reflection, but keeping the truth hidden (5-2) Brought up rule with listeners (6) Being worthy of respect? Conservative's looking embarrassed (4) Bucket (4) Brew, mixture Bend Broker Body of water Beer Bear-like Breaking out in test or lesson Bucket (4) Broad street Bid Bernard —, 1985 Tour de France-winning cyclist Best Actress in a Supporting Role Oscar nominee for Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice Beneath French and German articles Below Bird with bishop in West Bank city By proxy (Latin) (3,3) Bike for two people (6) Bobbin (5) Begin Betty —, actress who played the title role in films Sweet Rosie O'Grady and The Shocking Miss Pilgrim Broadway production starring Ethel Merman that was a 1960 Tony Award for Best Musical nominee Best Actress in a Supporting Role Oscar nominee for Agnes of God Betting angel wore glitter Border of hedges Blameless (8) Balls of rice with raw fish wrapped in seaweed (5) Brendan and his dog? (5,6) Biographical sketch is for dossier (7) But they are not what all roses are judged by (9) Boy's name (5) Burnt remains (5) British baked dish of minced lamb topped with mashed potato British screenwriter whose works include 1964 film comedy A Hard Day's Night Burrowing bivalve mollusc such as the quahog Bring up the back Bishop at home in container Behaves Biblical character Body parts defined by a number of professors? Behind with payments (2,7) Bath church's room (5) Back up in thus producing work (4) Being uneasy, suffer a reduction in sleep (8) Boat-dealer worked out carefully (10) Be foreman and get too much of an eyeful? (7) Blamed for the row (6) Ballerina (6) Bad blood Booze Business done online Billie —, US jazz singer whose nickname was Lady Day B C —, West Indies Test cricketer who hit 400 not out against England at St John's in 2004 Blemish Belgian port doesn't change Being unable to sleep, I rebuilt mansion Breathes noisily (5) Begin to use file, for example, starting off prison escape nicely (4) Bend (3) Bravery award (5) Bashful or modest Branch of maths Brings to an end Brilliantly coloured Baby’s drink Bully to use tribal form Betting has nothing on a ladle Business rated incorrectly Baltic capital (7) Burn the tea (4) Board game Beseeches By way of Bath companion has a number of games with no score Blair is running a foreign capital Buoyancy aid (4,6) Big Apple borough (6) Bisque ingredient (7) Blow up (7) Bullion bar (5) Business chief pockets £50 in big fiddle? (5) Bull's neighbour has meal first off (5) British recalling space traveller's instrument (9) Bulb, one often lit up around foyer (7) Boutros Boutros-Ghali's repeated conclusion (5) Burn the tea (4) Bereaved wife Big cat Brigands Bludgeon Brightest star in the constellation Scorpius Balthazar Johannes —, prime minister of South Africa from 1966-78 Bragged about scrap Beastly medic Bird in the nest Before Boy Be indebted to Browning, say, coming back to acquire a bit of gold Buster, in silent movies, is to take a tongue-tied part Biblical letters (8) Burn the tea (4) Being an essential part of a whole Bed covering Brother of Europa and founder of Thebes in Greek mythology British and American transport Brook Beak Badger’s burrow Belief in crusade is mistaken Boy accepts scheme in northern region Book size (6) Base for the flying squad (7) Boy's name (5) Boast (4) Beach grains (4) Break or split partially Broad British subsonic military jet plane capable of vertical/short take-off and landing Baby’s drink Be seated Blonde Born Bureaucracy involving deep art Before retailer collapsed, Tesla quit (7) Buy a meat loaf stuffed with root vegetable (3) Because of tedious play, is leaving (3,2) Boyfriend gets nod to go ahead with surprise (4,4) Briefly consider getting earring (4) Be coercive and bring the police into operation (3,5) Book division Break in corner Baited a steed terribly Beg for new pedal Bishop to loan mixture Bluefin, eg Bad hat — lascar (anag) (6) Bye-bye (informal) (2-2) Being in drink here admitted him to the 19 1 (10) Bury speech because of ban (12) Blamed for the uproar (6) Book of maps (5) Break violently (5) Becomes aware of (7) Behave wildly and without restraint Become disillusioned Berhane —, 2003 World Championships women's 10,000m gold medallist Bring up the back Biblical figure Body of water Buy (8) Breathe out (6) Baby's toy could have a snake on it! (6) Broom of twigs (5) Body of water (3) Belief (5) Burst out Banquet Basic melodic mode in Indian classical music Bishop has one group to divide Boy Beer Banish Backing in Jerusalem is guaranteed Becoming void (7) Bind (3,2) Bouquet garni component (4) Broadcast overlooked film (4) Buy things all round America - and hang for it! (7) Baa (5) Baffling person (6) Born as (3) Backless sofa (5) Balloon gas (6) Bits (6) Before the deadline Base for a column or statue Buy things all round America - and hang for it! (7) Baa (5) Baffling person (6) Born as (3) Backless sofa (5) Balloon gas (6) Bits (6) Beach grains Betting chances Bird type Bedrich —, Czech composer of the opera The Bartered Bride Bemused with creature Bother at a party Boy Breathing organ Beast found in China and in Pennsylvania Banker's last to take money out in financial disaster Biblical refugee with American flower Buy things all round America - and hang for it! (7) Baa (5) Baffling person (6) Born as (3) Backless sofa (5) Balloon gas (6) Bits (6) Baa Branden —, 2012 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship-winning golfer Belter is rotten singer Beautiful area in wood Birds went quickly in middle of Leicester Boars in a terrible scrape Blackish fluid secreted by a cuttlefish (5) Big (5) British bronze coin which ceased to be legal tender in 1961 Bone going spare? Block British article British and American transport Before Be careful (4,4) Being gutless, meddle with Bowie's arrangement (12) Businessman caught on farm vehicle Bird seen by five hundred — that's a lot of people! Be in power as a normal state of things (4) Brogue, for example (4) Bury Bucket Battle Bound to affect diet Begin to understand (6,2) Basic failure to meet storytelling quota? (10) Brief from foreign leader spreading fake news (6) Before (3) Bellows (5) Backless seat (5) Begins again (7) Belonging to them (5) Blacksmith’s block Bored with raw material Bitter, getting caught in hunt Boozer (3) Being off guard, catch a lot on the tube from one sitting (5-5) Blow cover revealing criminal record (3,5) Board game (5) Book of maps Behold new professor from the Big Smoke Broadcast second conclusion Bequeath Bill Hogan trained players here Best possible (7) Branching out from a common centre (6) Bird in Brazil is scarlet, primarily (4) Back in Newquay, a pasty I served up, as it were (2,1,3) Be put back in bed, having gone into decline (5) Brimless cap (5) Behave smugly (5) Bees are kept here (6) Ballet step in which a dancer springs from one leg and lands on the other Bruce —, British Army officer who died in 2006; father of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall Betting on present – small globes Blunt rejection (6) Blood-curdling (4-7) Burnt sienna (5) Bundle of fibres that transmit sensory and motor impulses (5) Be put back in bed, having gone into decline (5) Brimless cap (5) Behave smugly (5) Bees are kept here (6) Beastly medic? Boozer thus has time Bother at a party Bali, eg Beer Bequeathed Be put back in bed, having gone into decline (5) Brimless cap (5) Behave smugly (5) Bees are kept here (6) Buffalo Blustered about appetite Brother's killer — one In US prison Boxer may be one of little importance Backhanders (6) Baby's soft shoe (6) Broody (5) Blood vessels Bet placed on a series of races Bore about dress Berry-like fruit Bed Black market transaction interrupted by bishop Bar for the stars? (5,3) Bishop with recurrent anger repeated complaint (8) Borrowing charge (8) Best Director Oscar nominee for 1980 film Atlantic City British and American transport Brilliant around stream Be seated Building occupied by force? Back to sea once more with weapons Be attracted (to) (9) Branch of medicine in US city set record for foreign money? (9) Bad way to start my statement of intent (3) Beloved (4) Brutish person (6) Burden (4) Be careful or on one’s guard Bird’s pennants Bound to change diet Bug of irritating nature Beers Bathroom item Biting insect Bad egg may be secured Bitter container (4,3) Born to talk banally about methane, say (7,3) Bishop's pawn has work with English opening (4) Be strongly inclined to be brainy? (4,1,4,4) Boy's name (5) Bring up, raise Based on fact Battle of —, 1827 naval conflict during the Greek War of Independence Beautiful youth Bill allowed some medication Bionic man ignoring the odds is old American Brother Kenneth's little bust Barley bristle (3) Broadcast (7) Beat rhythmically (5) Barrel seen in depot about new place for empties (7,3) Bathroom fitting (5) Blood vessel (4) Boy's name (6) Bring up the back Beast of burden Bawdy Bad loser bearing fruit Befitting an angel (8) Better description of a tsunami, possibly (4,6) Bathroom fitting (5) Blood vessel (4) Boy's name (6) Burning Bishop’s hooked staff Buccaneer has bird Blue feathers Blessed with not as much Bother Boy Born Bad weather in August or May Books and things kept in hand Bathroom fitting (5) Blood vessel (4) Boy's name (6) Based on truth Blissful state Bird of prey Body of voters Bullfighter Boasts Ben —, 1974 Commonwealth 5,000m gold medallist Breed of dog Ballet skirt Bequeath Be