Clues Starting With e European language Eradicate Explain with pictures European republic; capital Bucharest Employed American journalist Era Efficiently brief (5,3,5) Example of animated epic with humans chasing monsters, ultimately (8) Extract from psychotherapist's article (3) End of equation should = 0 (6) Envy, resent (8) Eye infection (4) Every Eyelid swelling Exchange roles with no-hoper Evaluated trade incorrectly Emperors of stars, possibly Eastern lake is creepy Egg cells Experience uncharitable emotion when taking over from diplomat Egotist from South America thus raced back (9) Epochs (4) Explosive mixture (9) Entry (6) Engage in pugilism (3) Endure Execute dance, with Romeo standing in for Victor (7) Endless clues for Rod's basket and tack (see below) (6-4-5) Even in case of forgery one paper appears twice (5-5) Eager (4) Exaggerated publicity Eric —, Monty Python member who wrote the book of Broadway musical Spamalot Erich —, head of state of East Germany from 1976-89 Evergreen tree of the Mediterranean with edible, shiny black fruits European staff Entrance hall Expert standing beside a large old member of cattle family Enthusiasm after good stink from ancient incendiary weapon Epigrammatic Japanese poem (5) Endless spin in many institutions starts around copier (8) Eager (4) Extensive slaughter Eager, astir Emile —, French author of the novels Germinal and Therese Raquin Emotional about particle Edible bulb Eras Eager (4) Edges of a roof Everything unknown to friend Extremely Extremely hungry (8) Engrave Eye up Exotic performer Era Extremities of planet full of spirit (7) Everybody on the voyage completely nonplussed (3,2,3) Engrave Each Exorbitant Eat away in a buffet cheaply enough, perhaps (4) Exceptionally gifted person 6) (6) Egg-shaped Event, occurrence Exhibit Edward —, 1983 World Championships shot put gold medallist Element of victory? Entreaty Earlier (6) Effort (7) European royal family has swamped Britain with revolting food (8) Evil king to fall (4) Esculent (6) Explode (8) Elephant’s long pointed tooth Eurasian plant also called goosegrass with small white flowers and prickly fruits Encouraged compassion to treat need Expose Every time Everyone here is put on by firm (7,7) Everybody having bottoms raised, hands down (3,4,2) Exit (6) Editions Extreme greed for riches Eric —, comedian-writer who authored 2005 volume of biography If I Don't Write It, Nobody Else Will Encountered the police in London Examine Expressions Explicit Exhausted (5,3) Exit (6) Enraged Enrolled as a member Extremely Extra fight has energy Entreat for three keys Enjoy archaeology Expert in tracery Element Exterior Exit (6) Edward —, composer of 1900 oratorio The Dream of Gerontius Expensive-sounding animal Extol Earth Epistle Exaggerate report of eggs condition Eyelid inflammation (4) Expatriates (6) European river (5) Extra covered by the Rules of Cricket, Law 26 part 2 Encountered the police in London Equal English fellow getting reaction for unrestrained outpouring in speech Engrossing thriller of a book (4-6) Extensive (4) Eager trainee losing end of decider on points (7) Ephemeral nature of rotting nectarines (10) Era (5) Entice Ever-changing swerve Everyone Exchange of tennis shots Encourage boy to keep up looking left and right Enrolment (12) Entrance or exit (6) Emerge from an egg (5) Eric prepared some food Encourage farm produce Earls wandering in the light Elderly Element Exhausted European Organisation for Nuclear Research (4) Eats possibly, as some in France outside home (5) Evil (7) Elevator (4) Endearingly pretty Extra studies hold up government-appointed 'expert' Exchange of views (12) Explode, as fool stands on foot (2,3) Examine permits for slots (7) Experience essential to keeping resort modern (7) Excavate almost everything with the fingers (7) Early leaver (3) Evict (5) Exercise club Erudite Expressionless Ernest —, English painter whose works include 1885's The Bitter Draught of Slavery Entertainer ran to adorer Errand-boy Elegy awful, Gray initially admitted (5) English runner participating in Jakarta Marathon (5) Excavate almost everything with the fingers (7) Early leaver (3) Evict (5) Eight-sided figure Extremely great, stupendous Equipment E E —, US poet whose volumes include 1923's Tulips and Chimneys Extra pears are used Evict Essential Exotic dancer surely not suitable for all Johnsons? Examine (7) Equal (5) Excavate almost everything with the fingers (7) Early leaver (3) Evict (5) Egyptian god of music and pleasure Examine Engine English boy punches judge ... BOOM! Erstwhile; formerly (7) Early morning service (9,3) Eager (4) Enemy (3) Earlier than the time when Egg-shaped European —, small marine food fish also called a brisling Eugene —, Romanian dramatist whose stage works include Exit the King and Rhinoceros Entertaining company (6) Eat around six? Wonderful! (6) European travel: journey is a gratifying experience (3-4) Emphasise policy must follow European articles (9) Elaborate charade about time left for city feature (9) European river (6) Expert (3) Elixir Excursion Eight-piece group Element Extremists — cut fingernail (anag) (7,6) Everybody let son and daughter cut grass on 1/11 (3,7,3) Each master eats pastry (6) Emerge again to gather fruit (8) Every European —, small marine food fish also called a brisling Eugene —, Romanian dramatist whose stage works include Exit the King and Rhinoceros Element of victory? Edge of the machine Extreme Ethical Eye cosmetic Effects (7) Elaborate on line in bill, leading man to appeal (6,3,5) Exile keeping unruly racists in order (9) English county (5) Exclude (5) Eurasian plant with yellow flowers also called the Lent Lily Expurgate Entertain Essentially legal, personal habit Enraged (7) Emit Enclosed Eighth planet from the sun (7) Enraged (7) Evil spirit Enthusiast from Brazil, say English river Exclude Encourage Explicit sex possibly involves president Elgar (anag) (5) Enraged (7) Equable Eight-sided polygon (7) Employs for wages (5) Engine (5) Expressing of expert opinions Enjoyed oneself, having tricked sailor - and everyone Economic downswing (5) Easy win (4-2) Entertain (5) Encountered (3) Empower (6) Exhilarate (5) Extent of anger varies Entreaty European capital European in need of right anorak Essential element of Depression: onset of hunger (4) East Midlands town doctor set child free (12) Eggs, when split by line, part (4) European region's loud people being grounded (8) Endless surly noise to become greater (4) Extract, remove Enemy Eve —, actress who portrayed Wallis Simpson in 2010 biopic The King's Speech Edible mollusc English composer Exclude Excursion Extremely crafty journalists found in tree Easy when half-cut, checks for groups with attractive bodies Extremely sharp (7) Exercise authority (4,3,4) Excessive loss of water from the body (11) Era (5) Elaborate parade (7) Educate (5) Evidence European river Elevate Estimable, decent European with present trouble grasping English divine command (3,5,2,5) Expression of regret Exact copy Educational establishment English name of the Greek island in the SW Aegean Sea where the Venus de Milo was found Either of the two canines in the upper jaw Encountered Ending in death Enthusiast from Brazil, say Enthuse about Vera Expansive Egg white (7) Edges of a roof Equal with one couple Equal with one couple Established religious ceremony (4) Extraordinarily powerful article Poirot was on to (9) External route diverted (5) Error in casting Cinderela? (8,7) Enter construction with German royal stand-in Encourages farm produce Enter construction with German royal stand-in Encourages farm produce Exploited (4) Elephantine trumpetings? (5,5) Extend a banquet (6) Enveloped with what's revised by the editor (7) Eyed up (5) Eyelid inflammation (4) Effrontery Eye colour E M —, author of 1930 novel Diary of a Provincial Lady Enjoy wagging tail using fingers Exercise gives quiet energy Enjoy wagging tail using fingers Exercise gives quiet energy Endless crude oil misused by humans? Absurd Element burning with pong when current put through Endless danger for one of the little folk (4) Everything (3) Exploratory spacecraft Edward —, author of 1962 stage play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Enthusiast from Brazil, say Enthusiast from Brazil, say E.g. setter's tight post-holiday state Express statements of resistance in French and English (3-4) Eg including this artist is superficially damaging (5) Escargot (5) Explosion (5) Eldest son of Cain in the Old Testament Emilie —, 2007 Mexican Open singles tennis champion Errors student has avoided in small quantities Endless sin, in that degree, will engage Rector and other ministers Excellent account, with documentation, about movement – vinegary stuff Everything unknown disregarded by supporter Escargot (5) Explosion (5) Escargot (5) Explosion (5) Edmund —, Best Actor in a Supporting Role Oscar nominee for Mister 880 Egg-shaped wind instrument also called a sweet potato English nurses hosting foremost of Xmas spreads Engrossed; hellbent (6) Earliest form of modern human in Europe (3-6,3) Eighth letter of the Greek alphabet (5) Expensive (4) Edict (6) Expressionless (7) Enemy puts iron ring inside European capital Equipment cut by northern contract Engrained dirt (5) Elated (8) Essential sign in heart oddly ignored (5) East German in mature comeback (7) Enough said, every now and then, on match (8) Elephant's long teeth (5) Extinct language of ancient