Clues Starting With

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One raising her first child

One gets a ring from Karen Adams (5)

Old friend gets a stone

On one occasion

One after another mentioned trainee

Old handbook of tables giving precalculated values (5,8)

On the line (2,5)

Origin of privileged performer (4)

Onesie's bound to fit (8)

One condemned lad felt unlucky (3-5)

One of a list (4)

Ornamental metal disc on dress (6)

One raising her first child

Oppose an insect repellent (9)

Ordinary, banal (7)

Owing to student fight

Origin of botany?

Obscure Britpop band

Oscar and Roger (not Romeo in the end) covering New York's peak creative event

One helps to observe sulphur being removed from resinous wine

One who achieved a state of perfect enlightenment, d. c.483 BC (6)

Octave (anag) — wading bird (6)

One rambling old US leader appears in 60 Minutes (5)

One without a car needs a trip out (10)

Out of condition (5)

One’s oddest feature

Order inaccurately cited

One having links mostly with Republican president

Old Egyptian royal (7)

Old film about tango that shows right amount of spirit (5)

One's message of dismay about gripping device? (5)

One needing help in looking for EU complex? Definitely (4-4)

Output of sewer a running sore? (6)

Oak tree fruit (5)

Outdoor garment (4)

Old Testament hunter famed for his prowess

One small game for two opponents

Overlook prisoner having finished

One who grows very much, only to be reduced by 50%

Operatic hero: African prince embracing woman

Official worth employing? That can be denied

One who belongs (6)

Overshadowed (8)

Oak tree fruit (5)

Outdoor garment (4)

Owner of a business establishment

Often Iceland's (anag) — independent (4-9)

Oak tree fruit (5)

Outdoor garment (4)

Overlook or forgive

One who tries a devil in hearing

Operatic song (4)

Opponent from Yemen, perhaps

Outdoor celebration

Origins of hard outgrowth ruminant needs?

One tends to ramble (5)

One's usually found by the fireside (5)

Old Turkish title of respect (4)

Old female leads the way, naturally (2,6)

One may be in the dark when it comes to looking after people (5,5)

Old Greek author sees river water rising (5)

Obstinate creatures trodden underfoot (5)

Of the nose (5)

One-wheeled vehicle

Only soldiers get sign

Opposed to innovation

Operation to catch a person committing a crime (informal) (5)

One's referee is closest (9)

Off course, land without a dog (9)

Opening shot in snooker

Old World monkey such as the Black-shanked — or Red-shanked —

Organise sale of drinks

Old Testament patriarch

Outside broadcast follows Frank

Ordnance is harmless in main transport channel

Overthrown monarchy welcomes son; he had lost his birthright

One of the old Cinque Ports in Sussex (3)

Overly tense and risky to catch female mythical figure (5,5)

One wearing protective gear in conduit (4)

On Irish author said to be merry (7)

One giving blood (5)

Obsolete English unit of measurement equivalent to 45 inches that was used in tailoring

One who thought about deer as scent spread about

Out of control (5)

Opera awkward to cast with only one tenor (5)

Or am I perhaps a New Zealander? (5)

Overwhelming defeat (4)

One’s best clothes

One gets lost in the countryside (6)

Owner, for one, taken in by erroneous report (10)

Or am I perhaps a New Zealander? (5)

Overwhelming defeat (4)

One of the official languages of India

Of questionable authenticity

One cuts two thirds of time off

Or am I perhaps a New Zealander? (5)

Overwhelming defeat (4)

On top of or higher than

Old Testament character thrown into the fiery furnace with Meshach and Abednego

Owls fly, but not fast

Ours turned bitter

Owing school fees

Opera group's paper read back in interval

One working on material through which Johnson led his MPs, according to Starmer

One of nine in an alley (7)

Oliver Cromwell, for instance (8)

Of sound mind (4)

Organ of smell (4)

One wallows in river

One of the glitterati jilts a famous surgeon

On reflection, what one might have said on meeting river with a religious leader (9)

Old soldier (7)

Of the voice (5)

Opposite of push

Outside light (4,4)

Offensively assertive (5)

Openly outrageous

Object to night manoeuvre

One of seven siblings

Old power in America is surprisingly regressive

One's spent after exercise like this

Official pass (6)

One who should apologise getting into row during play? (9)

Outcome of an anti-aircraft gun (6)

Owing to student struggle

One of Shakespeare's 154 (6)

Old but surprisingly keeping most of hair? Hmm! (8)

Outcome of an anti-aircraft gun (6)

Organise sale of drinks

One who exhumed Yorick's skull in Hamlet (11)

One can whip up something to eat (3,5)

Outcome of an anti-aircraft gun (6)