cruel to favourite dog? Birds making tracks? Baby's bed needing heavyweight fabric Bury (5) Bare-headed (7) Business undertaking not easily disturbed (4) Burning (5) Booze (7) Big cat (4) Bravery award (5) Baby's toy (6) Bitterly pungent Being without new European shade Brigade’s gear Bread ingredient Bed Bring about Broke, but I do offer more Broken rib dressed in iron material (5) Boy's name (3) Bird of prey (4) Biting insect Bed part Bureaucracy Basic realities Bishop to loan mixture Brooding about Thor’s father Broad Bore throwing nuts aside Bewilder (7) Broadcast Queens' vital matches (11) Batsman's innings ended — accidentally fell (5,4) Be obliged to work with hands when caught (4) Bubblier fans running for top prize (4,6) Bogeyman in book heading off to trap tardy deer, perhaps (9) Be unsuccessful (4) Boast (4) Butt in Ballet skirt Brightly coloured tropical freshwater fish such as the Neon — or Cardinal — British dish of suet pastry spread with jam, rolled up and steamed as a pudding Bottom of drain layout Bullfighter Be worthy of Body part Bishop's formal headdress (5) Boring documents that one is required to read (4) Boy in church worried his rector (9) Burden (4) Bereavement Ball game invented by William G Morgan whose original name in the late 19th century was Mintonette Bragged about scrap Bets convert the finest Betting it has energy and ill will Backbone Banish Become embedded in house Bark (4) Bullfighter (7) Broth (4) Bicameral parliament of Iceland Betting on a new bridge Boy of resonance Branch grasped by climber Bishop finally has to curse Beg for introduction to punk and heavy metal Bright — brilliant (6) Basil Fawlty, for example (8) Books about prophet revised once as signs at a crossing (7,7) Bananas, biscuits and bangers (8) Bullfighter (7) Broth (4) British artist in underwear Brick-carrier Barrel is part of rifle Bad-mouth — unwanted stuff (5) Bottle deliverer (7) Bullfighter (7) Broth (4) Beer type Baldassare —, 18th-century composer of the operas La diavolessa and Il mondo della luna Branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of women before and after childbirth Broadcast Broom Bakery product consumed by a short Italian poet is more than enough Be converted (4,5) Broken and useless (5) Breach caused by a wide divergence of opinion? (3) Belief (5) Blood vessels Bitterness and anger Brightest star in the constellation Cygnus Back part of a golf club head where it bends to join the shaft Ball game at which Zhang Jike was 2012 Olympic men's singles champion Business rated incorrectly Bureau Banquet activity (8) Blair on a trip to a hall that's this grand? (8) Bury group with cross (9) Bit of timber in a solid floor (7) Bits of rock reflect the mood in the ship? (6) Beginner (7) Beau (5) Belong, conform (3,2) Bad actor Beadlike starch obtained from cassava root and used in puddings Border of hedges Blemish Being intransigent and shaking heads, demonstrating partiality Blue (4) Bubbly (6) Broaden (5) Bloke (3) Bomb holes (7) Boy's name (6) Brutal person (5) Besides Ballet by George Balanchine and Igor Stravinsky first performed in 1957 Bluish-white metallic element; symbol Zn Bore about dress Boy finds German tune Brainbox loses one type Bishop to equip jail Betting on a spring Bereaved woman Bucket Backless sofa Brought up Bird arrives in vessel Bargain reported for so long Blue-pencilled (6) Because round leg not quite right, one's attached to arm (8) Band ultimately entering part of joint? (6) Boy's name (5) Brazilian dance Board game Buffalo endemic to Indonesia comprising the species the Mountain — and Lowland — Balance is bestial, somehow Betting article has small spreads Badly timed rent loss Bridges Bloke is repairing monument Buttonhole (6) Better (6) Boiler fixed by unknown bloke once offering staff work? (7) Battle of Orleans all over the place (7) Be concerned Be seated Best man splitting stone Bird (3) Brought down (7) Balderdash (6) Bill for goods or services (7) Bill and he might need a doctor (4) Boring routine in which there's nothing worse than retreat (4) Bird (3) Be on fire Battle of —, 1757 conflict that saw victory for the British East India Company under Robert Clive over the Nawab of Bengal Beastly medic? Broadens women’s group study at school Benefit Board game Biden's country Bother Birds left playing tennis Bill and he might need a doctor (4) Boring routine in which there's nothing worse than retreat (4) Bird (3) Brief satirical theatrical sketch Brett —, golfer who won the 1990 AGF Open Barbara —, British sculptress whose works include 1963 bronze Square Forms with Circles Bill —, actor whose roles include Hephaestus in 2012 action film Wrath of the Titans Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar winner for 1950 drama Cyrano de Bergerac Broadcast race Beneath French and German articles Below Bemoan, mourn (6) Bird of prey Bravery award Back as employment for banger Beneath foreign articles Baby-sitter Below Beverage Beverage for doctor at home with king Birds from Inverness Boss terribly hungover? Not he! (6) Break in children's game (4) Bewildered prisoner must be integrated (8) Bird seen in the museum (3) Bad person about to be given notice (3) Bad gent and I get into trouble arguing? (8) Burial or cremation (7) Brave men (6) Belittle — Degas pair (anag) (9) Burial or cremation (7) Brave men (6) Bacon slice Burden with logs Big Birds share nuts Batting stint (7) Begrudges (7) Beam in sports venue back to front (4) Banquet (5) Bread maker (5) Boy's name (4) Based on truth (5) Broad (4) Build Betting on a spring Books about love seized by Poles Between blue and violet (6) Barker gets the worst of it (8) But it doesn't make the organist do so! (4) Best Director Oscar nominee for The Elephant Man and Blue Velvet Backbone Brown Boaster Balancing act Bit of water required by robust aquatic mammal Board game (5) Bear was very loud during short life (5) Belonging to us Bob —, 1991 World Fresh Water angling individual champion Brother of Isabella in William Shakespeare play Measure for Measure Bring up the back Breadwinner Bathroom fixture for senior ministers Baby’s toy Brave person Bluish-grey metal Brazilian palm tree whose hard edible nuts yield an oil used in cosmetics Bob —, 1996 US Republican Party presidential candidate Best Actress in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for Mogambo Bored with raw material Bore about dress Bird appearing in banner headline Being about to happen (9) Booze Bludgeon Belonging to him Be able to Bal Gangadhar —, co-founder in 1916 of the All India Home Rule League BBC TV drama series starring John Simm and Philip Glenister that ran from 2006-07 Blocked poet’s report Betting on a new connection Bridge Board game Beautiful youth Bishop’s headdress Braid of hair Bread for Grandma Bound to succeed at this field event? (4,4) But there is no whisky in this bar snack (6,3) Baby's bed, which is let down from top of building (6) Bit scared after agent oddly disappeared (6) Boy has to be fresh out of shower for spicy stuff! (5,6) Being delicate makes father be unwell (5) Box is not overturned under vehicle (6) Ballet skirt (4) Bashful (3) Bad actor (3) Beautiful girl (5) Bookie’s premises Bishop to read about Van Dyke, say Broken potty Beginner Bicycle for two Bellow Board game Bodily hole (7) Bold Hamlet (anag) — put into long-term storage (10) Bell cracked by a US art critic? (12) Back a favourite I'd found not so hot (5) Bonus for American after record turnover Bloodsucker's taken in current girl (6) Become leader in take over? Retire first (4,4) Back a favourite I'd found not so hot (5) Bravery award (5) Be ahead in a race (4) Blue creamy cheese launched in 1982 by Dairy Crest Balazs —, 1996 Olympic hammer thrower gold medallist Bound to change diet Begin small cake Belief that can be overturned Border of hedges Bistro Boy Black bird Banker's order to verify, we hear (6) Blast a variety of rock (6) Blacksmith's block (5) Broil Burden or weight Bathroom powder Bed covering Bans amber production and leaves Bird’s pennants Blabbermouths Bind Bedroom that's shared by sweet little creatures Be entitled to a new timer Brutal (7) Be greater than (6) Bring back old American guitar (3) Back on form in poetry (7) Bad hair day, having abandoned a city in the Middle East (6) Bee substance (5) Backbone Badger’s burrow Be worthy of Boy was clad, but deliberately not in the beginning Beast of burden Baked foods Below Boy Board game Brawl in wood to obtain payment Bee substance (5) Bedtime drink Burrow of a badger Bachelor’s pain Bragged about scrap Blessed with not as much Broker Bird found in slow lane Break in activity (6) Brutal (6) Bee substance (5) Best Actress in a Supporting Role Oscar winner for Paper Moon Barrel transporting vintage spirit across island (3,4) Board agree to progress (3,2) Band of singers or such at work (6) Building property from which inferences may be drawn (8) Bridal accessory from the fashionable boutique or toy shop (5,5) Burden (4) Boy's name (6) Be unlike (6) By the sea Broad smile Bernard —, cyclist who won the 1977 Tour De France British and American transport Being thrown out, I'd return as an uninvited guest Bird seen regularly in the briny Begin (3,5) Bete noire (4) Better grind out time in the middle here? (5,6) Believe me, if you have a hearing impairment … (4,2,4) Black for one short layer of coal (3) Brass neck (10) Box right next to sign of damage Be unsuccessful Bomb-hole Become