southern Italy Engineers sit and relax Entreaty Eye part Entirely lacking (6) Everybody returns to embrace old woman (4) Exaggerate (6) Entrance (4) Easily Evict Earth Erupt suddenly on holiday abroad? Egypt's river would be nothing without Egypt's capital Everything under the sun I ever recollected (8) Eye up (4) Engelbert —, Federal Chancellor of Austria from 1932-34 Egg-shaped (4) Expenditure Enjoyment Emasculate (5) Exceptionally cold and definitively negative (7) Egg-shaped (4) Equal with one couple Earls running to the light Equal Exterior English learnt painfully, never to be forgotten Exist longer than (7) Egg-shaped (4) Exhaustion Edward —, Pre-Raphaelite painter whose works include 1884 oil King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid Everything unknown to friend Explosion is fun Eruption Enforces one's authority by coming down hard (6,3,4) Extremely disappointed; thoroughly fed- up (4,2,1,6) Eagle's nest (5) Electricity supply (5) Explosion Enjoy archaeology Equipment Extract from author describing multitude Excessively focussed on one area, rewriting adverse policies (15) Earthenware (7) Excellent selection Edible crustacean End of June still cold Exchange of prisoners rejected (4) Element of victory European river Emperor going round old country could be positive or negative Everyone in competition for conscription Economy measure called for by movie director? Ex-vice president good to go once more (4) End part (4) Estrange (8) Eisenhower's nickname (3) Encounter (4) Exhibit or display Edible kernel Elder, for example, in family diagram Exceptionally good woman meets resistance European peak (3) End fuel crisis as required (7) Evidently doesn't suffer in silence (5,2,4) Employment (5) Evaluate (6) Excess flesh (3) External East German car launched in 1957 that was built at Zwickau Europeans with great dogs Extremely desirable sort of editor Europe sometimes requires this currency Emperor is to keep sleeping, interrupted by lion (8) Examinations of any sales subject to corruption (8) Evidently doesn't suffer in silence (5,2,4) Employment (5) Evaluate (6) Excess flesh (3) Exaggerated publicity Expensive pets turn out to have energy European staff Elegance without the French pen Evidently doesn't suffer in silence (5,2,4) Employment (5) Evaluate (6) Excess flesh (3) Endanger Enemy Engineers set to relax Exhausted and broke Entreaty Element Eagerly expectant (4) Equine animal (5) Emánuel —, Hungarian composer and inventor of a two-keyboard piano Extremely talented person (7) Enormous honour presented by Home Counties (5) Equipment army used to imprison resistance (3,4) Embarrass person of substance when lot includes forgery (3,5) Expose bias on television, where radical thinking may take place (7,3,3) Eastern team the French made outcasts (6) Experts in it will tell you if a stray moon is about (9) Eye covering (5) Endure (5) Elfenesh —, winner of the 2003 Tokyo International Women's Marathon Edmund —, English tragic actor whose roles included Shylock at Drury Lane in 1814 Edgar Allan —, US short story writer who died in 1849 Equal with one couple Exert Excursion Extremely awkward teacher reveals accessory Example of punctuation almost unprecedented in official statement (10) Eccentric dispute in delta region (8) Exalted figures in the theatre Enjoy wagging tail using fingers English county Element Excess (4) Enraged Indiana bank crushes strike (8) Exclude (5) Emerge from an egg Exclusive news story European plant also known as a wood hyacinth or harebell Eric —, WBC Super Middleweight champion from 2001-03 Examine Eastern European Express a view Emend a text (4) Evening party (6) Endangers (8) Envoy (6) Elder (6) Elk has right to be gloomy Envisaged Endure with less energy English poet is religious leader Endangers (8) Envoy (6) Elder (6) Emilio —, actor whose roles have included William H Bonney in 1988 action film Young Guns Edgar —, painter and sculptor whose works include 1877's Dancers Practicing at the Barre Edward —, 19th-century English humorist noted for nonsense poems such as The Jumblies Escaped to form union Expected Economist associated with Milton Endangers (8) Envoy (6) Elder (6) Entertainer Emil —, painter and engraver whose works include 1913 lithograph The Three Kings English golfer who won the 1987 Panasonic European Open Evict Eras Euphoric; cock-a-hoop (6) Exonerate and discharge (3,3) Explosion in 15? (6) Every single ache (4) Eager (4) Extended journey (4) Edible crustacean (4) Eye part (4) Eskimo boat (5) Enter data (5) Elephant in stories for children by Jean de Brunhoff English actor associated with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company who was knighted in 1930 Eject (4,3) Exhaust me, returning to America retired (8) Encourage German to enter naked (5) Examine boss on the end of slavery (5) Excellent pedigree on the railway? (5,5) Engrave (4) Equipment (4) Endurance Explosion is fun Eruption Embarrassing display of emotion as part of play Expressed contempt in petty quarrel Eagle’s nest Except broken vase Excellent fruit Essential Expert history teacher? Eastern politician bound to be exhausted English physicist, remembered for his law of gravitation, d. 1726 (6) End of a prayer Extra pears were used Exclude its coarse form Expels (5) Excluded poet, say Engineers have always to get respect Esteem Early in the afternoon daughter made amends Entitlement (5) Expels (5) Egress European food fish similar to the turbot Enthusiast from Brazil, say Equipment Expels (5) Expert in a particular field Engineers beat off discount Equine mammal Eccentric Israeli composer Elegant comfort (6) Encountered (3) Elm, for example (4) Epochs (4) Elderly (4) English name for the port in Nord, France, that saw a mass evacuation of troops in 1940 Email hacked by a girl Extraordinary singer's last appearance live (4) Era (5) Edges Especially Era Everything unknown to friend Ellipse Enjoy your meal in Paris? Easily disgusted (9) Express exception (to) (5) Eternal pursuit of the happy ending (4,5) Emphatically not at home! (3,3,3) Extremely (4) Enter (2,2) Eye disease Excessively adorned Equilibrium Exhibit or display Element Expedition Estimate based on experience — deduce sea gust (anag) (8,5) Educating ___ , 1980 Willy Russell stage comedy (4) Eventually finish parody, scratching head (3,2) Easily seen or detected Embitters wild beast behind tree Exasperates European wind Errant Don, I, with a fiasco for the fans? (11) European or American in book title (4) Edge along (5) Examine Ebb and flow Electrical connection in lair Edge along (5) Encourage farm produce Essential Excellent player (8) Expectorated (4) Edge along (5) Erse Extra playing card Engrave Elizabeth —, author of the novels The Last September and Eva Trout European plant of the pink family whose leaves yield a detergent when bruised Eric prepared some food Entertain fellow with beer European capital Edible crustacean Eye membrane (6) Extreme greed for riches Esteem Eye part Excessive enthusiasm shown by some Tasmanians End of the line? (8) Entered cinema, excitedly (4,2) Everyone embraces first female to get academic qualification (1,5) Early invader lacking an approved standard (4) Eland, for example (8) Emit light Elias —, 17th-century antiquary whose collection of artefacts and library was donated to Oxford University Employer’s new ruse Entreaty Examine Eeyorish (10) Endanger (8) Eccentric, Beryl? Hope that's exaggeration (9) Experts (4) Elastic synthetic fabric whose brand names include Lycra Element of victory Extra payment Easy task (6,4) End of life (5) Eat steadily and audibly Elisabeth —, Best Actress in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for Leaving Las Vegas Expert yearned to be stretched Elderly English river Extended Escape route (4) Europeans make eyepiece with high finish (5) Evidence of right to a name (5) End part (4) Elderly Enclosure with bars Entertain fellow with beer Everyday Escape punishment and go to sleep Erstwhile plum duffer (5) Empress turned up when cross (8) Evidence of right to a name (5) End part (4) Embrocation Explosion is fun Eruption Exert force; the Fourth Estate (5) Exchanges (5) Extremist End of life Evaluates Earthy pigment containing ferric oxide Encourage farm produce Extra about Rome EU slang involved in a Catholic prayer (7) Extremely suggestive text sent to musicians (6) Edge into church for sin (5) Enough to correspond after a date (8) Excluded poet, we hear European staff Egg on hamburger? Not entirely! Excessive pride (9) Ebb (4,4) Express difficulty finding temporary solution (5,3) Extra note is switched for two (8) Enemy (3) Express an opinion (5) Express regret Explosive Exclude Enterprise shown by Labour leader? Nonsense! Extremely selfish, muscular Atlas did (8) Eastern (8) Electrical interference Escort Environmental organisation whose headquarters are in Amsterdam Eldest of the three sons of Noah in the Old Testament European vegetable Extra-terrestrial Express a view Extremely short dress revealed by flashing light Embarrassing predicament (6) Employer (4) Easy to lift Evans —, 2004 London Marathon and Chicago Marathon men's race winner Eric prepared some food Employer (4) Equal to in importance or quality Eden Eat rapidly Eurasian legless lizard with a snake-like body Enrol Escort a damaged ship Eastern European turns up with iodine in medicine bottles Employer (4) Enemy E R —, former England Test cricket captain born in Milan, Italy, in 1935 Enjoy