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? 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(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? 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(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)