more distant — and give up again? Bound to show confidence in audition (7) Beastly slow! (8) Borrowed time? (4) Bullfighter (7) Bedtime drink Biblical region of ancient Egypt east of the Nile delta inhabited by Jacob and his descendants until the Exodus Bishop on brink at border Boundary Blonde Business and/or personal contacts (7) Bits of stone troubling the lions (8) Beginning (5) Blasphemy Beauty consultant in fairy story? Become more accessible. (4,3) Brew drink in fresh coffee, finally (9) Being from another planet burrowed into immense surface (8) Begin again on problem, last of three (6) Big (5) Brimless cap (5) Belief (5) Broad street Babylonian deity that was half-man and half-fish Barracks toilet Broadcast Bard Broad Beginners in all colleges actually intended backing educational setting Bones one found attached to fish Brass instrument (4) Big (5) Brimless cap (5) Belief (5) Baffling question Brag Begrudges Bicycle part Based on fact Bragged about scrap Boy hiding in glade Betting on a spring Bored with raw material Ballot caster Body of water Behave Boy Buckle under bear Become tiresome (4) Back support (5) Big (5) Brimless cap (5) Belief (5) Before Best Director Oscar nominee for Women in Love Book of the Old Testament whose title character lived in the land of Uz Baffles husband with tissue Bitterness in cognac I drank Be suitable Bear that's found by side of road Ban logo devised for saucy city (7) Big shot the Spanish value gets award from Sweden (5,5) Break extraordinarily fine case for jewellery (8) Brown bread? (5) But he's an odd sort to get tanned (8) Backless shoes (5) Beseech (3) Blameless Bill —, television naturalist and comedian born in 1941 Bernard —, 2007 World Championships 1,500m and 5,000m gold medallist Bend Be concerned Born Bandit (9) Brexit negotiator swaps note with Republican fence (7) Bishop walking and picking fruit (9) Business relationship (6) Blackbird's dish? (4) Bacon appears as more impetuous (6) Behold an object with hatred (8) Beat half of them with impetuous following (6) Beekeeper (8) Ballet skirt (4) Be incorrect (3) Blunt weapon (6) Be victorious (3) Beloved (4) Branch of Islam Bring to maturity Bela —, Hungarian composer of opera Duke Bluebeard's Castle and ballet The Wooden Prince Blasphemy Buffoon's laughter conceals fierce attack Bouquet from an Italian citizen? Not quite Boasted (7) Bighead Romeo coming in — he loves being on the job (10) Benevolent sort (4) Bird base in Newfoundland (6) Badly off (4) Broad smile (4) Bird’s home Body odour preventative Beastly medic? Believe one side of account Bloody wound, my dear chap! Boon's partner (5) Brewery product (3) Break up site calling for abolition of imperial measure (9) Brilliant and popular among cast (5) Be fond of and look after (4,3) Boxing ring not entirely square, naturally (5) Band (5) Beau (5) Bob —, 1986 BAFTA TV Award Best Actor winner for Edge of Darkness Bit of play from an empty court Barrel tax Baby Behave Bird’s roost Bottle top in waste container Bring up the right sound receiver (4) Begin (5) Brings up (5) Breathe in Below Bill —, actor who played Compo in BBC TV sitcom Last of the Summer Wine Beverages Brewer's cart (4) Bureau (sought by politicians?) (6) Bring up the right sound receiver (4) Begin (5) Brings up (5) Bode Beach grains Ben —, author of the novels The Famished Road and In Arcadia Benefit Beautiful youth Beast of burden Birds start to whistle in trees Banter (10) Butt end (4) Bring up the right sound receiver (4) Begin (5) Brings up (5) Backless sofa Beam of natural light Bean shows sign of life Boring British country Beat Basket provided by girl in public relations British XI in France getting third medal? Barely impartial (4) Bury ready for French to take (9) Blue revolutionary left lodge (5) Beautiful girl (5) Broom of twigs (5) Boy's name (5) Baby carriage (4) Behave without restraint Bother at a party Blonde Be indebted to Beverage Boy Be there – and listen Board left under piece of glass Branches (6) Be critical of the woman cuddling pet (6) Boy's name (5) Bellybutton (5) Bravery awards (6) Backless seat Beams of light Banned Boatman seen in pub? Wow! Bewilderment, so to speak – how long can it last? Be exceptionally kind to a taxpayer? (6) Boy's name (4) Back-scrubber Broad Barbara —, Best Actress in a Supporting Role Oscar nominee for The Portrait of a Lady Bachelor’s pain Behold soldier get caught by deduction By the sound of it, remained sober Bet about name for composer Being pertinacious, kept close on the scent (6) By the sound of it, makes a record of ecclesiastical observances (5) Bandit rearing in an ugly way - show some fortitude (4,3,4,2) Broad (4) Bereaved wife Barrel Board game in which players try to transfer pieces from their own to their opponents' bases Biblical figure sounds competent Berate about reduction Bringing up fruit gums, initially Beginning (5) Biennial international golf tournament (5,3) Bound work with scarlet cover (5) Bad shot (that's as good as a mile?) (4) Block on street possibly encloses new access for passengers (7) By contrast, the benefits associated with feathers turned right over (6,4) Bleat about elderly relative ('skinny thing') (6) Boy's name (5) Big cat (5) Bewildered by noise restraint on the day Bury Baby’s hanging toys Bunch of flowers that's appreciated by wine drinker Bar about right for selected passage Bury a tale-teller lacking finish among other things Beat for some money Business, company Banquet Broad smile Bid British artist in underwear Beer gets no better on one’s own Brown Born Behaves Boy's name (5) Big cat (5) British nobleman ranking below a marquess and above a viscount Black bird Birds who pose, by the sound of it Bee's protector isn't terribly grand Be persuaded to visit (4,5) Band's crew is full of energy and on the way (7) Blame left's incompetence, with election finally lost (9) Become more involved with semi-empathic understanding (7) Brolly Breathes out Bring a paper with something missing Bloom (6) Birds (4) Ban (6) Brimless cap (5) Beat soundly Bishop has a bird and a dog Binds to new site Bridge partners at table drinking pop (4) Breath-sweetener is something nutty, we hear (6) Book about a person Briton takes turn as vanguard Book’s self-dedication Boy Ballerina, say, getting cold in European river Biscuits or nuts Better boat seen by queen Burial places — French wine (6) Borne (7) Boatman's one to advance as a paradigm (5) Bit of bread offered to newt, which Ken Livingstone liked (3,4) Beloved as earth to Spooner, that's obvious (5,2,3) Boatman put one out skilfully (4) Bustle so as to manage a fight? (3,5) Bit of leg of animal? (4) Be in possession of where the cargo goes (4) Blouse Broom of twigs Beer mixed with lemonade Back of the neck Book a possible substitute Built to last (6) Brilliant stone (5) Better country with 20% less stock (7) Bluish-white metallic element; symbol Zn Boomer eats clothing, just Ballpoint pen Brave and courageous Ben Hur's wheels? (7) Bird that lays the largest egg (7) Badly off (4) Ballet skirt (4) Bird of peace (4) Bed covering Ballet skirt Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for Amadeus Best Actor in a Supporting Role Oscar nominee for The Seventh Cross Batman’s bird? Boar Banded gems Before Birds move around one pole Brightest star in the constellation Orion Badger’s shelter Block Bush, a sort of statesman? Busts are possibly hard to understand Big cat is losing energy in Asian river Brief petty quarrel (4) Belligerent, truculent (10) Ball game originating in Canada (8) Boxing prize money (5) Bread maker Banquet (5) Belief (5) Become airborne (4,3) Breaks suddenly Bettino —, prime minister of Italy from 1983-87 Beer fit for a king is brought up? Bracelet worn for ornament or identification (6) Bringing forward time of festival causes problem (6) Burned and ruined the design (6) Boy's name (3) Becomes a member (5) Book of maps (5) Blokes Beautiful girl loved by Cupid in classical mythology Ben —, Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar winner for Gandhi Bemused with creatures Bathroom substance Batten down firm Boxer dog — one with catalogue Bloke eating last of butter before cheese (7) Broadcaster I attack, one in African country (8) Bound to get journey underway? (6) Biblical character who made hothead join group (4) Baa (5) Burden (4) Blood vessel (6) Brutish person (6) Bird jumped in Break a leg in storm Bishop right to get silver crow Boast Boo-boo (5) Beautiful, delightful (6) Beam of sunlight (3) Board game (4) Blacksmith’s block Brown flour intermediate between white and wholemeal Bolster rotten seafood Bad lies about very bad things British monarch with the second longest reign (8) Boot out (4) Blast, say, dynamite left by sailor around vacated emplacement (9) Bent solver caught by question (5) British Bill can't go to law without it (5,6) Butter substitute (9) Beast of burden (4) Beneath (5) Bloodsucker (5) British sweet consisting of baked sponge with a layer of apple at the bottom Blocked poet, we hear Bonded material Breed of canine Black stuff covering small ruler once Burgers, pizzas, hot dogs etc (4,4) Buffalo Bill's family name (4) Bare-foot martial art (4-6) British Bill can't go to law without it (5,6) Butter substitute (9) Beast of burden (4) Beneath (5) Bloodsucker (5) Ben —, Best Writing, Original Story Oscar winner for Underworld Braeburn, eg Be indebted to Bucket Boringly dull prohibition by health centre Bound to have