Once in a while

Origin of bigger machine

Odin’s son in Cleethorpes

One’s oddest feature

Othello has time to get car

One private I hit for being out of order

Oyster's gem (5)

One takes a little bite, aftertaste coming back (4)

One booked into hotel has seen dirt all over the place (8)

Originally introduced the aphorism 'love your country' (5)

Open condemnation

Old criminal carrying a burden (4)

Outstanding independent region houses 2,000 people altogether (9)

One packaging 16 across, but not Courage? (7)

Old friend gets a jewel

Object of worship

One hundred and fifty die outside changing room

O Brother, Where Art ___ ? (2000 film with George Clooney) (4)

Overdue improvement on the side (9)

One who operates on the stock market (6,6)

Oceans round strange shore will yield walruses (9)

Of the nose (5)

One of the basic patterns of the human fingerprint

One will remain cool and play diamonds first

Old copper goes after two policemen start to suspect one hasn't been seen in ages

One boy goes to post office for lethal stuff (6)

One without specialist language

Old safety mechanism is valuable

One who settles disputes (7)

On cloud nine (6)

Oliver's compositions? Fine examples (10)

Over bowled from complex period of play (7)

One boy goes to post office for lethal stuff (6)

Opera by Robert Schumann first performed in 1850

Our silly broadcast is misleading

Open area in central London (4,4)

One of Macbeth's cauldron stirrers? (5)

Ornate architectural style (6)

One boy goes to post office for lethal stuff (6)

Origin of botany?

Occasionally liable, tax ultimately high liver

One paid to undertake an unpleasant task (8)

Oil change required after journey to the North African port (7)

One surrounded by fruit is a candidate for the job (7)

One-storey house

Obsolete short musket with a large bore and flared muzzle

Offence of losing

Obliged to jump to support job

One facilitates English navy seizing island on way north

Old Testament escape (6)

One seeking satisfaction coming with large inventory … (8)

One who travels for pleasure

Of high temperature

Oswald —, German philosopher whose works include the two-volume The Decline of the West

Owing to student conflict

Observe a sound

Offspring's hand put in tin

Off making an ascent, not caught in dicey position

One dam protecting another in German city

One who doubts accepted opinions (7)

Old whaler's work: capturing felons in Wash, possibly (9)

One who's been caught arriving with drugs in need of support (8)

Of little length (5)

One fleeing war

Ore distribution in realm

One may be opposed to request

Obsessive fiddler died for love (4)

Orchestrate a few changes in such a bulletin (7,8)

Old Charlie in employment allowed to leave (7)

Obstinate: hide when given new form mistress (1,3,2,3,4)

Opera company puts on 'A Caribbean Rising' (7)

Only one letter offering gas (6)

Oarsmen and their summertime accessories

One recruits new petrol attendants after dismissing Dan

One who loves me to wear jumper

On the wagon (8)

Out-of-work comedian? (4)

One of these, party 2 (6)

One may need a rest during the game (7,6)

Overly self-satisfied or complacent

One who goes illegally onto land

Oblige, do a favour for

One who makes an effort

Object of worship

Observed borders of early England

One may need a rest during the game (7,6)

One’s oddest feature

One of Shakespeare's tragedies (4,4)

One of the gifts brought by the Magi (5)

One may need a rest during the game (7,6)

On the point of

Old performance was precise

Our highest military man with grip on opponent?

One of Ireland's four historic provinces (6)

One of an epiphytic plant family with beautiful flowers (6)

One who gathers in sails: a marijuana cigarette (6)

Outstanding (5)

Once more taken aback for 1 say

Overly large, unfashionable dimensions

One behind the other (6)

Old soldier heading off demonstrator (6)

Of the beginning

Of an elf or elves

One ran for a long time

One ran for a long time

Opening for legal trainees involved being shelled on a plane?

One can be dressed, just like a jack-in-the-box! (5)

One with plans for passing Tesla motorcar, say (7)

One's learned Queen must replace one American lady-in-waiting, for example (7)

One might seek comfort in this tranquil church song (4,5)

Of the stars (6)

Old weapon put in cold storage for life

Offence of losing

One taken by fat squire

Offence of losing

One taken by fat squire

Old money football club's managed to invest

On a roll with navel piercing?

One of those points of great danger heroic Frenchman's between (9)

One examines a canopy (6)

One endlessly cherished conception (4)

Opposite of slow

One who destroys deliberately

Of professional and clerical workers

Overtaking is temporary

Old soldiers get sign

Only in beer plant

Overtaking is temporary

Old soldiers get sign

Only in beer plant

One's salad days (5)

One takes pictures rolled up by artist on set (3,6)

Officers rent retail outlet (7,5)

One examines a canopy (6)

One endlessly cherished conception (4)

Of little weight

Organisation formed in 1961 to administer a common policy for the sale of petroleum

Originally called in one engineer

Originally called in one engineer

One from Glasgow, perhaps, seen in racecourse

One examines a canopy (6)

One endlessly cherished conception (4)

One’s most valuable assistant

One blooming opiate isn't going astray!