match Exercise may provide nutrition Epithet; additional title (3-4) Embarrassing error; crusty white bread (7) Establish (3,2) European country (5) Eye membrane Entrance with gold dessert Explosive found on beach Extra payment Eccentrics with empty tins for scraps Endlessly chilly in depression (3) Easy shot, we hear, over key stronghold (7) Extremely canny gentlemen edit what's produced by pen (6) Evidence of overeating by public body? (11) Extra playing card (5) Empire's ruler (7) Expert, proficient Edition English river Earth's one source of electricity consumed by factory (6) Expert missing home went on cutting rose from Cape? (7,3) End of flight, outdoors and in (7) Erratic Edward —, author of 1965 stage play Saved Eats healthily as tides change Energy saving scheme Except vase gets broken Engineers follow, but not wholesale Enclosures for swans Eras Engrave Exhibiting confidence (7) Establish (5) Expose more of text, namely by revolutionary movement (6) Enclosed what's written, but not using word processor (6) Egg’s outer covering Explosive cat is terribly arrogant Exclude from pub Endlessly hearing about rupture Eating utensil Equip with masts or sails (3) Electric discharge between two points (3) Emergency (6) Expend (3,2) Edibles Excessively sentimental film or book Evergreen or deciduous tree or shrub whose fruit is the acorn Enamelled or lacquered metal ware popular in the 18th century Editor went mad and ran amok Expensive, the French part of church Energetic (8) Expressionless (5) Expert insight for furnishing (9) Emergency (6) Expend (3,2) Evaluated trade incorrectly Easily bent (6) Emergency (6) Expend (3,2) Eight-sided figure Encountered aluminium, or something like it Entered; explored (4,4) Exercises to improve oxygen levels (8) Early animal shelter (3) Explosive device (6,4) Eatable (6) Eagle's nest (5) Eagerly expectant (4) European language Encircle Era Exert Expression Emblem right for nocturnal mammal Endure (5) Engrave (4) Earthenware beer mug Evaluation, estimation Employed American journalist Embodiment in flower Expensive fur (coat) (4) Endlessly regular, in his place (5) Evaluated (5) Edible marine gastropod mollusc also called a sea-ear Exclude from the pub European river Eton chap designed memorial Express, for example Eager to have paintings around study Enclosure for female swan Equally skilful with either hand (12) Enjoyable (8) Everything for Montgomery? (3,4,5) Endorsement of commercial choice (8) Edge (5) Essential (5) Emit light (5) Envoy (6) Encouragement or help Evident Ending in death Engineers packing and getting back Exclusive Embellish (5) Essential — lively (5) Evaluate (8) Eatery within media company short of meat (6) Expert wished good riddance? (8) Extreme bit of grammatical timing? (7) Engage in pugilism (3) Echo-location Enclose Epic story (4) End of road — politician in criminal case bunks off (7) Extreme bit of grammatical timing? (7) Engage in pugilism (3) Eurasian plant whose aromatic leaves are used as herbs for seasoning Eric is beheaded by cruel king Explosion (5) Extreme bit of grammatical timing? (7) Engage in pugilism (3) Elderly get enclosed, but not initially Excessively as well Eccentric message Ellipse Evaluating a sailor Enquire in the backstreet for jobs (5) Explosion (5) Embraces (4) Early Latin translation of the Bible prepared mainly by St Jerome Esteem Enticed (7) Each class function (7) Each cat essentially spies a tree (6) Epochs (4) Evergreen flowering shrub Electricity supply Employed American journalist Escargots (6) Extreme poverty (6) European bridge: one should start leading hearts (7) Expands (7) Essential person or thing Erik —, French composer of 1917 ballet Parade Extent of anger varies Exceptional Echo-location Expression Encountered rock half underground Edible green seeds (4) Equilibrium (7) Edward is not here, apparently, but famous (5) Exercising weight English county European capital Emphasize a modern complaint Expunge (6) Expresses an opinion (6) Extreme (5) Educate (5) Exclusive story (5) Excellent selection Enclosures for swans Exasperate by ordering a race bet Embitter Emotionally excited (3,2) Entertainment venue close to bath full of chlorine (9) Escapes including receipts? They shouldn't really be seen (3-5) Ecological style of writing about to be promoted (5) Expunge (6) Expresses an opinion (6) Extreme (5) Educate (5) Exclusive story (5) Edible internal parts of an animal, such as the heart and liver Every ache is treated Enemy forced to land Every Enriched sand processed to make porcelain Extremely upsetting (3-9) Expunge (6) Expresses an opinion (6) Extreme (5) Educate (5) Exclusive story (5) Enmity Excellent buy Ending is lean if altered Eventually alter form Enemy Emperor discovering duck on north-eastern river Even-tempered, calm (6) Eyelid inflammation (4) Egg white (7) Electronic message (1-4) Eat or drink noisily (5) Enjoying continued success Either of the two egg-shaped masses of grey matter at the base of the brain Equal with one couple Employer restricted by house rules Examine empty trolley that's barely sufficient Eyesight problem making distant objects appear blurred (6) Elation (anag) — protection for 18 (7) Edge into church at a war zone (6) Expedient appreciated by bored pupils? (5-4) Expression of frustration about European taxes (5) Eccentric has row in Cyprus (6) Enormous cat in it (7) Eagle's nest (5) Easily broken Exchange or swap Easy alternative Emphasise dialect Eager European nation Engine on rails (abbr) (4) English rock band formed in the 1960s (6,3) Embarrass (9) English writer upset about first letter from Greece — or a later one (5) Ensure European —, small marine food fish also called a brisling Elaborate accompanied song for solo voice in an opera Expected to have quiet daughter fooled Existence Exhausted Endless military drill (informal) (6-7) Everything is plain at the end of the emergency (3,5) Expose to view (4) Extremely ugly (7) Establish (3,2) Edition (5) Evidence Excellent Excellent team run by peer Embrace Entry Estonia's perplexed with old barren state (10) Exhaustion (7) Eatable (6) Edible, marine, bivalve mollusc found on the sea bed Eric —, Monty Python member who wrote the book of Broadway musical Spamalot Elegant groom, last in vestry Eccentric eats filth? C'est la vie! Excellent number with no factors Elegant (4) Emit gas and perhaps smoke around gallery (8) Exhaustion (7) Eatable (6) European capital Everyone Exhaustion (7) Eatable (6) Edible snail Everlasting Ettore —, Italy-born car manufacturer who died in France in 1947 Exchange roles with no-hoper Elk has right to be dejected Excellent Ethnicity lessons in Ascot, for example Enticing everyone to join university band Effect of over-indulgence (8) Eat dinner Elongated eel-like fish of the North Atlantic Evangeline —, Canadian actress whose roles have included Connie James in 2008 film drama The Hurt Locker Equipment Epochs (4) Extra expansive Edge Element Explosive device right for underground worker Essex town providing staff for plane, maybe (11) Eg Romeo dismissing Juliet's second film sequence (7) Euro MP worried about current mass market (8) Exalted crowd for the service (4,4) Entire Errol —, actor who played the title role in 1942 biopic Gentleman Jim Entertainer turned to drama Equestrian clause Essential Engine Entourage (7) Entertainer who performs dance routines with a python or boa constrictor (5,7) Examiner buttons lip for a term (9) Eye up (4) Emitted light Eugene O'Neill stage play which opened in New York in 1924 Ed —, Best Actor in a Supporting Role Oscar winner for Sweet Bird of Youth Exceptional English woman's indicator of rank? Ernestine freed people who are locked up Elastic synthetic fabric — expands (anag) (7) Escapade (for a bird?) (4) Establish oneself in bandsmen's concerts (8) Exceeding normal limits Extremely large Eighth son of Jacob in the Bible; ancestor of one of the twelve tribes of Israel Extol Expect (5) Eisteddfod winner, dull, turned up (4) Establish oneself in bandsmen's concerts (8) Eyelid swelling Express gratitude to Expect Eastern Eager Enrol Emporium Exercise for the stomach muscles (3-2) Establish oneself in bandsmen's concerts (8) Edible crustacean Erki —, 2000 Olympic decathlon gold medallist European coin English knight with fine former shroud Enclosure for sport Edge along (5) Edward —, Chairman of the Conservative Party from 1965-67 Elementary particle of antimatter with the same mass as an electron, but a positive charge Excessively as well Exactly according to landlady Entourage Equipment Everything that is bad finally is related Eccentricity of Foreign Office manual lacking introduction (6) Extravagant queen gets aquatic beast (5) Exclude (5) Envoy (6) Epochs Expensive Exaggeratedly masculine Elaine —, actress who directed, co-wrote and co-starred in 1971 romcom A New Leaf Exclude from pub Extremely lazy? Lie on bed for a change End the French tax levied by French king! (6) Easy scoring chance (6) Especially or essentially Enjoy wagging tail using fingers Eager Expression Enraged, demanded reform Encourage in doing wrong (4) Everything (3) Evaluate (6) Equipment Egg part Emile —, French author of the novels Germinal and Therese Raquin Edible bulb Extinct reptile is around in changed form Ed's remarks about shift worker? European shrub with pink or white flowers and aromatic blue-black berries Early form of sonar developed by the British between the two world wars (inits) Extolled