equal scores Box adding weight to vehicle Breadth Bird’s beak Baby carriage (12) British Bill can't go to law without it (5,6) Butter substitute (9) Beast of burden (4) Beneath (5) Bloodsucker (5) Brink Brilliant display of technical skill (7) Bawdiness (4) Big band playing around Long Island, performing without rehearsal (2-7) Bird will resist eating nuts, initially (4) Become an apostate amongst brethren, eg embrace heresy (6) Beat learner lost in the mist (4) Beer is included in this part of the church (5) Benevolent sort (4) Big cat (5) Brogue, for example (4) Belief Brazilian modern ballroom dance in duple time Baked in oil Blue-flowered plant cultivated for the textile fibre made from its stalks (4) Be protected by a plant, a tufty one (6) Brutal person (5) Bee substance (5) Bob Marley’s music Baked good Bernard —, comedy actor who played Little Heap in 1965 film Carry On Cowboy Box on the right shows sign of damage Bomb-hole Bungling (5) Book of daily entries (5) Box in occasional Scottish players (9) Barman orders reconditioned grand to be wheeled in (7) Broadcasting old and new melody (2,3) Boost newsworthy people to some degree (4) Blend (3) Big cat (4) Bloodthirsty or murderous Bee structure Butt in Beef tin collapses profit Betting journalist was rushed Bird in another nest Bound to be equally matched Bother Brown has seized her working capital Beastly kings have their pride! Bird to smoke at home (6) Break violently (5) Blissful state (7) Berkshire town housing a public school for boys Bruce —, chairman of CND from 1987-90 Beating gambler in Greece Bird caught in hail, heading for empty space (8) Batter in feast containing half of lemon? (6) Block of rubbish under potassium and iodine (6) Babyhood is as imagined (7) Bet (5) Bird (5) Breaks suddenly (5) Bret Easton —, author of novels Glamorama and American Psycho Boy soprano Bloodsuckers Bemused (9) By-product (4-3) Babyhood is as imagined (7) Bet (5) Bird (5) Breaks suddenly (5) Business rated incorrectly Bit of lethal force Bring up the back Body parts Billiards swerve shot (5) Babyhood is as imagined (7) Bet (5) Bird (5) Breaks suddenly (5) Brawny Bluebottle Border of hedges Birds in box-files? Besotted (7) Bird that flies without wings (4) Blackmail previously upset communist (6) Bill of fare (4) Bard (4) Brave man Brad —, golfer who won the 2005 Buick Championship Bustle engulfed in shadow Baked food Business graduate in drag with old complaint Baby carriage (4) Bird panting endlessly Blessed with not as much Border of hedges Bleeping alarm has a function Bright-beaked flyer Bearing Bishop with responsibility for extra pay Boring (4) Bird, one leaving a message? (7) Best roué (anag) — of course (2,2,4) Bad sprain? Take one tablet (7) Be a passenger in a car, ideally (4) Business worries? (7) Bit by bit Broad Begin a second flan Beds Beverage Bishop’s headdress Brim Brief note for impudent girl Books included in agreement with canine association (6) Bank said to resist ruminant (7) Beg Eric for a floater near the pole (7) Back off (7) Bird in the nest Be Be indebted to Behave badly at university after work Busy working but drinking, say (2,3,2) Bearing required for a vehicle (8) Broom of twigs (5) Bulgarian capital (5) Belonging to him (3) Begin working Bucket Booby prize Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar winner for Save the Tiger Blue aluminium silicate mineral used in bathroom porcelain Barriers to dodgy dealers Breed of pet Barriers Beams of light Block request for material Brief conversation in telecom facility Bearing required for a vehicle (8) Broom of twigs (5) Bulgarian capital (5) Belonging to him (3) Blacksmith’s block Ben —, winner of the 1948 US Open Championship in golf Betting on keys and shovel Bomb-hole Brave (8) Bearing required for a vehicle (8) Broom of twigs (5) Bulgarian capital (5) Belonging to him (3) Big Bottom-dwelling ray with a flattened diamond-shaped body Bill —, actor who played Hephaestus in 2012 action film Wrath of the Titans Bream changed colour Break Best spinners Busy pub talk is essentially quite ordinary (5) Be of service to one stuck in revolting volcanic discharge (5) Brown to leave dance (5) Backing the other way round (2,7) Beam of sunlight (3) Banquet Bill —, television naturalist and comedian born in 1941 Betting on a spring Before takeoff (3-6) Being a fool I do it wrongly (5) Bits (6) Bucket (4) Bode Baby’s toy Branch of maths Best Actress in a Leading Role Oscar winner for Children of a Lesser God Barrier to dodgy dealer Baggage handler Buy stocks Bristles ’e’d begun to groom (8,7) Brusque, but not for long (5) Bird's beak (4) Beseech (3) Backless sofa Bathroom powder Breastbone Bjarne —, cyclist who won the 1996 Tour de France Blue feathers Benefactor Be horribly hot (7) Basic tool for carpenters and surveyors (6,5) Booty I see lying back in bath (3,3) Bleat (3) Brimless cap (5) Bolsters Brown sugar Born as Beat, put sale off Backbone Bath Bulky pad worn underneath the back of a Victorian skirt Bit of sugar (4) Blameworthy (13) Board game (5) Brief swim in water (3) Bellow British name for diesel oil used for road transport Body parts Break down article sanely? Madly! Bother (6) Board game (5) Brief swim in water (3) Baffling question Bad-tempered Book collection Bangle, eg Bedtime drink Brag without starting oven Bequeathed trainee a hammer Beverage Black carbon Body of water Brown Bread goes round Bear-like mammal from China (5) Board game (5) Brief swim in water (3) Ballet skirt Breed of dog Bare and/or nude, somehow Blyton or Bagnold? (4) Bachelor helps musicians (8) Boyfriend not rocking? (6) Brawls with fifty denied journeys from airports (6) Before the time stated (5) Burst out (5) Begin again (6) Beginner Beverley —, actress who played Liz McDonald in ITV soap Coronation Street from 1989 until 2020 Before Bug a ship at sea Bullfighters do a smart turn Balletic leap (4) Back to university following common cold (5) Bits in random access for computer (3) Break hip: travel for replacement (8) Broadcaster? (6) Being an understudy? (6) Bee substance (5) Belief (5) Bard (4) Baby's soft shoe (6) Bend (3) Bird (5) Bloom Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for Fiddler on the Roof Bug brings back tang Bullets etc Biting insect Bit of advice for dog Band of colours, as seen in a rainbow (8) Blast fellow switching sides during contest (6) Blustery at first with more showers, becoming brighter (8) But could be interesting with a drink? (3) Began retail work as a tattler (4-7) Boggy enough to spoil the shot (6) Baked food (3) Bold exploit Beat making assistance Big road twice has carbon copy Broth Being unable to recall a name is troublesome Beefeater — one may (anag) (6) Boxer's joint? (8) Bird to give a lift? (5) Baby carriage (4) Book of maps or charts Bushy hairstyle BBC Radio comedy programme starring Tommy Handley that ran from 1939-49 (inits) Betty —, Speaker of the House of Commons from 1992-2000 Bird on a string? British argument defeats bullies Beau Backed by all (9) Bungled tennis shot? (6) By chance, doctor put up superior South African money (6) Boy goes under crazy erection to get fruit (6) Brush editor away from 6 (5) Birds (4) Belonging to him (3) Begin (5) Biblical prophet (5) Belief Beams at fish Bad people find target in ship Bring up the back Be furious Brings in wages Begin to understand material one doesn't finish Basis of labneh and lassi (7) By chance, doctor put up superior South African money (6) Boy goes under crazy erection to get fruit (6) Brush editor away from 6 (5) Birds (4) Belonging to him (3) Begin (5) Biblical prophet (5) Book division Boxing match Bereaved wife Bullets etc Bother at a party Beverage Brainy Barrier Be indebted to Birds’ branches Bird that could make dog flinch Bone fixed in hospital usually Beat repeatedly, batter (8) By chance, doctor put up superior South African money (6) Boy goes under crazy erection to get fruit (6) Brush editor away from 6 (5) Birds (4) Belonging to him (3) Begin (5) Biblical prophet (5) By chance Burrowing rodent of hot dry regions of Asia and Africa Behold turning into preparation Bound to change diet Brought missing top and scored Bodyguard employed by firm in Derby Bouquet is the start of a romantic affair Bugs former pupil attending meetings (10) Black rock hits small flies (4) Be separated at the end where patients are unfriendly (12) Big glare (5) Badly illuminated (3) Beak (4) Bereaved wife (5) Bullfighter (7) Begin Break violently Bird of prey of the hawk family Bake off British food Boss at ground providing footwear Burglars only taking part in crime Bug belonging to religious group? Baptism misrepresented in memoirs (9) Bug's tail preserved in amber maybe exhumed after excavation's stood down (8) Backdrop ready at last, screen adaptation is going ahead (7) Belie crudely overshadowing good university's charm (7) Backsliding agent pockets bung (7) Bathroom fitting (5) Brogue, for example (4) Beautiful woman (5) Boiled sweet Bev —, 1984 European Indoor Championships 60m gold medallist Betting on a new bridge Bird in the other nest Being free for a spree Beware of the guard (4,3) Broad heavy knife (7) Brazilian dance (5) Breathe in Bar of gold Birds with strings attached? Blemish Beast Bishop meets mere poet Blatant imitation (3-3) Bowler's appeal: first wicket! (I've forgotten the name) (7) Balance for one second on large animal (3,4) Bird of lowly origins (3) Bucket (4) Blameworthy Based on fact