Object of worship (4)

Of the moon (5)

One sixteenth of an ounce in the avoirdupois system of weights

One's art without frames, extremely versatile and daring (5)

Owns a number – so hurry! (6)

Of current affairs (7)

Outdoor event (4)

One of the Home Counties (4)

One in Hamlet has beer after 6:50 (8)

One may slip and fall into it (5)

Of or expressed by pictures

Once ordered ice cream

Organised sound

One without illusions (7)

Opposite of last (5)

Of little consequence (2,3,4)

Occupying room as on-off lodger, might you say? (5)

One is the obvious answer (4,3,4)

Officer in prison riot reveals venomous creature

One is the obvious answer (4,3,4)

Object in heaven, usually

Old Greek vessel with first of natural gas

One should avoid falling into one of these (4)

One is the obvious answer (4,3,4)

One on vacation

Organisation providing canteens and shops for British military personnel at home or overseas

Officers’ room in confusion

One related by marriage (2-3)

One half of the island of Hispaniola (5)

Officiating at a square-dance is a vocation (7)

One who perseveres (5)

One devoted to a cause — in Sparta (anag) (8)

Old writer is generally accessible (4)

One’s native language

Of great weight

One who samples assorted treats?

One given to complaining (6)

One who throws out a safety seat (7)

On one occasion

Object in festival for Cockney?

Old-fashioned record player

One of The Three Musketeers in works by Alexandre Dumas

On one’s own, only in winding lane

One who appraises animals — some odd rabbits, initially

One who doesn't eat more quickly?

Over the moon? (2,5,4)

Old enough to finally smoke drugs (2,3)

Offset due — fill in form (9)

Overwhelming defeat (4)

Obtains 101 broken tiles outside

Object in heaven, usually

Oppose always following one Pole, then another (6)

Oscar turned up collar in Scottish resort (4)

Old man perhaps accepting post up in assembly (10)

Overwhelming defeat (4)

Originally called in one engineer

One who does no work may be riled

Overwhelming defeat (4)

One who puts you in your place? (5)

Occasion for scones with jam, etc (5,3)

Only odd anglers needed a long time

Old school desk container for writing fluid (7)

Ours turned bitter

Outgoing mail, I assume

One working in bed offers nothing for woman to embrace (4)

Out loud, not many will be encouraging (4)

O boy! Mink's fantastic for me (2,2,4)

One insect, or another with small mark on, let free (4,6)

Overburden journalists with work (7)

Of the nose (5)

Of immense size

Old Italian-style manor

Opts to send letters

Old-fashioned appointment with daughter

Obscure publisher's hype lacking finish

Old Paris characters seen in motorway approach

Odd creases around very deep fissure

Occasionally meet star climbing this? (4)

One part of a golfing chain? (4)

Of the foot (5)

Only packed as a precaution

Old saint entertained by instrument for Elvis

Original creator (6)

Old setter's good with child (9)

One empty beer returned for bitter (5)

One editor’s demand

One isn’t affected by stress

Old citizen is a hard worker (6)

Old motorbikes feature thrills with skill rounding junction (9)

Order giving rise to rubbish joke (6)

Online entrepreneur working in atelier

Organised search for a fugitive

One who shoes horses

Owing to condensation, say

One doesn't take meat, say, in delivery vehicle

One country or another on the borders of India

One of the D-Day landing beaches; Roman goddess (4)

Overdone; trite (5)

One of a crowd given newspaper coverage (2,3,5)

One expects players to have such attacks (7)

On dry land (6)

Of great renown

Originally called in one engineer

Old man's crackers or nuts

One day, start to eat and fill up (4)

One's mad to have these protected creatures in church (4,2,3,6)

Old partner one scolded is free of blame (10)

Obscure book gets the usual spiel on the cover (5)

Opinion from the printing machine? (10)

Oil city in Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia on the Persian Gulf

Offspring of a male horse and female donkey

Open four-wheeled horse-drawn passenger carriage formerly used in Russia

On one occasion

Old hotel employee, one finding foreign buyers

Over five accessories for this decade (7)

On the pitch that hurts a long way (3,4)

One of the family? That would be telling

Old god in charge of consternation (5)

One may face the wall with this (6)

One who perseveres (5)

Of the kidneys (5)

Opposite of fast

One ran for a long time

One on outskirts of Liverpool is ailing

Old breed of powerful smooth-coated animal, often used as guard dogs (7)