European leader has two men thrown out Engrave (4) Eyelid inflammation (4) Extremely (4,2) Endeavour of a worker to come in sober (7) Engrave (4) Eyelid inflammation (4) Embodiment European food fish similar to the turbot Encourage farm produce Element of victory? Expands Effective narration Encroach (on) (7) Engrave (4) Eyelid inflammation (4) Efficient and methodical Ellipse Empowering girl with flashy jewellery Exaggeration, overstatement (9) Elaborate, embellish (9) Exploratory spacecraft Enlist loner somehow English royal dynasty Empty cell affair causing uproar Empty shores in which you'll see bird moves quickly (6) Egalitarian, like a teacher without pupils? (9) Engage in commercially (4) Emits light (6) Earl employed to cover up one showing signs of old age? (4-6) Egalitarian, like a teacher without pupils? (9) Engage in commercially (4) Emits light (6) Exact copy Eucalyptus tree of south-eastern Australia also called a But-but Expose Ease Everyone is seen after fine trip Exposed poet swallowing tablet English port in separate country Expelled (6) Earth’s satellite Everything Elizabeth —, Best Actress in a Leading Role Oscar winner for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Encourage around circuit Enthusiast left, finished Energy saving scheme Expert covering right amount of land Excused for having caused an explosion European flower — a little tender honeysuckle Egalitarian wish for everybody to excel? (3,3,4) Eleanor —, actress whose roles have included Augusta Colt in 2004 romcom Wimbledon Element European river Emotion Extremely rare coin seen not long ago Eye infection (4) eg Futura (4) Elaborate — pastiches do it (anag) (13) Eliminate (7) Every plot, by the way, will have one (8) Evident (8) Embrace (3) Engrave Edgar —, painter and sculptor whose works include 1877's Dancers Practicing at the Barre Electronic message Explorer returns and officer leaves Empty talk (4) Every plot, by the way, will have one (8) Evident (8) Embrace (3) Either of two edible marine bivalve molluscs of Australia and New Zealand Explosion is fun Everything unknown to companion Everyone in gallery Eruption Ethical Elapse Everything Editorial chief Every plot, by the way, will have one (8) Evident (8) Embrace (3) Enormously large Encircle English name of Roman comic dramatist Publius Terentius Afer whose works include Andria and Eunuchus Excluded Easiest form I left out for kids Endorsement (11) Even Shylock didn't demand this extravagant payment (2,3,3,1,3) Endlessly surprised by web (4) Extremely (4) Enjoyment of food Excerpt Evident Elaborate or terribly neat European city Egyptian god Essentially, newcomer tackles code of silence (6) Earth caught by radio interference over the moon (8) Examination necessitating a lot of bookwork (5) Eat, we hear, for a laugh Equipment used by climbers (3,5) Examination necessitating a lot of bookwork (5) Expunge (6) Expands (7) Element of victory Employer sure to get upset Elizabeth’s wager Enthuse to new flyer Expression Entreaty Elect Exhausted Endless help one is given where saint was born Exclude fellows who work for mine host (6) Entrust another with the duties of French ambassador (8) Expert (3,4) Envy Evade or go round Edward —, US painter whose works include 1846 oil Noah's Ark Eighteenth letter in the Greek alphabet English classical composer, d. 1934 (5) Enemy runs away from front … (3) Endless beauty in cojones — for those showing them? (7) Ending in death (5) Exercise type Editor sadly ran amok Eat — but not seriously, we hear Ending in death (5) Equity Excessively proud Exhausted and broke Equal Examine backward boy and gossip Every other letter from dear friends went astray Employment for Poles? Expression of surprise about publication in town west of Belfast Essential (5) Ending in death (5) Expert in tracery Equal with one couple Enough to have beer with politician Extol Elderly Early washing machines (4-4) Every seven days, leader apparently turned up submissively (6) Engineer can request a book, needing to start afresh, it's said (4,2,6,3) Extraterrestrial's son's declining wits (6) Everybody in church retains a friendly relationship (8) Every atlas, I agree, will include it (4) Expects (6) Eat dinner (4) Elm, for example (4) Eurasian plant with daisy-like flower heads Easy to get fellow to rhyme Examine Egyptian canal upsetting a Greek god Event that fails badly (6) Elbow say brownish, seen from underneath (5) Explain what is foreign to us? (9) Egg-shaped (4) Etiquette when eating Exaggerated publicity Experience or endure Egg-shaped wind instrument also called a sweet potato Elena —, 2008 Olympic singles tennis gold medallist Emphasise tension Excellent policeman Expensive set broke record Employer’s new ruse Entrusted with oxidation Extol English grasped by kids completely, as they say (5) Election Element of medal Expert Easily frightened Election worker sails south with queen Eels try wriggling briefly Easily bent into shape (7) Everlasting (7) Equipment (3) Exclusive story (5) Encounters (5) Exclude (5) Employment Erich Wolfgang —, Best Music, Original Score Oscar winner for The Adventures of Robin Hood Eldest of the three sons of Noah in the Old Testament Expense Eliminate Eye operation associated with neuralgia (5) Expression of agreement (5) Electrical interference Egg white Extra expansive Ensign gets on with small or large bottles English dramatist, winner of Nobel Prize for Literature in 2005 (6,6) Experience financial hardship (4,3,5) Eye operation associated with neuralgia (5) Expression of agreement (5) Eighth letter of the Greek alphabet Eye operation associated with neuralgia (5) Expression of agreement (5) Easy to lift Encourage revolutionary queen Extracted data about a detour Eh? (4) Enclosed kitchen fireplace (5) Entertain a Greek goddess (5) Eyesore constructed during last year (4) Egypt's capital (5) Egg white (7) Ear part (4) Edition (5) Endure Ending, about to study church Excitement Exclude bread rolls Even (5) Enigma Variations composer, d. 1934 (5) Expected successor to position or estate (4) Elves are beautiful in elegant stripy tops (7) Eager (4) Edible snail (8) Egg-shaped Extensive Eccentric prison officer unknown English poet who's liable to lash out? (7) Epoch (3) Entrances to new stage Engraves points Etches Ex-pat changes first name to Charlie for some protection (6) Endless slander I attributed to old girls and boys (6) Exclude or omit Explosive device Executioner in the William Shakespeare play Measure for Measure Exterior Excitable and unpredictable (8) Expensive (6) Evil (7) Endearingly pretty European freshwater fish with a compressed dark greenish body English dialect name for a green woodpecker Element used in hardening steel; symbol B Expert in tracery Example Embers Eliminate small misgiving, by the sound of it Egyptian goddess is seen repeatedly Evil (7) English name of Ein Heldenleben, the 1898 symphonic poem by Richard Strauss Endures final on Sunday Examination Early settlement for my "Peter Pan" production Evil (7) European language Expel from a property Edgar Allan —, US short-story writer who died in 1849 Elizabeth’s wager Expensive-sounding animal Epistle Encourage Everything that is singular for friendly nations Examples of popular positions (9) Editor turning stingy leads to our sort of attitude (9) Easy task that keeps learner secure (6) Ebb (6) Engine (5) European republic; capital Tallinn Everyone in gallery Equipment Entree Equal Everything Eagles drifting round North African country End of life, an evolution (6) Element (6) Eland, for example (8) Eat or drink Employed American journalist Everything unknown to friend Enlist Eccentric asking to hide Extra soft at the front, like such bras? (6) Engage in sport or cheat at it (4) Either way it's essential to a helicopter (5) Engraves (6) Eurasian plant whose aromatic leaves are used as herbs for seasoning Eerie Egress Eastern Sovereign Base Area near Larnaca, part of a British Overseas Territory in Cyprus Endures Examine Elevating Employ pundit, regardless of pressure (5) Edit clue, first of four condemned as underhand (9) Earth's level area included in test (9) Eerie (5) Excused (6) Evergreen tree of the Mediterranean with edible, shiny black fruits Eccentric message Exchange roles with no-hoper Equine mammal Excessive (5) Expression of amazement (5,2) Expression of regret Eight furlongs Edvard —, Norwegian composer of the incidental music for Peer Gynt by Henrik Ibsen Emilie —, 2007 Mexican Open singles tennis champion Emblem Endow new Norse god Eerie (5) Excused (6) Even-tempered, calm (6) Entreaty some people acknowledged English city (that may be local?) (5) European country with four official languages (11) Exhausted, having ridden a storm (7) Educator Endearing (8) Entr'acte (9) Element in technical speech Jack ignored Excessively polite (7) Equilibrium (7) Explosive missile part Errand Excited by the change in the air Exhausted American editor gets out of bed Enclosure holding a male or female bird Extremely wicked (7) Entire — total (4) English politician on way to board at Heathrow? (7) Exhausted Eye infection European waterway Empty container placed inside another Engineer may scorn radar, sonar, etc Emit a steady light without flames (4) Encourages recount — you might say 'pardon' (9) Even a smidgen of evidence (4) Extremely (4) Elisabeth —, British sculptor whose works include 1969's Horse and Rider Elongated freshwater air-breathing creature such as the