Batsman’s posture Board game whose invention has been credited to the salesman Charles B Darrow Back part of a golf club head where it bends to join the shaft Bits of pressure on things Barren cry, ordering fruit Banish Boarding house Breathe with great difficulty (5) Book range in the end but not completely (5) Bachelor eats with son running round? Such vulgarity! (9) Behave badly in a time-consuming contest (3,2) Bring about a result (6) Breed fish, we hear (5) Bloodsucker (5) Be ahead in a race (4) Brotherhood Biblical nephew of Abraham whose wife was turned into a pillar of salt Bay window supported by one or more brackets Breed of dog of the spitz type originating in the Netherlands Ballet step in which a dancer springs from one leg and lands on the other Black Prince is more intelligent Boat's propellers from San Remo Bring about a result (6) Breed fish, we hear (5) Bloodsucker (5) Be ahead in a race (4) Bother Booth —, author of 1918 novel The Magnificent Ambersons Best Actress Oscar nominee for Frozen River Battle By way of Brusque (4) Bring about a result (6) Breed fish, we hear (5) Bloodsucker (5) Be ahead in a race (4) Bee structure Break suddenly Bearing of offspring Bundle Beginning (of an illness) Bears at assembly, side by side Brought together again (8) Bart Simpson's father (5) Broadcast skirmish, so touch up pictures (8) Beans finished in seconds? (7-2) Breakdown specialist? (7) Bleat (3) Back off Basic Begin second cake Bind Beverage Bikers take risks ignoring them — hairy types! (10) Boy's name (7) Burl —, Best Actor in a Supporting Role Oscar winner for The Big Country Blessed with not as much Beginning Bathroom fixture Bright vehicles going north Beneficiary of a will (7) Busybody shopper, as originally depicted on TV? Triumphantly, yes (5) Bit of a thick skin that's required to contact the Guardian? (6) Big jar, say (5) Be reluctant to suspend footballer (4,4) Be a teller perhaps, and get knocked out (4,3,5) Boy's name (5) Blue feathers Broadcast second conclusion Book accommodation for cleaner Blood-sucker finding shelter by church Boring Bathroom bar Broken tile I mean to get rid of (9) Bluish-grey colour (6) Be victorious (3) Book of maps (5) Backless shoes (5) Be against Bill —, cartoonist whose strips include The Cloggies and The Fosdyke Saga Black French duck brought back for hunter Being too fond of a sort of tin god Black vessel set alight Become more distant (6) Bantu language closely related to Zulu (5) Breed of dog with a long brownish-red coat (5,6) Bushes (6) Brave cooks wrapping date exotically, perhaps (6) Bird book, hardly concise (9) Bowline, say (4) British coin worth one tenth of a pound, issued from 1849 until 1967 (6) Buckwheat pancake (7) Bellowed (6) Beseeches (4) Bitterly pungent Belonging to him By way of Break a law or rule Bird of enormous size and power in Arabian legend British unit of capacity equal to eight gallons Before Brave leader's war cry Bank entirely split in half Black and white cattle breed (8) Beam over a doorway (6) Bay opening off a room (6) Brief satirical sketch (4) Bellowed (6) Beseeches (4) Bring up Bother at a party Briefly a judge Breathtaking feature, including old hangman's loop Bellowed (6) Beseeches (4) Bird of southern Africa also called a Red-chested cuckoo Break a code with new cleric Bearing, carriage Bamboo stem Beginning to serve, drag shot (4) Bird left Noah's vessel (4) Before the end of the day a new version of "Lear" is broadcast (5) Bring up (4) Balkan citizen turning up on time in French port Believe in "Buy now, pay later"? Behold! (4) Bobbin (5) Burial or cremation Billiards shot that goes into a pocket after striking another ball Brave, working with European mammal Beneath French and German articles Body part Be indebted to Bard’s tool of the trade? Beginning Below Boxers, for example, perform with good seconds Be aware of intelligence Beloved (7) Blatant attacks said to cause financial difficulties for company (11) Bet Communist got his pay first! (7) Bird on fire? Nothing to it! (8) Boy's name (5) Breathing organs in fish (5) Backhander (5) Bird's home (4) Bullfighter Brave soldier or fighter Brief satirical sketch Block of text Broadcasts small tips Break seal on drinks Blue feathers Beers Bunch of fives (4) Bungling sleuth close to Panther, a con man (7) Brief row interrupted by male standing up (5) Buffalo (5) Beekeeper Body of water Bored with raw material Banquet Brimless cap Be right with ship that's German Be of use to (5) Been there, done that and bought this? (1-5) Barely manage (3,5) Bends over in bars (6) Board game roundly omitting content that's graphic (4) Bear-like mammals (6) Brightest star in the constellation Ursa Minor Bound to change diet Bringing thanks to monarch Bequeath Blunder about Irish beast Boring last part (found in the gutter?) (3,3) Bear-like mammals (6) Break into many small pieces Boy has set off and survived Bad conditions for forging steel Be indebted to Brainy Birds’ structures Beer Boxing punch (8) Bear-like mammals (6) Bring up the back Boy Ballet dancer beginning to dance with a poor nurse Become established outside a US city Broad smiles (5) Bludgeon (4) Breathe in (6) Be indebted to (3) Belief Bruce —, US photographer; director of 1988 film documentary Let's Get Lost Bemused with creature Bill bat backwards Beak Bread and meat snack Book of maps Birds on display in the museum Ban any (anag) — Indian national tree (6) Beginning (6) Bum ciggy, ultimately nick matches for smoker? (7,5) Bully in quiet school determined to bite head of year (5,3) Backing made Mr Aladdin somewhat distressed (7) Best conceivable thought to a number (5) Box for a piece of jewellery (4) Brass instrument (4) Body powder (4) Bullets etc Blow up Black-and-white mammal Bill of fare Beer spilt on the first hat Bug has upsetting tang Brimless cap Biting insect Bird caught on line Beaune, not the ultimate in wine, drunk with date and flowing water (6) Brood that might be disengaged (6) Bullying has journalists convinced to drop leader (8) Bear out of honey finally, after changing fiver (6) Bank management furniture (9) Breathing organs (5) Bleat (3) Bulgarian capital (5) Board a ship (6) Biblical king of Israel and husband of Jezebel Bird has two parties Brought up on food, say Border Boast of clothes worn back to front? Beaten finally, and finished off (5) Bearing gifts we hear (8) By itself something which attracts interest we hear (5) Burial or cremation (7) Broad sash tied in a large bow at the back worn by Japanese women and children as part of the national costume Banded mineral Bird's name for old coin Beetle cleaner? (3,4) Bounder to stop working as a bagman? (6) By the sound of it, go lower in harmony (4) Barrel that is holding feline or marine invertebrate (8) Backless seat (5) Bureaucracy Burrowing Australian marsupial with a heavy body and coarse fur Broadway show featuring Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel; 2004 Tony Award Best Musical nominee Bits of music Be successful with peg leg initially Backless seat (5) Buoyancy aid Bridget —, British artist whose works include the 1963 painting Fall Betting on a new bridge Boy starts laughing all day Beam at dancing earls Bottom of drain layout Beverage Beer Boy Board game Bear to carry on Brazilian capital, French river, US city Blackberry plant (7) Batsman's stance location (6) Backless seat (5) Billy —, singer-actor who played Cat in 1991 biopic The Doors Biblical figure sounds competent Boy has right to be fat Beast of burden Bird making mother make bird noises Become less cold? What's wrong with that? Barbara, about 50, lets the cat out of the bag Bring down cow? Body temperature, approximately (5) Basically, he's in a bitter environment (2,5) Become angry when husband leaves? Get stuffed (7) Bum gets day in lock-up (5) Break into plain language (6) Backless shoes (5) Bee substance (5) Broaden (5) Breakfast food (6) Born (3) Blood vessels Bluish-white metallic element; symbol Zn Be a headless chauvinist British and American transport Bragged about newspaper Baked dough Bird finding many changes on top of hill Brought back to conscious state Bird that does not fly in summer heat Being shelled, one commando unfortunately gets into difficulty (9) Bird with muscles kept turning round, looking primarily for bouncer (6,4) Believer cross at robbery (6) Butt of lowbrow gag — poor fellow (6) Becomes eventually (4,2) Borrowing charge (8) Bulls, cows, etc. (6) Border of hedges Bird in another nest Body part Buckingham Palace resident's sound boosters? Big fireplace, by the sound of it Brave young lady left social worker Being cast in a devilish mould (7) Bravery award (5) Belonging to us (3) Be concerned (4) Beefsteak cut from between the ribs Blyth —, 1996 Olympic Individual Eventing gold medallist Blessed with not as much Boat provided by South American god Baton-passing event (5,4) Banking order (6) Bird, large one about to be caged? (7) Boy reporter's stint inexcusably deficient (6) Boast (4,3) Bereaved husband (7) Bobbin Biblical wife of Herod Antipas and mother of Salome Brief pause for US sportsman? Break down in grotto Beneficiaries have affectations, we hear Baseball fielder Bits of fur Bound to believe what one hears? Badly sullied? (3-4) Behaved in a bovine way - that's the charge, we hear (5) Blokes (3) Belonging to them (5) Buffalo (5) Bomb hole Beginning from scratch without being lazy Bore stopped going round university? Right! Behaved