One with faith is tense on a job (6)

One may have to pick one's way here (10)

Olive-green and white poisonous woodland toadstool

Odd note, as in some Cuban music (6)

One may have to pick one's way here (10)

One giving blood

Our Duncan’s tongue

One politician is a scoundrel

One may have to pick one's way here (10)

Oliver —, former president of the ANC who died in 1993

Open a container

Officers’ room in confusion

Occasional dance is eccentric

Ornamental temple (6)

One who pesters the long-distance runner (7)

Old morning test

Overrun, lethal housing standing empty (5)

Organise poor to crush iron dictator (9)

One abused, without love and quite alone (8)

Official language (8)

One car addict will be upset by this! (4,8)

Outpaced by quicker runners, having failed to get a seat! (4,8)

Odd thing, making about turn to city

One gets a degree without being called

One is entertained by unacceptable idea

Old Magistrates, unusually severe (6)

Oliver —, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth from 1653-58

On a grand scale

Old anaesthetic one brought in - no matter which

Order issued for neglect

Old buccaneers ignoring right drugs

Older Spanish gentleman embraces one

Organism with characteristics resulting from gene changes (6)

Organ of smell (4)

Outward appearance

One of the basic patterns of the human fingerprint

Offered to have persevered

Old woman has one attraction

Office machine that is right behind policeman

Old man's attempt to get something from the baker

One has ice cream melting? Eat it! (8,6)

One's admiral slain finally at sea (6)

One having a sea view? (3,6)

Organised in pompous fashion (9)

Of the stars (6)

Organising sting or operation

Overburdened with word

Object of worship

One of those carrying the coffin (10)

Ornamental shrub or tree — a long aim (anag) (8)

Oregon's capital (5)

One having a sea view? (3,6)

Organised in pompous fashion (9)

Of the stars (6)

Old woman gives husband silver

Old Greek city almost brought back snares

Only a little surprised at astounding facts

Once more leader ignored profit

Observer - small one with a wheel

Opening night (8)

On a single occasion (4)

One having a sea view? (3,6)

Organised in pompous fashion (9)

Of the stars (6)

Officers’ room in confusion

Old friend put on stone

One must be patient with it for a long time (6,7)

Opposite of indoor (7)

One worked for a long time

One doesn't succeed in close race

Occupying platform, nationalist is to make no progress (8)

Ostentatious ceremony in which the petty-officer precedes the politician (4)

Of more than average height

Old Italian-style manor

Only remaining option (4,6)

Offspring is a girl (5)

Out of this world dance move (8)

Offering more security from strange fears (5)

Observed description of plain cake! (7)

Outdoor garment (8)

Ornamental band worn over the back of the head

Organise sale of drinks

Outdoor shoe with a perforated pattern in the leather (6)

Oliver —, actor whose roles included Bill Sikes in 1968 film musical Oliver!

On behalf of a number, say

Old Chinese leader is embracing right New Zealanders

One unwilling to accept measure of fine quality

Old king is engaging with an insider (6)

One pushing for union membership expected to bend the knee (8)

Only a pool (4)

Of the moon (5)

Operation —, code name for Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during the Second World War

Old World plant of the daisy family with clusters of yellow dandelion-like flowers

One editor’s demand

One acted in poor show

One who does not emulate the Good Samaritan? (6-2)

One settling on bark after wind (5)

Only a pool (4)

Of the moon (5)

Oliver —, late British neurologist whose books include 1985's The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales

One of the family cooked tuna

Of crime and punishment (5)

Outbreaks of lawlessness (5)

One who doesn't like to complain (5)

Ordinary; sensible and practical (4-2-5)

Opinion or doctrine held as true (5)

One's frame of mind is reversed by fate (4)

One who watches or notices something

Optical devices for German girls

One writer’s novel

One who claims to heed the voice of the people (8)

Old horse's kick (4)

One discussing animal holding stick (7)

Old person, one from Arab state

One impressed by potential titles? (7)

Only female parts concerned patroness of the arts (6)

Outburst from Cook tackling England opener down under (6)

Oddly, stuff merges fast in floods (8)

One who escapes will break this (5)

Overwhelming defeat

Orals set about star

Old buccaneer ignoring right drug

One who resists work with model?