South American — or West African — Espy casks, tumbled in paintings Exuberant friendliness Empty, boastful talk Eagle's nest? (5) Echoing musical with two notes raised (9) Entering eg Qatar, granddaughter went abroad (9) English playmaker Jack heading for nightclub in drag (7) Enter Extinct bird Extinct primate (6) Experienced person (3-5) Examine intensely (or superficially!) (4) Envoy (6) European republic; capital Helsinki Encourage around course Eric prepared some food Everyone End of Lent Examine Egyptian god Extremely smart band with guitar part Equestrian clause Extend Elevate lieutentant after chopper turned up Et cetera (3,2,2) Execrate (5) Early Mediaeval period in Western Europe (4,4) Exclusive news story Ecstasy among RC saints confused scriptwriter (9) Elected with no change in Washington, pure and simple (8) Establish residence in US city overlooking eastern tip of Florida (6) Episode going wrong in end? It encapsulates Conservative (8) Expands (7) Everlasting (7) Elie —, Polish-born sculptor whose works include 1915's Man in the Open Air Enthusiast from Brazil, say Exclude from pub Eye part Excuse — excuse me! (6) Elsinore's philosopher/statesman possibly becoming rasher? (6,5) Exhaust Spooner's dim individual (8) Exclusive party in extremity adopting new name (3,5) Expunge (6) Eyes, slang (7) Edmund —, London-born poet who authored 1928 memoir Undertones of War Eurasian bird such as the Grey-capped — or Yellow-breasted — Employed American journalist Extol Eye part European country with a musical sound Epitaph soon started to produce tears Every single bit of knowledge a child has (4) Elgar's looks? (6) Eight furlongs (4) Escort Eye colour Express regret Exclude Expressionless Ernst —, German aircraft designer who died in 1958 Exclude Elizabeth’s wager Endure to the final Equipment for school governors after dark Escape not allowed after holiday Edible sour leafstalks (7) Enlist (5) Embrace (3) Extinct member of the cattle tribe also called urus, the last specimen of which is believed to have died in Poland in 1627 Excluded Empty valise in French airport? That's too much! Enlist (5) Embrace (3) Energy savings scheme Extreme Epitaphs composed for the most fortunate Easily done Enlist (5) Embrace (3) Edible crustacean Equal with one couple Elapses Émigré Element Eat too much, and drink up last of wine Edible black marine bivalve (6) Excites readers? (7) Expression wears thin when spoken (6) Extra, more than usual (10) Eye up Erudite Elias —, 17th-century antiquary whose collection of artefacts and library was donated to Oxford University Exciting game at the plant Exhausted, no longer able to keep up? English audacity, with opponents getting laundered cash (10) Everybody involved in small railway reunion (5) Evil (7) Egyptian god of music and pleasure Eddy —, 1966 and 1969 European Championships 110m hurdles gold medallist Eccentric message Elapse Exchanging introductions, discover friendly energy supplier (4,4) Express ignorance about Italian's title (6) Eugene —, 19th-century author of serial novel Les Mysteres de Paris Exchange Excuse for gift given to prisoner European bears in trouble Everybody in the show is superficial (7) Eagle's nest (5) Easy scoring chance Equal with one couple Elevate Emotion European waterway English party to make a deep impression ET? (5) Encore! (5) Expecting (8) Exclude (5) E M Forster novel published posthumously in 1971 Embellish with alcohol? Egyptian monarch Expression Extended jackpot Expecting (8) Exclude (5) Eyelid swelling Event with two main features Each experience has it Eastern lake is creepy Edge Expert Extraterrestrial Everyone European waterway Elapse Enthuse Earlier head of religious house Endlessly tired horse ruined speculator Expecting (8) Exclude (5) Edges of a roof Entrusted with oxidation Exhibit old attitude Entreaty Echo-location Element Easy clues I'm pleased to provide Eccentric, but excellent, casserole (8) Everything you say is never wrong (8) Elaborate hindquarters indeed (8) Eastern (8) Excessively fat or fleshy Exhaust (resources) Edible European mushroom with a bluish stalk Enjoy archaeology European capital Emirates could be more hot and humid Employing an amusing finale (5) Entertains (6) Edition Extreme greed Exclude Ease (9) Endless commotion outside? Inside you once played (5) English fashion, eg clean style (8) European test report (5) Eccentric aunt carrying type of bomb in both hands — it's normal (7) Eye make-up (7) Exclusive (5) Egg-shaped Enemy Express in another language Exactly the sort of thing I like! (3,2,3) Express glee seeing officer caught up in boring duty (7) Exuberance shown by senior ghosts? (4,7) Evaluates (5) Edinburgh, for example (7) Elegant dress Edible bulb Edge Escaped (3,3) Elderly student spoiling gigolos rotten (13) Expression of postprandial satisfaction for Shakespearean character (5) Exclusive news story (5) Exhausted (3,2) Emerge from an egg (5) Egg white (7) End of life (5) Easily bent, supple (6) External Everything in gallery Embers Everyone Exclusive news story (5) Exhausted (3,2) Emerge from an egg (5) Egg white (7) End of life (5) Easily bent, supple (6) Elisabeth —, Best Actress in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for Leaving Las Vegas Edward —, 19th-century English humorist noted for nonsense poems such as The Jumblies European country Eager to wail over the dead Evaluate (6) Exclusive news story (5) Exhausted (3,2) Emerge from an egg (5) Egg white (7) End of life (5) Easily bent, supple (6) Elaborate cake Eradicate European volcano Elapsed Expert witness starts off with impudence Exchange (4) Engrave with acid (4) European facing question — competent and calm (7) Exaggerated or strong masculinity Extreme English title of an 1859 opera by Giuseppe Verdi Emperor of Japan from 1989 Entertain Examine short fastener Enter and rob (6) English county (abbr) (5) Eras (6) Eat dinner (4) Enemy (3) External (5) Entice Elisabeth —, actress who played Serena Southerlyn in US television series Law & Order Enthuse at dance party Equine colouring Extra time to follow chaps who do yoga? (10) Extremely coquettish kind of yellow jumper turned up where one goes at night (7,3) Exam not fine for a learner (4) Extra benefits (from a job) (5) Extremely comfortable — advocate getting new investment (8) Everyone in the group heading off — he wasn't free (5) Expunge (6) Expression in words Edward —, Budapest-born physicist known as the Father of the Hydrogen Bomb Edward —, author of 1962 stage play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Excursion Eastwood entertains English customer Entire E E —, England Test cricketer who took 6-58 against New Zealand at Birmingham in 1990 Explosive Evidence of digging in the garden? (8) Everlasting (7) Eskimo boat (5) Exclusive (5) Eerie (5) Extreme fear Endearingly pretty Exaggerate Extinct language of ancient southern Italy European staff Entreaty Extreme body parts (4) Everlasting (7) Eskimo boat (5) Exclusive (5) Eerie (5) Era Excessive pride, arrogance (6) Everlasting (7) Eskimo boat (5) Exclusive (5) Eerie (5) Exclusive news story Eugene —, Romanian dramatist whose stage works include Exit the King and Rhinoceros Erect annual grass grown for its edible seed Echo a lot at school Exam Extremely shyly signifies approval in church meetings (6) End on the back of chair, awkwardly seated in ceremony (9) Educate (5) Extension to a building (6) Enclose, confine (3,2) Examination of accounts Encountered the police in London Era Esoteric beggar can eat sandwiches Emotionally affected (5) Expedite (6) Exercise to become hard when tender at one time (7) English public school's opening grounds (7) Essentially as low as can be, apparently (2,6) Elm, for example (4) Encircle (8) Exorbitantly priced Editor’s note Ellipse Elegance Emotional display that's part of an act? Established novelist links up on air (8) Employment (5) Edible seed (6) Elaborate parade Equipment I would find unyielding Energy savings scheme European network backing sad song Expelled from university, dons went off Evil spell (5) Even Dad's starting to recede (3) Epoch (3) Edge or frontier (6) Expensive (4) Extinct bird (4) Empty, abandoned Eamon —, president of the Republic of Ireland from 1959-73 Entering a sort of fruit Entreaty Examined Expanded Endorsement printed on a book cover (5) Egocentrism (4-8) Exploit source of inspiration when lives lost (6) Enters the exam, exhausted, to get prize (6) Ennui that lands Communist in sudden development (7) Equip with weapons (3) Enigma (7) Entertain (5) Equilibrium End of a prayer Eat dinner Enclosures for swans Exercises around meadow or fold Extract container for ammunition Edible shellfish, source of mother-of-pearl (7) Evergreen shrub with glossy fragrant leaves (6) Extremely sharp bend (7) Exalted (5) Ennui that lands Communist in sudden development (7) Equip with weapons (3) Enigma (7) Entertain (5) Endure Exclusive Evade Expert, authority (6) Ennui that lands Communist in sudden development (7) Equip with weapons (3) Enigma (7) Entertain (5) Extra playing card Engraved Extremely tough line for cast Esteem for scrambling up tree Exceedingly (5) Eye membrane (4) Egg-shaped (4) Expel from a property Egg-based dish Enchantress in Greek mythology who detained Odysseus on her island Expert in tracery Ease up (4,4) Embellish (speech or writing) with different material — learn dirt (anag) (9) Eras (6) Emerge from an egg (5) Elfin creatures (7) Employed American