in a bovine way - that's the charge, we hear (5) Blokes (3) Belonging to them (5) Buffalo (5) Broil Baffle what’s left of tree Bemused with creature Born Boss promises to pay intellectual Bother with fresh book about ancient city Behaved in a bovine way - that's the charge, we hear (5) Blokes (3) Belonging to them (5) Buffalo (5) Bet Be on fire Beseech British saint and martyr whose feast day is October 21 Boast about argument Banner includes monarch Beers Bach's role - organising men not in union? Break point in game (4-4) Back copies one acquired are a brownish colour (5) Born not so long ago (7) Banquet (5) Brigands (7) Baggage Bird on a string? Bother at a party Block Born Broker Ball in a whistle Bring up what may be brought up? Be aware of (4) Batter with a heavy object (8) Brute (6) Bird, the reverse of animal with intelligence (6) Be a shade embarrassed (6) Ban a professional writer (9) By which the fisherman's catch is measured? (3,6) Berry senior Bite noisily Biological unit Black tea from north-east India (5) Brexiteer? (6) Back in the past I had successful records (4) Boy's name (4) Backless seat (5) Bucket (4) Bird (7) By way of (3) Bloodsucker (5) Blood vessel Blue feathers Bistro gets artist decanter Behave Bamboo stem Bit of money entertaining American relative But tire of tax (7) Builder's weapon? (6) Biased, but not completely (7) Big cat (5) Bruise Being rigorously criticised Born as Biblical figure sounds competent Bird’s structure Boy Blue movies a director conceals Breakaway province of Serbia, populated predominantly by Albanians (6) Block A, location of Paul's dramatic transformation (9) Brooke, rugby union forward? (6) Be seated (3) Big cats (5) Breathe out Below Banner Biblical figure Belief in sacred office Bad writing (6) Be seated (3) Big cats (5) Backless sofa Blood vessel Ballet step in which a dancer springs from one leg and lands on the other British prime minister from 1841-46 Betting journalist was rushed British artist in underwear Bemused with creature Body of water Basil and pine nut blend Book of maps Bridge shape? Beer Brain cells working to discover wild flower Be on friendly terms (3,2) Blue dye (4) Be seated (3) Big cats (5) Before BBC Radio comedy programme starring Tommy Handley that ran from 1939-49 (inits) Basic melodic mode in Indian classical music Bad conditions for artist at home Become ready to eat Big setback in integral calculus Border sheep raised on alcoholic drink Boatman spotted in report: it doesn't look good (7) Boy and not adult male (6) Boy to prepare for journey with intermittent steroid injection (7) Boy to get surgery at last to become a woman (4) Beast last to be caught by fleece (3) Build (3,2) Break violently Break suddenly Betting corner has something shiny Bored with raw material Broom Beer Bishop taken in by old firm Be first with heavy metal Bother about worship Boutique Bore torn dress Border of hedges Bottle taken from container vessel Boers get fuddled, but not with drink Blow up a rebellious general? Bird told me to go halves, taking back note (6) Before leaving north, live where the best players are (1-4) Brother (4) Back scrubber (6) Begin to get better (4,3,6) Bungling (9) Bullets (4) Bathroom fitting (5) Belonging to him (3) Breathes with pain or difficulty Black panther in 1894 Rudyard Kipling short story collection The Jungle Book Beast Believe it's on the cards? Belgian central African colony until 1960 (5) Block article's description of a fragmented region (6) Big (5) Bend forwards Boisterous and exciting Begin small cake Box contains old film Bit by bit Birds in the wilderness Become an obedient clergyman? (4,6) Bit of cloth with label on for the riff-raff (6) Book of maps (5) Bargains over Bounce Brilliant in appearance Bert —, actor who played Professor Spats in 1968 comedy-drama film The Night They Raided Minsky's Bandit Bank clerk as narrator? Bishop with a single part of skeleton Bad feeling (3-4) Be outstanding, putting away litres and pint in bar (6) Back from morris dances, lubricated and the worse for wear (4-6) Brief resignation letter penned by Sidney, regularly wrong (8) Become an obedient clergyman? (4,6) Bit of cloth with label on for the riff-raff (6) Book of maps (5) Brightly coloured songbird with a stout beak such as the Pine — or Collared — Building to draw with hesitation Behave Birds in fisherman's boots? Border on which one is tense with anticipation Become an obedient clergyman? (4,6) Bit of cloth with label on for the riff-raff (6) Book of maps (5) Breathing organs Building for bran, possibly Become wide open Beginning Black queen with right flag Ballet skirt (4) Broadcasting first-class band (6) Bitterly pungent Broad Berkshire racecourse that hosts the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes Blonde Burst Be indebted to Bill Hill, the thespian Blue mattress filler? Baking a gluten tart initially is a challenge (8) Bushy hairstyle Broad smile Brown bear in 1894 Rudyard Kipling short story collection The Jungle Book Both arduous and difficult within Beneath French and German articles Bag Below Body part Bathroom fixture I'd installed in punt Biblical character called up to cross lake Billed one with some ingredients rising (5) Brazilian dance (5) Burning (5) Bureaucracy (3,4) Burden Boy’s title Bordering areas of a town or city BBC TV series for children starring Clive Dunn in the title role which ran from 1979-84 Barrel tax Beers Baby always wanting love starts to cry Breaches of First Amendment Backchat (3) Break off (5) Baker's escape? (5,3) Boost southern water supply (5) Bella changes the name tag (5) Backless seat (5) Badly off (4) Before (3) Beam of sunlight (3) Betting chances (4) Break Bicycle part Burial vault Broom of twigs British director of films Croupier, Pulp and Get Carter Ballet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky that received its premiere in 1877 Benoit —, rugby union lock; 1964 France Test debutant against Scotland Buccaneer gets the bird Beer Breed of dog Basic chord Boat's adrift? One may put one's foot in it Bill found by queen for vessel Blue man turned white Bear a likeness to (8) Belief that God exists, based on reason and not any revealed evidence (5) Bubbly came in, or a hot drink (9) Brief spark for a shiner (4) Blonde with right angle is above-board (4,3,6) Brown sugar (8) Breed of small fowl (6) Beautiful woman (5) Bravery award (5) Bring together Bow of a vessel Barbara —, author of the novels Brother of the More Famous Jack and Temples of Delight Battle of —, June 1918 conflict east of Paris in World War I Bore about dress Brainy Breathe heavily Bights Bedroom in Bradford or Manchester Blonde with right angle is above-board (4,3,6) Brown sugar (8) Breed of small fowl (6) Beautiful woman (5) Bravery award (5) Basis or foundation Be next to Best part of the milk Bird in another nest Betting on a spring Birds, for example, disturbed rest Bidding for a change in Thebes Blonde with right angle is above-board (4,3,6) Brown sugar (8) Breed of small fowl (6) Beautiful woman (5) Bravery award (5) Be humiliated Biting insect Betting journalist was rushed Boy has right to be fat Burn the tea, we’re told Ballet outfit Body part Buffalo Bill's beginning with one child Bravo — just dazzling! (6) Business securing great deal in budget (6) But this is quite different from mal-de-mer (3-5) Bring up (4) Bleat (3) Bob —, Best Director Oscar winner for Cabaret Bettino —, prime minister of Italy from 1983-87 Brownish-yellow mineral; the principal ore of nickel Baby’s drink Be indebted to Beam of light Bullets, etc British fliers going back a long way Brief inspection appears extremely effective Backing for American bank without doubt (6) Break promise about green energy (6) Big mistake keeping spectacles on head in energetic dance (6) Become faster? (6) Bigger and better (7) Bursts out (6) Blacksmith's block (5) British composer of 1902 comic opera Merrie England Birgit —, Swedish dramatic soprano whose New York debut was in 1959 Blustering about desire Burn prophet’s report Broken right inside, having popped Body part Bishop nearly converted by cajoling talk Balloon gas Bring to maturity Brooding about god Bottom of drain layout Bishop, aged yet brave Boys left with a detective sergeant Break the law (6) Baal centres? Very different from these places of worship! (11) Bill enters revolutionary den of people (6) Black mark put me into same boring old spin (7) Bishop has a bird and a dog Breed of dog Broker Be unable to find toilets, we hear Browned bread Ball game Blood vessels Beforehand Bean-based drink (5) Bee substance (5) Big (5) Be successful Band of tissue joining bones Body art item Bad-tempered and sulky girl with American backing Bring about (6) Bee substance (5) Big (5) Butter up Bird’s beak Boarding place for dogs Become a member Bird of the finch family such as the European — or Syrian — Bother at a party Bored with raw material Brown Behaves Bird that's right? Stick around! Bee substance (5) Big (5) Boxing match Berry Snr Bean shows sign of life Beat Bird’s appendage Bill from Microsoft — for supplying Access? Bishop's warning about a prairie province Beginners in South Pacific often employ partner Be fussy in dealing with infestation (7) Bad feeling, as I'm taken in by a mate (8) Be the recipient of another's advances (6) Behave grotesquely - what a sauce! (5) Box and beat a classical fighter (7) Brolly (8) Bode (5) Bellowed (6) Blissful state Backless seat