Opponent of new technology diluted fluid

One lawyer in casual dress beneath consideration (10)

Opportunity (6)

One committing sabotage (8)

Ocean inappropriate for such a craft

Oh dear, less effective tool than a pitchfork, by the sound of it? (5-2)

Obliged to be a servant, we hear (4)

Of manual industrial workers

Overcoming a physical attack

One alters with age

Old duke in gallery until now

Organisation (abbr) (5)

One banished from historic mansion leaving quietly? (5)

One successful outcome of trade negotiations — perfect! (5)

Old opponent of Tories now highly content? (4)

Obliged to be a servant, we hear (4)

Oarsman and his summertime accessory

Origins of Wimbledon favourites

Obliged to be a servant, we hear (4)

Open a container

Opening hours for animal

Of seamen quartered in the forecastle (6,3,4)

Of the rank of a monarch; majestic (5)

Official who gives different order to steam trains! (13)

Of the sides (7)

One after the other

On the point of

Opted to change store

One who won't accept goal starts to offend referee

Older people making son rise

One day this person will be caught out (5,4)

One's beaten by hostile tribe (3,4)

One picking up scraps in general mess (7)

One particular exercise poet doesn't finish (6)

Off heroin? On it, you are quite arrogant (4,5)

One who disappeared in grinding lunar cold (4,5)

One coming out demanding dismissal of fellow composer (7)

Old measure of power brought back by a Canadian city

One providing money for playing spoons right

Organ grinder's companion? (6)

Old sects screening head of comet's eclipses (7)

Of current affairs (7)

One of the Fab Four? (6)

Organisation formed in 1960 to administer a common policy for the sale of petroleum

One is not bound to release spy

One who takes the blame for others (9)

One following fool gripping lead on rabid dog (6)

Office worker has spoken of time

Outline is almost exact

Official to an extent securing home cover again (8)

Old browser? A bot runs ours loosely (12)

Obstruction or hostility

Opera by Charles Gounod that premiered in 1859

Opaque impure form of quartz often red, yellow, green or brown in colour

One raising glass that's used in the kitchen?

Opponent, adversary

On one occasion

One worked for a long time

Originally called in one engineer

Out-of-the-way (8)

Oppressively hot or airless (8)

Old, old idea by alien to construct a distant Earth? (9)

One serving drinks spills one drink (5)

Occupy harbour (9)

One could make light of this box (6)

One and one (6)

Organ of smell (4)

Of the stomach (7)

Oak tree fruit (5)

Old British car in American state capital

Organise, or frame

Old World monkey such as the Black-shanked — or Red-shanked —

Odds? Yes and no

One making a will (8)

One reason to visit the National Gallery would be to write music! (6)

Officer not content, having criticised a bloomer (6)

Open space on riverside for financial institution (8,4)

Our steel is forged to be firm (8)

Of the Pope (5)

Opposite of slow

Old sailer might bloom

Obsolete gold coin (6)

Obsessive leading lady departs in state (5)

Omar —, Best Actor in a Supporting Role Oscar nominee for Lawrence of Arabia

Obtain from a variety of sources (4)

Opposite of blunt

One of three membranes that enclose the brain and spinal cord

Ogden —, US humorist whose volumes include 1931's Hard Lines

One writer’s novel

One of the Fab Four (5)

One-handled drinking vessel (7)

Organisms studied by a mycologist (5)

Of heroic or impressive proportions

On a single occasion

Of a report not based on facts (9)

Of a node, marking or lesion of the lung (5)

One unsuccessful in various roles (5)

Objectives of European nations disturbed some leaders (4)

Old religious type takes crucial lead from nature (6)

Old jail bird, not quite silver (5)

Organisation that makes Communist annoyed? (3,6)

Opposite of right (4)

Of the kitchen or cooking

Olive —, girlfriend of comic book character Popeye

Overlook, intended to obtain

Owing to student struggle

Our Duncan’s tongue

On one occasion

Origin of Species being important? Not a lot!

Old military leader is well (sadly not internally) (5)

One going on foot (4)

Object of worship (4)

Obtainable, accessible

One’s working with old rope

Out of date, only taken in to be repaired

One way to treat a boil (5)

One with speed wrestling around ring in bout (7)

One goes over handy tips to catch train (4,4)

Of little length

One ran for a long time

Offence of losing

Odd need to have daughter stopped

Owned up to finance

Old decorative style, or back to Chanel?