journalist Emphasise tension Examine Enthuse European capital Engine (5) Encountered (3) Expensive Enjoy new match Easily frightened Equipment, including racket, for travelling European river crossed by nerdy enthusiast Extremely picky (13) Explorer's hut revealed a secret (10) Enter data (5) Expands (7) End of life Evaluation of solar involvement Echo-sounding Extraction Engineer examined such a dramatic device (4,2,7) Exhibition of cowboy skills (5) Elder statesman from Germany with zero cash abroad (5) Extraordinary (10) Engage in pugilism (3) Elegant and well-seasoned Example Elegy writer in odd parts of Germany Easy host or confused prophet Exhorted earnestly (5) Endure (4) Extra-marital affair (5) Exhaust (3,2) Extraordinary (10) Engage in pugilism (3) Evaluate English horse racecourse that hosts the Derby Exclude from pub Exhausts betting and finishes Eton varies in quality European capital Eccentric expert with marijuana Everyone comes round to reef Extraordinary (10) Engage in pugilism (3) Edmund —, English tragic actor who played Shylock at Drury Lane in 1814 Extremely bird-like wings to boot Eagerly desirous (4) Eager to cause carnage, shortly bid to relax (12) English archdeacon of a smooth nature (4) Extinguish a current measure in drink (5,3) Elaborately decorated (6) Extensive unbroken view Enjoying continued success Edgar —, president of Zambia elected in 2015 Eugene —, actor who played Mitch Cohen in 2003 film comedy A Mighty Wind Eels move differently Encountered the police in London English county (9) Ending in death (5) Eagle’s nest Eurasian plant whose aromatic leaves are used as herbs for seasoning Elisabeth —, British sculptor whose works include 1969's Horse and Rider Edge Exchange for money Evil being Easily frightened Evaluation Enduring without complaint (4-9) Entertained (6) Edward promises to be dull Energy savings scheme Element of victory? Extend a period of incarceration Everyone left everywhere Evaluated Essential employee in the security business? (3,6) Emblems (6) Eye colour Eternity Excellent Empower Employ English royal house that ruled from 1485 to 1603 Employer’s new ruse Excessively small amount constrains old male Excessively fastidious (9) Edit makes cardinal turn? (6) Eyelid inflammation (4) Eyelid inflammation Exist Eschewing all booze (8) Eyelid inflammation (4) Every Edith —, French singer known as the Little Sparrow European —, small marine food fish also called a brisling Everything in gallery Everyone Eyelid inflammation (4) Evaluate Excellent buy Edward —, British admiral nicknamed Old Grog who died in 1757 Elizabeth Barrett Browning's spaniel; subject of a 1933 biography by Virginia Woolf Exclude from pub Exchange Existence Exotic food Entertain Erato, for example Europe possibly missing old currency European country since 1993 (8) English play around island (4) End part (4) Emerge from an egg Egg white Elated Energy to leave self-regard Eight-piece ensemble Extreme Examination Either of the Bear constellations (Major or Minor) (4) Excuse expert fabricated ahead of time (7) Eg you exploded about line in speech containing nothing bad? (6) Exchange first two pieces in game as gambit (6) Eerie (5) Evidence (5) Especially Except broken vase Everything unknown to friend Enlist Enliven a friend from Ulster? Excuse criminal getting cheated (7) Eastern heavyweight goes to school (4) Emphasised I had got up before being made unhappy (10) Eugene —, 1904-20 Socialist Party of America candidate for US president Embodiment of perfection (5) Early form of rock music! (6,4) Exit (6) Excludes (4) Egg-shaped Eat well, quickly getting energy Extent of anger varies Excursions European country Embrace old French writer Expensive honey Enthusiasm got us in trouble Editing letters that may be set on fire English-American Hollywood star, born Alexander Archibald Leach, d.1986 (4,5) Electronic pioneer keeping in farmyard sounds (6) Experts over piece of meat bringing in one to make ham (10) Emphasise it's a cause of tension (6) Engage in pugilism (3) Exert personal influence Edward —, composer of 1900 oratorio The Dream of Gerontius Each Excessively fond (7) English south coast county (6) Established way of behaving (6) Emphasise it's a cause of tension (6) Engage in pugilism (3) Encourage revolutionary queen Endured Edict possibly mentioned Every so often (4,2,1,5) Emphasise it's a cause of tension (6) Engage in pugilism (3) Ed —, Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families from 2007-10 Enforce one medium position Eccentric caught with line Extremely unpleasant (8) Educational institute (7) Evil return after 20 would make game (3) Emphasise tension Enthusiast from Brazil, say Enemy Eating quickly and absconding Equip a Baltic port Edgar Rice ___ , creator of Tarzan (9) Exciting (8) Eager to be camping? (6) Erase (6) Esculent (6) Ensnare (3) Edible woodland fungus also called porcino with a rich nutty flavour Exclude from pub Equipped for battle Enlisted — sort of writing? (6,2) Employ information technology in low-key, on-screen assistance (8) Exclusive (5) Edges of a roof (5) Edge of a body of water Erik —, prime minister of Denmark from 1950-53 Eleanor —, actress who played Augusta Colt in 2004 romcom Wimbledon European staff Engineers get sloppy and take it easy Echo-location Extinct creature Ease Excursion Either way it is unacceptable Entreaty (6) Exciting piece from Bremen (thus in German) (9) Eat meat having dropped article inside loin and leg (4,5) English poet, sensation (7) Even if not drawn by an artist it's worth money (6) Establish (3,2) Enrico —, Italian nuclear physicist who headed the group that produced the first controlled nuclear reaction Extraterrestrial Essentially deem ancient times a misery! (6) Evict a sailor and look the other way (4,5) European country (5) Era European deciduous tree with winged fruits Endure to final Employer’s new ruse Evict a sailor and look the other way (4,5) European country (5) Either of the two large flat triangular bones also called a shoulder blade Elegance of schoolchildren Expert, nowadays, at pet management European mountains Expert in garden centre went quickly Extra teddy bears highly regarded Epic English poem — salaried post (anag) (8,4) Energetic person (6) Evict a sailor and look the other way (4,5) European country (5) End or conclusion Evil dame reformed in the middle ages Examine outskirts of city, one looking quite attractive (3,5) Eastern salts? (7) Encountered (3) Egg white (7) Estimated TV audience size European finch with a brown streaked plumage English city Engrave Exhaust Everyone goes around company house for drink Enjoy dressing for dinner? Entertaining one entertaining one in lift Every single one of the peaches Established diary has entry for November evening, Tory leader admitted (4-8) Eyes other blokes, discontentedly (4) Everything (3) Enemy European freshwater fish with olive-green skin and orange-red eyes Emilie —, 2012 Olympic slalom K-1 gold medallist Enthusiast from Brazil, say Equal with one couple Excuse Elastic hair fastener (9) Erroneously pick up what someone's saying (7) Emperor, you heard, in 15 (7) Electronic message Everything unknown to companion Endures Entreaties Even money, in truth (6) End of life (5) Eurasian plant of the mint genus that yields an aromatic oil used in medicine European plant whose arrow-shaped leaves are used in salads Enid’s order is derogatory Entrusted with oxidation Encourage Everyone in this novel is above average height Elasticated activity from a great height (6,7) Excessive exploitation very nearly blocks river (7) European sophistication (6) Explosion (5) Entertainer Equipment initially kicked into touch Edgar, when upset, was very angry Explosion (5) Edible Encircle Enthusiastic for knee operation Encourage hen’s produce Expand Essential Enquire Eager European laser beams? Not entirely! Excess of sales over costs (6,6) Engine-less light aircraft (6) Explosion (5) Encourage Experience insufficient energy? Epistle from landlord? Every other change neatly arranged (11) Engineer questions exchanging money for new false reports (9) Escargot (5) Exploratory spacecraft Earth’s satellite Eighth letter of the Greek alphabet Executive director initially stops current disturbances Entry made by Walter shortly appearing in a social gathering (10) Exceptional performance, kind rendered in Shakespearean role (6,2,7) England cricketer batting — good, getting established (7) Elder (6) European river (6) Expelled Edge Equine mammal Employees, terribly fast and furious initially Examine small container Equipage for eviction? (4-3) Echoing tones ran out (8) Eat dinner (4) Excellent revolutionary Element of victory? Essential Equals in nobility (5) Emmanuel —, French composer of 1870 opera bouffe L'Etoile Enjoyed in the same way as start of dinner Engage as a participant (7) English old gold coin one has for giving a lesson (9) Even — out of tune (4) Easily assembled dwelling (6) European — post (4) Extreme beliefs upset moralist — nothing's left between us (9) Extremely lazy Emotion European capital Eat some sardines Extra time in bed in the morning (3-2) é: what's over this letter — urgent (5) Eccentric Extraterrestrial Equal Extend a period of validity (5) Eyelid swelling Everything unknown to companion Eye part Ethnic group in Equatorial Africa (7) Extends merger of tech giants (9) Explains something the printer set all wrong (10) Entrance (4) Expensive (4) Edition Ewen —, rugby