Believable or worthy of belief Baby’s pacifier Bird on a string? Brigade’s gear Bemused with creature Bad language (8) Bell family, say, turned against Romeo (7) Bananas used with an indulgent treat (6) Bill takes in fifty small river fish (5) Be incorrect (3) Bread maker Biblical nephew of Abraham whose wife was turned into a pillar of salt Betting journalist was rushed Behold good man get mislaid Blue swallow Bad start with faulty game plan Bogus medication (5,3) Broadway accolade (4) Banishment (5) Brief case in flat (4) Back in flat, celebrating return (5) Being unreliable, I react strangely about the first of the rules (7) Breathe in (6) Brings up (5) Boarders Brave person Battle of —, July 1708 conflict in the War of the Spanish Succession that resulted in victory for the Allies over France Barrel tax Boast Belief Benefactor Bunny annoys insects Baboon ensures human gets regular exercise (8) Bits with slight substitution make 5's sign? (6) Becomes fixed in certain games? (4) By and large carried by the complete lot (2,3,5) Begin again (6) Boy's name (3) Behave without restraint (3,4) Bleat (3) Backless shoes Burrow of a badger Book’s self-dedication Back leader of militia — prepare to fight again Belief in solvency? (6) Bottom, foundation (4) Badly off Business Bellow Bat turned over to uncle Beam in part of garden made a beastly noise Brimless cap (also worn in France!) (5) Bungled (7) Burning fiercely (6) Blocked (7) Belief in solvency? (6) Bottom, foundation (4) Book of maps Bjarne —, cyclist who won the 1996 Tour de France Ballet by George Balanchine and Igor Stravinsky first performed in 1957 Beastly medic? Brick-carrier Body of water Broaden Behave Bad smell of yeast in kitchen Bureaucracy, officialdom (3,4) Blandness, insipidity (9) Belief in solvency? (6) Bottom, foundation (4) Became aware of Bishop about to get one type of dairy product Bringer of luck Bag Building that's cold, with a place for wine Beer taken by northern bird Bad horse with a lot to carry Became a member of the retinue and was present (8) Backless shoe (4) Betting on a spring Barrier Be seated Birds making some fine music Boat crew scoffed, we hear Booked for being shy? Base workers ail in another way (6) Brave man (4) Border of cloth (3) Bill of fare (4) Bird’s home Break suddenly Band of broadcasting frequencies Beseech Bog matter Both walls of pagoda one found in China? (5) By way of (3) Bomb hole (6) Biblical woman (3) Be successful in Benefit Breed of small hardy sheep from Yorkshire with coarse coats Bring up the back Bistro gets artist some wine Blessed with not so much Behave Brass instruments Butcher's good weapon (6) Bid (5) Beginner (7) Bolster Banquet Breathe noisily during sleep Bernard —, 2007 World Championships 1,500m and 5,000m gold medallist Bowed stringed instrument of the violin family Brian —, author of the stage plays Making History and Dancing at Lughnasa Brief drink Bored with raw material Beer Boarding houses Blood vessels Bad girl was first to be questioned Be hurt if left high and dry? Basic skill with money in 10? (8) Bath taken in Vaasa, unashamedly? (5) Black suspension in stirred cauldron, eye reportedly dropped in? (4,5) Burning gas able to move easily (5) Becoming weary when giving a set of signals (8) Belonging to us (3) Birds (4) Baa (5) Betting on a new bridge Biscuit Bequeath Be determined to do the puzzle again? Belt-tightening measures (4) Becoming weary when giving a set of signals (8) Belonging to us (3) Birds (4) Baa (5) Begin Betting in a foreign land Brought up on food, say Be indebted to Be Both sides in final have gone quickly Beginning (5) Begin a hole of golf (3,3) Becoming weary when giving a set of signals (8) Belonging to us (3) Birds (4) Baa (5) Book’s self-dedication? Border of hedges Blokes gathered round island monument Become obstructed (4) Billie Jean (née Moffitt, 1943) (4) Beast about to grab a girl — not fair (8) Be quiet? Gotcha! (3,2,4) Band with iron around edge (6) Beginners in the arts seldom know Seurat's works (5) Boy's name (5) Bee structure (4) Baa Behaviour Broad smile Baby has right to jog Border of hedges Born Band with heart of gold in Asian city Bet on others giving support Bishop in old farm building Batons (4) Browse the internet (4) Best to leave a reversing car (4) Bird (6) Brown moth resembling tree bark whose larvae feed on garden privet and lilac Break niche Betting journalist was rushed Bird in another nest Burn the tea, right? Brooding about god Boy taken aback by yob's betrayal Beast that's not terribly content Bury provides a settlement for Tom and Ben Brass, say, for military leader and others Ballet skirts (5) Behaving badly (6,2) Barrels of rock taken off vessel, leading to questions (5) Be unconsciously noisy (5) Before (3) Bard (4) Biscuit Bereaved husband Bushy hairstyle Blue feathers Bird on a string? Body part Bead of water Being apt to err? (5) Bird (10) Brickie (10) Be victorious (3) Bashful (3) Bellows Baby’s bed Believe singer shelters a second follower Block British article Bobbin Before Better chess opening, taking a pawn Bishop entertained by a European circus performer Bear is wandering around island in northern Russia Belonging to him (3) Backless sofa (5) Broaden (5) Board game Boast Brittle savoury biscuit glazed and salted on the outside Blamed keys and wept Bamboo stem Body of water Brass, bronze, pewter etc (6) Bias (4) Butcher's tip to get ace kind of fillet (4) Bag for school books (7) Belonging to him (3) Backless sofa (5) Broaden (5) Boring Browned bread Bore about dress Bird-like Bear-like Banquet Ban for professional writer Backing provided while company reveals complete disaster Birds with extra wings in Welsh port Bivalve mollusc (6) Belonging to him (3) Backless sofa (5) Broaden (5) Bird type Betting stake Blowfly Bother a servant with stationary item Band heard in a Cheshire town Brought into existence (4) British motor racing circuit (11) Be effusive (4) Breeding establishments keep promise to be hard working (8) Biography to encompass one's entire existence (8) Bill may well become this - an effigy round the capital of Turkey (7) Becomes visible, as paper is rent asunder (7) Barbers cut this (4) Book of maps (5) Burglar Beneath French and German articles Below Bed Beverage Bottom raised by female playwright British surface-to-air missile, introduced in 1971 (6) Boxing blows — cuter pups (anag) (9) Become less severe (6) Baked food (3) Beautiful girl (5) Brittle as iron strongbox Bird seed extremely important Be single-minded no more (5) Broom of twigs (5) Bullfighter (8) Beano (5) Bushy hairstyle (4) Belly button Branch of the British Police force first set up in Nottingham in 1854 Berkshire town housing a public school for boys Boiler’s fuel Biting insect Beers Bond's boss finishes repairs Broken ribs on birds Birds with no stuffing for some Italians Burrowing rodent related to the guinea pig (6) Barber upset oil initially on cloth provided (6) Bicker Boys were excited to produce facial hair By great luck (anag) — one way to stop an opponent getting any further? (5,6) Bolster (anag) (7) Bamboo-eating bear from China (5) Below the standards required for the purpose (5) Bachelor’s pain Brainy Beginning Becoming confused as one ages Backing last couple of actors in show Bother (6) Branch of maths Belief in credit notes Beneath French and German articles Below Be indebted to Bird for a magician Blonde seen after a month in part of London Bruce —, F1 motor racing driver who won the 1968 Belgian GP Broadcast Den’s composition Bird in another nest Bamboo stem Battle not started by English postwar prime minister Bit of fun with pressure line Be an unwanted visitor from abroad (6) Back-scrubber (6) Brief, to the point British army officer immediately junior to a brigadier Bemused with creature Blemish Born British vessel with unknown local supplier Bits in the newspaper for supporters Bird's reproductive body (3) Brazil's most famous footballer (4) Boast about what one is wearing (4) Big beast is alone, sadly (3,4) Break matron's little window (7) Brute (4) Brew home beer, fitting at the moment (3,3,4,5) Broke off engagement on Facebook? It wasn't meant to be! (10) Back up religious type suppressing a Gaelic language (7) Bird that is below par (5) Backless shoes (5) Buffalo (5) Badly off (4) Brightest star in the constellation Lyra Behaves Blue pills a doctor might provide Bugs in religious groups? By mouth (6) Bird most richly feathered in part (7) Bunch of flowers Biblical courtesan loved by Samson Beastly noise made by broken hinge Bench in class Book that's turned up on radio (6) Bearing an account (8) Back at sea (5) Be victorious (3) Browned bread (5) Bury Burden Base for a column or statue Be a headless chauvinist Bishop has one group to divide Bird in the nest Box or barrel, extremely elegant Bring out dope, finally legal! (6) Burn and flog Ames? (2,2,2,6) Bail arranged by one for the defence (5) Banish Lee, who is upset about the team (5) Brings up to be backward? (5) Bury (5) Bay window supported by one or more brackets Brazilian dance similar to the samba Belief in purchasing power Bovine animal Being confused, I guess I'd hide Bulgarian monetary unit — Aston kit (anag) (8) Brave (8) Buddhist kingdom between China and India (6) Banish Lee, who is upset about the team (5) Brings up to be backward? (5) Bury (5) Bistro gets artist some wine Be in debt Beverage Beautiful youth Battle contributing to military prestige? Be highly