One goes in break to take exam again

Odd section with spots

Old instrument of temptation (7)

Of the nose (5)

Official survey held by Saracens usually

Only accepting half of UK invested in pound? That can be sorted out (7)

Old instrument of temptation (7)

Of the nose (5)

Ominous, fateful

Own new shelter

Outlaw getting around to stick

Old politician opposed to the Tories (4)

Old instrument of temptation (7)

Of the nose (5)

One after the other

Oblique-angled parallelogram with four equal sides

One of the fairies in William Shakespeare play A Midsummer Night's Dream

One of a pair of spiked frames strapped to boots for climbing

Olivier —, French jockey who rode 1998 Derby winner High-Rise

Opponent puts iron ring inside

On a grand scale

One forgets a cinema's changed

One terribly old object that's venerated

One owing money (6)

Of great height

Oil producer working in Leeds

Off-key (3,2,4)

One exerting a lot of pull in the church (4-6)

Old invader that's employed in sacking (4)

Older relative before day devised most of route for educational trip (5,4)

One sent on a mission devoid of ordinary jealousy (4)

Old Bob in established yard pockets it as riches? (10)

One has to be ready for such nimbleness (7)

One who perseveres (5)

Old Testament wife of Nabal and subsequently David

Officers’ money

Object to lay-about from the country

One of a trio of writers in the family omitting pairs of leading characters (5)

One inhabiting island, part of Asia Minor (5)

One daughter being what makes her who she is (8)

Old Testament Hebrew prophet of the 8th century BC

Organise sale of drinks

One of a hairy venomous family of spiders (9)

One on Saturn trip, taking in ring and comet's tail? (9)

Open around one, content (4)

One of the 13 historic counties of Wales, split into three in 1972 (9)

Old diary found in one busy Yankee vintner's study (8)

Our mum's spiking another mum's whiskey (4,4)

One fights egg producer with rowing team (12)

One of many in a cellar (5,2,4)

Of the teeth (6)

Old soldier (7)

Of or done by the mind

Old sign about five internal organs

Official coming to the end of period in office? (4,4)

One of many in a cellar (5,2,4)

Of the teeth (6)

Old soldier (7)

Old Testament character whose ass spoke to him

Official office of the US president in the White House

Originally called in one engineer

Old shelter has scope

Obtain from strange tradesman

Old fogey's beginning to get in close? Definitely not!

One in favour of the UK trying to go it alone (8)

One of many in a cellar (5,2,4)

Of the teeth (6)

Old soldier (7)

Object of permanent ridicule

One sixteenth of an ounce in the avoirdupois system of weights

Offence of losing

One ran for a long time

Object of worship

One who's indiferent to pain turns to ice? Not entirely

One qualification is not quite enough for the statesman (7)

One who draws this will show some relief (7,3)

One hundred request container for drink

One who forges and shapes iron on an anvil (10)

One who does not really understand the words being imitated (6)

One tapping away told to get lost! (6,3)

Of the moon (5)

Olivier —, F1 motor racing driver; 1996 Monaco GP winner

Otto —, German artist whose paintings include 1920's Skat Players

Old World warbler nicknamed the northern nightingale

One argues with one animal about another

Oblique tip of elaborate stick for game (6)

Orange for high-ranking official

One in flight of birds finally falling to rook (7)

Old cabs provided reversed over a wide area (7)

One in prison to show a dilatory attitude (3)

One reluctant to emerge from retirement! (3-4)

Only takes book to English strait

One million papers cause admiration

Open country in southern Africa (4)

On foreign shores (6)

One using teeth (5)

Order for one sailor to make a U-turn (3-2)

One's tossed kind of red net away (5)

Offence of rum-running securing bishop a number of years (7)

Outstanding (5)

On the way (2,5)

Of the whole universe

One who delivers babies

Outstanding (5)

On the way (2,5)

One wordsmith’s novel

Old wine in ship overseas?

One who cares to make an offer?

Outstanding (5)

On the way (2,5)

Of French and German and English county

Of the sides (7)

Once upon a time yacht and bike needed to travel (4,2,3,3)

Oddly mean bloodsuckers getting bad blood (6)

Opposing proposal for movement in the shop? (7-6)

Offers in excuse could have lapsed (6)

Oriental flower festival (6)

One or the other (6)

Omar Andres —, WBO Flyweight champion from 2002-10

One crook creates superstar

On a single occasion

Old unreliable car (6)

One stands to the right of East Ender's impoverished plant (8)

Old-fashioned you, having S&M! (8)

Old player determined to get a ham regional accent (9)

One getting ready item of furniture (7)

Organised hen do in smart European port (9)

On the surface it's a disturbance (6)

Old Testament wife of Uriah and mother of Solomon by David

Owl sound is amusing

Opponent originally chasing tie in lead — which has no real effect (7)

Of the stars (6)

Of soldiers or the armed forces

Ornamental net loosely holding long hair at the back

Old article about right for port in Algeria

One who'll succeed in Scottish town, we hear

One living in a small rural community (8)

Opening that can admit light or allow ventilation (6)

One appointed as first controller of Hercules among many (4,5)

One's near where academics may relax with, say, glasses raised (7)

Object used to contain something

Olympic sport involving trampolining and exercises on bars, beam, floor and vaulting horse

Officers’ room in a state

Object of worship

One who gives a party for a lot of people

Outlaw in gang with modern technology

Orienteering item (3)