union prop; 1990 Australia Test debutant against France Edith —, author of The Railway Children Eurasian plant with bright yellow flowers whose seeds yield a useful oil Elisabeth —, Best Actress in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for Leaving Las Vegas Elderly Equal Extension to a building (6) Elude Egg-shaped Element with its own copy? Ever-changing swerve Expensive-sounding animal Exclude from pub Elvis represented in biographies Enforcer-in-chief's right — extremist spilling his guts (8) Extensive landed property — needs me (anag) (7) Examine reverse of Turner? Yes, surprisingly (7) Extending far down (4) Edible snail (8) Exclude (5) Expose to ridicule (7) Extinct marine arthropod abundant in Palaeozoic times Elizabeth’s wager Eric Clapton's rock band, formed 1966 (5) Erasing mildly abusive word about a Conservative (8) Entry is made erroneously for this kind of deposit (11) End part (4) Enlist (5) Entrance Expensive Expel from a country Enamelled or lacquered metal ware popular in the 18th century Ethan —, US actor; author of novels Ash Wednesday and The Hottest State Element of an orchestra English county providing cereal with everything Evidence on oath for removal from office (10) Egged agent to commit himself to 9? (3,7) Egg part (4) Epoch (3) Eye up (4) Eastern tiered towers European language Edible marine gastropod mollusc also called a sea-ear Emilie —, 2007 Mexican Open singles tennis champion Easily frightened Explicit eg Gothic novel not following Frankenstein's lead (4) Evidence on oath for removal from office (10) Egged agent to commit himself to 9? (3,7) Egg part (4) Epoch (3) Eye up (4) Energy, enthusiasm Exclusive news story Elijah —, actor who played the title role in 1994 comedy-drama film North Empty, that’s obvious Encountered a large copper, say Entertain Exclamation Enticed Exterior Era Enmity Extremely awkward, failing to get tips Exemplary poser Evidence on oath for removal from office (10) Egged agent to commit himself to 9? (3,7) Egg part (4) Epoch (3) Eye up (4) Expert marksman Evict Extremely rare binder for log Enticement, lure (4) Eurasian caribou (8) Electrically charged particle (3) Easily offended (13) English proceed initially to Split for self-inflating experience (3,4) Engagement ring? (12) Established practice (5) Expert (6) Expand (6) Exact copy Enlist loner, somehow Entrusted with oxidation Enquire Eat like a rodent (4) Eat like a bird (4) European writer grasps Latin (4) Eight-sided figure (7) Educates (7) Elsa —, Italian fashion designer who died in 1973 Elephant in stories for children by Jean de Brunhoff Eurasian bird also called a corncrake Enemy Epistle Extended short story (7) Endures (5) Eagerly Len rummaged about in the locker (6) Either of a pair of protective leather holders attached to a horse's saddle for a rider's feet Encourage Eatable Expression used for part of school year Essential spirit finally found in small bottle Enlightenment — of dietician (anag) (11) Energy of mob riot (4) Educates the clay-worker to be an expert on railway stock (12) Ethnic disturbances that could upset the sport of kings? (4,5) Enemies (4) Employs (4) Eager Eldest of the three sons of Noah in the Old Testament Enchantress in Greek mythology who detained Odysseus on her island Excursions Engine part Enterprise, perhaps, providing leading actors with fruit Equip for offence (5) Excessively sentimental (4) End of a prayer (4) Exclusive (5) Everywhere Eye up Enterprise shows hazard Emergency workers End of Lent Elfriede —, winner of the 2004 Nobel Prize in Literature Edgar —, painter and sculptor whose works include 1877's Dancers Practicing at the Barre Eldest son of Ham according to the Bible Equip for offence (5) Excessively sentimental (4) End of a prayer (4) Exclusive (5) Earthenware beer mug Embellished or terribly neat Eccentric not even going to dance Equip for offence (5) Excessively sentimental (4) End of a prayer (4) Exclusive (5) Engage in games Erase European country Extra snake almost died Economise? It's no good! Essentially alters fake ivories, smuggling in article (9) European monarch twice hosts one stranger (6) Encourage another to breathe? (7) Engage in espionage (3) Eerie Earls running from focused beam Exactly in the direction of landlady Everything in gallery Emphasis Everyone Extremely desirable drug store European ordered vital article Expert in middle of Surrey is no crawler European recalled study about Czech, say, enduring oppression? (8) Embarrassed North American sadly overturned portable stove (10) Engagement ring from one who will care, naturally! (5) Examine a soft-hearted insect (7) Eight people who work and play together (5) Expands (7) Excerpt (7) Emerge from an egg (5) Emphasise (6) Empty or boastful talk Emily —, Canadian painter whose works include 1934's Woods and Blue Sky Edmund —, English tragic actor who played Shylock at Drury Lane in 1814 Enemy has iron ring hidden European staff Excellent Explode Examination of Roman numerals interrupting dinner? Equal game Exclamation or swear word Edward —, author of 1962 stage play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Edge Engine Entreaty English poet Expressing emotions beautifully (7) Expert to study din round second old city (11) Eastern money brings expression of disgust over time (4) Exercise you must do to get higher with lift (5,2) Erect foundations to accommodate old actors' entrance (5,4) Emma —, author of the novels Frog Music, Room and Hood Extravagant lord with a pig? That's novel Excellent name for woman? Right! 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(7) Excellent recommendation for better cover (3-3) Exact account by a churchman (8) Eric has upset the accountant (7) Ending in death (5) Eye make-up Elizabeth’s wager Era Eras (6) Eager, astir (4) Engrave (4) Excess flesh (3) Emotional shock (6) Excessive, unwarranted Essential or practical details Explosive devices Ezra —, US poet who died in Venice, Italy, in 1972 Emulsion Elegant bird Eggs initially thrown in mass meeting? It's true! Entry of one political party that's mean (6) Exhausted, like a parachutist about to jump (5,2,4) Extends terms of imprisonment (9) Extremely ragged (6) Eurasian wild rose also called sweet briar with rosy pink and white flowers Edmund —, English poet who authored 1907 memoir Father and Son English name of the river upon which Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales stands Eras Elapse E in the Greek alphabet (7) Expecting Jo to leave me too! (2,3,4) Earnings drained after tax returns in future? 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Explore — limits (5) Element of surprise, initially therein a memoir isn't true (9,6) Edna's about to provide a seat for a chairman (5) Engaging assignment coming round (13) Employing a rousing finale (5) Edge (5) Endure (5) Everyone plants seeds outside, producing trees Eternal theme of the beautician (7) Eyelid sore (4) Edges of a roof (5) Excess flesh (3) Exaggerate term of imprisonment Eternal theme of the beautician (7) Eyelid sore (4) Edges of a roof (5) Excess flesh (3) Extended feast? It's all over! Ed goes in four directions in the country Eternal theme of the beautician (7) Eyelid sore (4) Edges of a roof (5) Excess flesh (3) English playwright (6,6) Expect the actors on strike (4,3) Expects (6) Evaluate (6) Experiments (5) Encircles (5) Earl hears about dramatic trial Escapes, just about, on hearing wife's in the vicinity (4,6) Eastern lake found in the West - that's strange! (5) Expanding bullet (6) Exhausted, soaked — do's off (4) Emotional about upping sticks? (6,2) Extinguished (3) Evaluates (5) Eat outdoors (6) Emblem of official position (8) Extract metal from its ore with heat (5) Espouse (5) Even now it's inanimate (5) Extol father's attempt to make flaky piecrust Engrossed in military exercises? eg Cleopatra's Needle (7) eg Owl pursuing pussycat that's possibly ours, grabbing it (6) Even now it's inanimate (5) Exploited American editor eg Chinese (7) Entertaining 2 female companion (6) Even now it's inanimate (5) Early 20th-century art movement (13) Edit traced out (6) Erudite king meeting Scottish lout? (7) End part (4) Encounter (4) Eccentric wears kit to skim the surface Exhibitionist's practice (9) Emphasis (6) Extreme (5) Express disapproval (3) Egg-shaped (5) eg Hollyhock or hibiscus (6) Enjoyed Independent: emerged with no content corrected (6) Extremely light (4) Expression of greeting (5) Extreme, forceful (7) Erupt suddenly on holiday abroad? Egypt's river would be nothing without Egypt's capital Equipment for little Catherine (3) Educated cultured people (8) Equipment for little Catherine (3) Equipment for little Catherine (3) E.g. her total is completely wrong (10) Escargot (5) Even though (6) Europeans found in the Arctic and Antarctic? 