precarious (4,2,1,6) Banish Lee, who is upset about the team (5) Brings up to be backward? (5) Bury (5) British money Bill of fare Brownish-grey colour whose name derives from the French word for mole Back part of a golf club head where it bends to join the shaft Book’s self-dedication Burn the tea right Be fond of counterpart Bighead (8) Bewildered? Worse things happen here, allegedly! (2,3) Brute of a fellow mostly seen round the province (6) Bird's home (4) Bucket (4) Beginner (6) Brings to an end Brag Brimless head wear Baskerville's capital resource — a hound Beast revealing everything about graduate? Busy when given a ring? Bold army manoeuvres in part of Italy Bohemian dance in fast time (5) Bigoted, enjoying the bilingual harangue (10) Bat showing determination on old wicket (6) Be out of sleeping bag? That's odd (5) Brings up (5) Beverage (3) Bet Buffalo Banquet Bream changes colour Beautiful youth Bit of advice about right excursion Bearing a remark about wine Business concern unlikely to change Born and died, unknown and poor Block with small room for experiments Body of water — go off clue mix (anag) (4,2,6) Bone linking scapula and sternum (8) Blogger exercised about date and name of variations (8) Browned off with having had plenty to eat? (3,2) Bill using vocal chords? (7) Backhander (5) Bulgarian capital (5) Beast of burden (5) Brigand (6) Blood vessels (5) Boring sort of bard Belief in buying power Backless sofa Beam of light Be concerned Birds providing old saint with wealth Bet about new composer Brother or sister (7) Butter up (7) Baby's bed (6) Bathroom powder Beagle in the strip cartoon Peanuts Be awfully neat when thrashed Block British article Beaker Banish Bring about English translation of Latin Blemish (4) Bream (anag) (5) Bum (6) Boris's tips for the across solutions here (5) Black drops from a rain cloud giving bad feeling (6) Bird regrettably chokes (5) Bitterness shown by Turkey abandoning Mediterranean port in campaign (9) Border gradually moving (6) Beneath loose pants, grip is inferior (14) Battle (6) Belief (5) Brimless cap (5) Be seated (3) Bard (4) Become a member Breakfast food Berry-like fruit of a rose plant Bet on a boat Breathe heavily Body not completely seen outside a capital city British territory without distinctive characteristics Brilliant finish in outskirts of Czech capital Bring food, initially, and eat out Battle (6) Belief (5) Brimless cap (5) Be seated (3) Bard (4) Bishop points to insect Ballet garment Beer Bequeath Bird seen by an ancient deity Boy's name very recently entered Bay, inlet (4) Brusque (4) Battle (6) Belief (5) Brimless cap (5) Be seated (3) Bard (4) Bold, forward Basic realities Battering device Bruce —, British Army officer who died in 2006; father of Camilla, the Queen Consort Billy —, singer-actor who played Cat in 1991 biopic The Doors Bound to change diet Beast has article to mail off Between a dim assembly Bird comes to sticky end in channel Brief immersion that may be lucky? Bung (4) Bandit (8) Benghazi's country (5) Billionaire to take charge of northern town (9) Brute with uncle stirred up a problem when flying? (10) Begin to play as industrial action increases (6,2) Birds which lose courage? (6) Ban an animal doctor who has nothing (4) Book of maps (5) Backtrack, repeatedly refusing to hold book on quiet bridge Best suggestion on lid Brief musical opening Bill & Co limp off to quiet do (10) Become calmer Best Actress in a Supporting Role Oscar nominee for Tootsie Be indebted to Bit of nosh found in bags as light refreshment Beirut is restored by an emperor Biblical king, not entirely one who's admired Bitterness on getting quantity of liquid (6) Being angry, I scold (5) Bacon slices (7) Bend forwards (5) Become frozen again Bettino —, prime minister of Italy from 1983-87 Blue feathers Brave bishop gets elderly Baker’s product Bother with false lashes Bird beginning to reveal hidden gunman Bosh icon's echo (anag) — with only one option! (7,6) Bodily (8) Broadcast again (5) Big Tech (and Ted's dosh) could possibly bring material success (3,5,7) Bothered by independence, right — judged it to be divisive (9) Boned side of fish (6) Behind award for actor's moving finale (5) Bound, we hear to the general course (4) Book that always retains its freshness? (5) Bit of quartz includes metal (4) Burial or cremation (7) Bullet that expands (6) Bellybutton (5) Bishop's headdress (5) Broken bone scan Bright distress signal Beautify, adorn Bird in the nest Base error about prophet Business rated incorrectly Beer Become thirsty Bullets etc Bankrupt following black bear Build up a team, by the sound of it Backless sofa (5) Boy's name (5) British unit of capacity equal to nine gallons Bertolt —, dramatist whose stage plays include Mr Puntila and his Man Matti Bird, first of dozens in flock Break partly cures this Brave — charmer (7) Backing car, around which walkers with torch finally set out at night? (5,5) Bond with gun breaking rule, I suspect (8) Build battlements when Norman's head is found in basket, dead (10) Blunt — rude (6) Backless sofa (5) Boy's name (5) Batter ingredient Bone of the leg also called a patella Battle of —, 1800 conflict near Alessandria, Italy, in which France defeated Austria Bemused with creature Before Best part of Japanese literature Bag some winners at Cheltenham Behold bishop's domain Backless sofa (5) Boy's name (5) Best Actress in a Supporting Role Oscar winner for Precious Bring up the back Bomb hole Biblical character in the sauna Bodily support (3) Be suitable (6) Bereavement (4) Bid Big cat Believe everyone to have portmanteau British artist in underwear Ballroom dance Being untruthful Body of water Beaten by a whisker (7) Boy's name (4) Brotherly (9) Body powder (4) Badly off (4) Broadway show featuring Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel; 2004 Tony Award Best Musical nominee Black partially dried plum with a wrinkled appearance Both arduous and difficult inside Boy comes down from Oxford as one? Bundle Bind Bird’s roost Birds circling on rising from an Italian city Bussell or Baryshnikov (6) Burning sensation in the chest (9) Boil vigorously (6) Being in love changes demeanour (9) Broadcast game that's enjoyed by those about to fly? (3,6) Bleat (3) Besides Belief Bored with raw material Black leopard Bird, for example? About time! Begin to drive dangerously? (9) Be brilliant (11) Best organised (7) Banged up lead criminal in cartel for illegal activity (7,7) Be a superior gardener, and become even more so (4,6) Be superior to other pupils (8) Beat (6) Book of words (7) Bobbin (5) Burden (4) Bulky or heavy (5) Branch of maths (7) Board a ship Bellow Brace made from log Before Be conscious of fine fish Bound to be a growing time (6) Boy's name (3) Bury (5) Banquet (5) Business (5) Bound to change diet Block British article Believes Bed's base son breaks (5) Being a sport, send quick message to practise at first on golf (4-4) Bunch adopting affected attitudes? (4) Be on fire Book division Boat of logs Bob —, US comedian who played Papa Elf in 2003 film Elf Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for Ship of Fools Best Actor in a Supporting Role Oscar nominee for Quo Vadis? Bound to be a growing time (6) Boy's name (3) Bury (5) Banquet (5) Business (5) Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for Fiddler on the Roof Board game in which players try to transfer pieces from their own to their opponents' bases Boarder finds cabin right Beg for new pedal Big look around house Beautiful youth Best (7) Bound to be a growing time (6) Boy's name (3) Bury (5) Banquet (5) Business (5) Bruised Burrowing bivalve mollusc such as the quahog Being lumbered with melancholy Badger's burrow (4) Beat victim one seizes and sucks (7) Backed America and abandoned another country (5) Buoyancy aid for a team of Marines (7) Bet on squiggle representing an American dandy? (6-6) Backless seat (5) Behold feline and point to find Boy's name forged, possibly, by youth leader Bishop put on weight in spring Black gear for two-masted vessel Bed consisting of a solid base and mattress (5) Bewitched (10) Benjamin, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield (8) Beach merging with delta may be cut off (10) Ballroom dance (3-3) Broadway production starring Ethel Merman; 1960 Tony Award for Best Musical nominee Bring up the back Burn the tea, right? Basic arsenal includes vehicles By reason of (5) Beast (6) Become aware of crew reportedly being summoned (4,3) Big cat (4) Brave person (4) Bluish-black element (6) Belonging to us (3) Broad street Backless seat Book of maps By the way Bucket Broad Branch of geology concerned with the study of the composition, origin and structure of rocks Bow of a vessel Briefly a judge Breed of dog Beers Brave egghead in mixed choir Bizarre report of former lover, silly cretin (9) Belligerent mother's on trial when leader demoted (7) Begins Birds used big nuts Be a shade over-extravagant? (4) Business anxiety (7) Bird in top gear, apparently! (5) Bring up (5) Be seated (3) Bread makers (6) Bramble Brooding about god British male wrong to have daughter charged Bad lad in south is bizarre Bob tells Tom about navy dress By the sound of it, girl could blow up Bright and blustery at first, then wet Bearing (8) Be a shade over-extravagant? (4) Business anxiety (7) Bird in top gear, apparently! (5) Bring up (5) Be seated (3) Bread makers (6) Bread maker Business establishment owner