One's therefore hugging maiden's neck (7)

Opponent of slack stagnation (10)

Orienteering item (3)

Out of practice

Opted to change store

On two occasions

Offer for sale (4)

Opinions (6,2,4)

Orienteering item (3)

One who carries a coffin

One hundred years

Owner of Doubting Castle in John Bunyan allegory The Pilgrim's Progress

Organised tour round Dutch house

Objective for Indian state that's left behind

One may be fussy — or messy (5)

Online club's bad progress, endlessly initiated and interrupted by you, we hear (4,5)

One has a last desperate smoke — hear? (9)

One's professional life (6)

One who perseveres (5)

Of the Pope (5)

Official (or organisation) responsible for supervision of a particular activity (9)

One's professional life (6)

One who perseveres (5)

Of the Pope (5)

Owing to student conflict

Object of worship

Opposite of maximum (7)

Overwhelming defeat

One eighth of a mile

Old friend gets gem

One worked for some time

October birthstone

Organ not pre-recorded? Right!

Out of bounds, perhaps, drive ultimately hooked? Totally incompetent! (8)

One who holds an inquest finding nothing in nook

Out of work (10)

Offer alien a bathroom facility (5)

Online distortion for current movement that may be climate-changing (2,4)

One result of eavesdropping in winter (6)

One employed in espionage

One isn’t affected by stress

On entire surface

One who alleges a crime

One northern team may be contained

One looks down on others (4)

One result of eavesdropping in winter (6)

Old man with deity and a temple

One result of eavesdropping in winter (6)

Occurring at the end

One gets severe criticism here, where wine is corked (2,3,4)

One saddled with a set of songs (5)

Old priest's upset in clash with prison officer (6)

One can't say no when island supports agreement (3-3)

Our neighbours drink for breakfast

On one occasion

Order to sledge dogs to get going (4)

Old habit of city gents: get naked under cover of trees (10)

On the other hand, it's no loss (5)

Outlook — a Paignton vet (anag) (7,5)

On the other hand, it's no loss (5)

One of the three gorgons in Greek mythology

Ordinary woman left behind

Old and useless like an egg

One involved in the shop's accounts (7)

One who shoes horses (7)

Oliver —, author of stage plays She Stoops to Conquer and The Good-Natur'd Man

Old leader points out alternatives

Oil reservoir in an internal combustion engine (4)

One has wings — told to taste without seasoning? (8)

Off-colour setter taking bait occasionally — unlucky (3-5)

One has a serious problem with 14 (9)

Obsessive anxiety about one's heath (12)

One who becomes a member of the woodworkers' union! (6)

On the spot, like the tricoteuses round the guillotine! (2,2,3,4)

One isn't affected by stress (7)

One who becomes a member of the woodworkers' union! (6)

On the spot, like the tricoteuses round the guillotine! (2,2,3,4)

One isn't affected by stress (7)

Offspring of giant cat (4,3)

Of little importance (2-7)

One who becomes a member of the woodworkers' union! (6)

On the spot, like the tricoteuses round the guillotine! (2,2,3,4)

One isn't affected by stress (7)

Otto —, 1944 winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Officers’ room in confusion

One worked for a long time

Outrage, having lost second shoe

On the whole, danger ably diverted (2,3,5)

One detained by expression of admiration in meeting for discussion (6)

One debt I transferred, being submissive (8)

Old-fashioned engine-driver (5)

Old World feline noted for its ferocity

Old Italian-style manor

Offer bishop identification

One who'd break for dance

Overtake tourist snapping front of Parthenon

One bound to be partial to browser (Firefox) (4)

Old reptile's power badly tore foot (11)

Owns article one sort of dog ate, so getting another dog (5,4)

One way to shoot game (5)

One kind of stone fruit (4)

One worked for a long time

On one occasion

Outdoor heater (7)

One maybe hammered in the main, back in scrapes (7)

One seizing stock up in Cairo's sales (5)

Out-of-this world advertising agent (8)

One side of the East in reality (5)

Otherwise (2,4)

Of sound mind (4)

Organ of smell (4)

Oddly nude hill

Old girl editor approved

One night in Paris for northerner

One wanting a bite? (6)

Open up, as you might say, an old letter (6)

Over and done with computers etc — too old (4,2)

Old-fashioned US politician with something lyrical (6)

One corresponding offers two similar endorsements, one deficient (3-1-3)

Outdated permit to go East (5)

Open or close these (5)

Of the nose (5)

Opening new tavern, one invited in (3,4)

One of billions vacuous buffoon, I recall, wasted? (5,4)

One who performs at rites in a peculiar way (7)

Outline is almost exact

One who performs at rites in a peculiar way (7)