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(12) Encountered broken ice all round - sickening (6) Expunge (6) Exhilarate (5) Editing letters set on fire Educator (7) Exercise US prosecutor books? He'll still find fault with it (6) Evil caste circulating a stoical philosophy (4,2,3) Entirely sacred, so we hear Essential characteristics (6) Engaging (6) Ensnare (3) Evaluate (4) Edward's toy bear Expert often interviewed by the media (6) Extremely full? Offer third piece of toast and margarine (5) Evil criminal left cinema (10) Even flipping 50%, initially switching heads and tails (4) Endless discipline by a learner is a trying experience (6) Endorses notices put up by the shopkeeper? (12) Ending in death (5) Evergreen tree (3) Extremely short park official — an unfamiliar figure Exclude fresh bread English team up before Germany came out (7) End of teaching assessment is harsh (7) Excuse for upsetting a senora? (6) Either way it's a mode of address (5) Employ (3) Echo-location (5) Excuse for upsetting a senora? (6) Either way it's a mode of address (5) Employ (3) Even-tempered (6) Excuse for upsetting a senora? (6) Either way it's a mode of address (5) Employ (3) Eye make-up from a ship? Extent of land, or a cage re-entered? E.g. James or John in the Bible (9) European peninsula (6) E.g. Charles de Gaulle or Ronald Reagan (9) E.g. Charles de Gaulle or Ronald Reagan (7) E.g. John in the Bible (7) Ensures one has a nap standing up (6) Exhausted, dissipated (5) Endlessly pester for membership token? (5) Effect of insidious banks taking legal action (5) Edges of a roof (5) Exclude (5) Easy (6) Excess weight? It's his danger (7) Exhibit or flaunt (6) Eyelid inflammation (4) Easily made to feel disgusted (9) Endless fortune I had put together, that's clear (5) Encountered Oliver's friend in London suburban area (9) Egg-shaped (4) Egg-shaped (4) Exercise makes doctor unwell English poet and satirist, d. 1744 (4) Electrical power unit (8) Egg-shaped (4) Employ sound sheep Embroiled in corruption (6) Extremist (5) Everything (3) Explosive sausage? East African country (8) Excitement when going round road to find birds of prey (8) Evil padre carried the day (9) Extreme European? (4) Eat greedily (5) Experts (4) Enclosures for female swans Extremely unpleasant (informal) (3-5) Emblem of South Africa: river within a river with drink (6) Exchequer memoranda housed in wallets (8,5) Err (3) Eccentric strove with the electorate Encamp (7) Expecting to be accompanied by Lee? (4,5) Engineer eats last of canteen pap (7) Erratic Eric joins us for a poor sailing holiday (6) Eatable (6) Excuse, forgive (6) Expressions of gratitude and disapproval are forbidden Elements of dance chosen — it precedes foxtrot (4) Ex-England footballer content to leave corner — that hurts (6) Edible wood? (6) Erudite (4-4) Excessively sentimental (4) Entertain (5) Extra-large collars no good for cur (7) Edible wood? (6) Erudite (4-4) Excessively sentimental (4) Empty sack that is right for winter sportsman Engage in a contest (7) Elaborate or unusual dress (3-2) Edible wood? (6) Erudite (4-4) Excessively sentimental (4) Evergreen, climbing plant (3) Expression of contempt (3) Extreme right-winger (3-4) Everything considered (3,2,3) Extinct bird (4) Emerge from an egg (5) Edition (5) Envy B_, for example Barnaby? Ensure that (something) gets done (3,2,2) Elasticity (11) Eat nuts struggling, suffering from this? (7) Epoch (3) Exclude (3) Eyes up (5) Edge (5) Eco warrior finally laid to rest in lavish EU tomb Evangelist affable? Not that interested (8) Eyelid inflammation (4) Easy (5) European motorway — a NATO hub (anag) (8) Equipment (3) Escort (5) Enchanting time with my family's interrupted by Dynasty (8,4) Engraves part of secret chest (6) Eggs on various athletes at the outset Eager (anag) — to say yes (5) Extreme nerd — one might pick you up on grammar at first, I'm afraid! (8) Engraves part of secret chest (6) Enthusiastic about instant noodle teriyaki option, initially (4) Explosive device (by which to be hoist?) (6) Expression of surprise (3) Estimated fluctuation in trade (5) Expelled (6) E.g. pool's sides lined with large pointless tiles Experimentally launch a bird of prey? (3,1,4) Expedient to be just in time for work? (9) End of contribution strange — editor made a mistake? (6) Entering into a contract to deal with somebody for the last time! (11) Encountered (3) Experiment (3,3) End of broadcasting, say, for channel (6) Exist to lead state and work hard (6) Early-morning girl (4) Elastic comes out of this part of Spain (7) Economic slump causing gloom (10) Ear part (4) Excited by nothing as much as you like Exhausted after cycling, leaving nothing out (2,3) Exaggerate because of large party? (6) Expenditure to produce more eggs? (6) Epoch (3) Expressionless (7) Enjoying continued success (2,1,4) Energy shown by King enveloped in obvious strain? European politician, sovereign or ruler (7) Expressionless (7) Enjoying continued success (2,1,4) Extract from Hungarian melody Evidently immodest about quashing international flare-up Express indirectly (5) Expressionless (7) Enjoying continued success (2,1,4) Earl wears clothes for men Eight-sided shape (7) Edition (5) Exhibit, flaunt (6) Evoke (6) Energy held by two tons made a tremendous noise Educational institution in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, allowed new university status after 1992 (11) Extremely strict (8) Easy score, at a pinch included (3-2) English flower festival (6) Enthusiasm for less than 100 mph (5) Exhaustion (7) Elevated hero in Scotland knows devil Enough, sufficient (8) Early post I sorted consisting mainly of letters Excellent trick for the audience in the interval Express, on reflection, singer's nothing to regret Exploit dwarf (5) Eviscerating every actor in short musical — judgement's hard in these situations (4,5) Entreaty (4) Essential — as scenery (anag) (9) Exclude (5) Explosion (5) Exclude (5) Explosion (5) Entitled lives getting written about Etiquette when dining (5,7) Exclude (5) Explosion (5) Entertainment venue (6) Egyptian goddess (4) Entering (7) Element of Morse code (3) Edible crustacean (6) Exhausting journey to get computer equipment (4,5) Evasive talk from the cloth (7) Existing expenditure (4,2,6) Evaluates (5) Endless abuse after directors take public transport (5,1,3) Entry (6) Evacuation chairs sat abandoned Expression of surprise about one's wealth Escaping deranged hunter's trailing leg Excessively proper person — killjoy (5,3-5) Element discovered by Marie and Pierre Curie (6) Except if … (6) Electrons hit with one will be shut in (10) Extend custodial sentence (7) Explain that the conifer must be put back in heavy soil (7) Egress (4) Expand integral needing brackets put back Exotic broths featuring toppings of sour cream Entertainer to visit princess briefly Egg cells (3) Exaggerated (9) Exploited worker knocking back some refreshments (4) Element that could be unseemliest, not established (8) Exorbitant assessment - it's time to serve a different order (12) Excellent (6) Expression of greeting (5) Expels (5) Encircles (5) Europe's largest manufacturer of commercial aircraft (6) Exorbitant assessment - it's time to serve a different order (12) Excellent (6) Expression of greeting (5) Expels (5) Encircles (5) Everyone can see that Carol's on drugs Exorbitant assessment - it's time to serve a different order (12) Excellent (6) Expression of greeting (5) Expels (5) Encircles (5) Expressive performance of Queen with cello, leaving out middle part unfortunately Expensive (4) Epidemic disease with a high death rate (6) Encountered love embracing people in remembrance (7) Excel with soldiers in the open air (7) Ed tore out for a mollusc (6) Editorial one can follow (6) Every (4) English teacher about to get pay increase Emotional strain (7) Everyone in this land alone, confused (3,3,3) Entourage (7) Ending in death (5) Eton's head expected to cover up whip in school (7) eg restyle, after conversion, in bluish colour (5,4) Encountered 6 as an example of this (5) Extreme Europeans? (5) Equip for offence (5) Excess flesh (3) Employment (5) Eviscerated (13) Easy to do (6) Elderly (4) Encourage (4) Encroachment — ordain (anag) (6) Empty the sink, initially after bath floods (6) Easy to do (6) Elderly (4) English detective-story writer, d. 1957 (6) Easy to do (6) Elderly (4) Evergreen shrub (5) Energy surrounding volcano in Asia (7) Excess water surging up the beach regularly wiping out Elliott Editor's opinions of our rulers? (7) Emotional and regularly surly after very bad flu (7) Exhibition spaces moving opening down to get reactions (9) Epithet for a wild mustang is intact (8) End, termination (10) Edible green pods (4) Effort of past orient travelling (8) Edward Ledger (5) Extremely dreary and unpleasant line (7) European resort hotel covering up immorality (7) Evidence (5) Ecstatic sounds from husband in despair so moving Expedition's leader quickly read over list - flipping safety procedure European tax shelter hides uplift Energy discharging around wharf, making a racket (3-8) Eat out: get Chinese (just a serving thereof) (4) Esteems those that maybe paid (8) Express disapproval (3) Exhaustion (7) Encountered a man of iron, for example (5) Extra playing card (5) Escargot (5) Extremes of unrest repeatedly upset former Archbishop End time involved in stirring a lot of potato soup Extremist (5) Enraged (5) Excellent foot soldiers manoeuvring without loss (2,3,3) Elected president starts probing work assistants (8) Encountered a man of iron, for example (5) Extra playing card (5) Escargot (5) Equality involving work leads to union leader's appeal to people Encountered a man of iron, for example (5) Extra playing card (5) Escargot (5) Earl captivated by original Mona Lisa's enigmatic features Endeavour to squeeze butt in Expressionless, giving nothing away (8-5) Embryo (6) Empty space (4) Eschewing animal products (5) Esurient (6) Elections (5) Estate, maybe, with lands and showy flowers (10) Encountered article probing helium and a greenhouse gas (7) Enter uninvited cage mixed with trash (9)