Old singer turned tail in church and left

Omnipresent (10)

Overly sentimental (7)

One who performs at rites in a peculiar way (7)

Over-ready to shoot

Organisation also called the Joint State Political Directorate that formed the Soviet secret police from 1923-34 (inits)

On a grand scale

Others take part in fire station

One's not prepared for these remarks

One who succeeds as disciple

One seeking higher status (6,7)

Otherwise taking tea round pensioners' home (7)

Old city moving right right right (4)

One can feel pain in guts before death (5,3)

One way to score (5)

On a small scale

Organisation formed in 1961 to administer a common policy for the sale of petroleum

Original part of name

One writer’s novel

Originally called in one engineer

Oceanic fluid that's a drug

Only hair for support

On bad terms (2,4)

Object of worship (4)

On the breadline

Owing to student conflict

Out of mistrust, I call from the country

Oarsmen floundering in Mediterranean resort

Old places unfortunately fell down

Open hosting North American team (7)

One’s oddest feature

On a grand scale

On night shift for no result (7)

Outlaw climbing no tree

Outfit suitable for climbers?

Ornamental (10)

Open up one with sharp blow (6)

One topless specimen is plenty! (5)

One of Hannibal's trumpeters (8)

One of the lakes included in summer excursion (4)

One topless specimen is plenty! (5)

One of Hannibal's trumpeters (8)

One of the lakes included in summer excursion (4)

Open-minded (8)

One topless specimen is plenty! (5)

One of Hannibal's trumpeters (8)

One of the lakes included in summer excursion (4)

Old quarter-pound headgear?

Old-fashioned secretaries not completely prepared (5)

Ordinary charge to speak (5)

Older sibling who keeps an unwelcome eye on you? (3,7)

One may be missed in an instant (9)

One who must show his class, presumably (7)

Of the moon (5)

Outdoor event (4)

One’s professional life

One worked for a long time

Obvious jingoistic tirade? (8)

Observation of the examiner having to do his work again? (6)

Omar —, president of Gabon from 1967-2009

One with a nest-egg doesn't start to declare

One may strain to improve it (3)

One taking part in the arms race? (3-6)

Oddly, archers are cards

Old king has points expanded

Out of bed with a jump - he's only just made it! (7)

Old Testament Hebrew prophet of the 8th century BC

Oppose return to university: student on vacation (4,2,7)

Oxfordshire (abbr) (4)

Of whom it might be said: 'You are what you eat' (8)

Old Testament father of Jacob and Esau

Olivia —, author of novels The Rain Forest and School for Love

Outstanding day after first of October

Odd patterns seen in part of church

Official language (and a native) of Hungary (6)

Originally called in one engineer

Obligation to involve university in first performance

One owing money (6)

Owing to student conflict

Opening sounds complete

Opponent not against change

Out of the ordinary (7)

One is accepted into jazz threesome (5)

One doesn't enjoy being clobbered (6)

Oddly curvy stalactite's 40% quartz (7)

Orthodoxy generally includes a common element (6)

Overdo theatrics, entertaining Morse character

Offence of losing

Off on a course

One admired new bird

One's beginning with some French poems

Of the stomach (7)

Of the teeth (6)

Occurrence in flat to start

Object left in cooking vessel

Officers’ room in confusion

On a grand scale

Oil company beginning to explore Alabama location

Outsiders in race sure to come back

Odd trees planted again

One who brings happiness to others (3,2,8)

Opening bars? (5)

One hat on husband following church party (7)

On fishing for orca, I spy tuna's snout — that's fishy (9)

Old man eats fish guts in Italy (4)

Over 500 take poetry to be varied (7)

One’s oddest feature

Open (a fastener) (5)

Obstacle to getting off home? One moans terribly (8)

Obtain energy, conserving energy (6)

Order rubbish with a little butter to get sent back (6)

Old Greek house on the right

One who drops rubbish

Oven provides breakfast bread without topping

One of the basic patterns of the human fingerprint

Order of insects comprising dragonflies and damselflies

Object of worship

Official population survey (6)

One old-fashioned object of veneration (4)

One missing a book dispatched by European conglomerate, finally (8)

Of the Pope (5)

Orchard produce

On a grand scale

Oil well with a strong natural upward flow (6)

Openly enjoying a stay in the country? (7,3)

One giving an address

Old European kingdom, some feel it's a country on the rise (7)

Oppose shop assistant's turn? (10)

Old Testament prophet of the 9th century BC who denounced Ahab and Jezebel

One in charge of a gaming table

Openers for Caribbean islands

One hundred per cent with Christmas decoration

One who follows somebody on Radio Four, ultimately (9)

Old tax office work finally getting a little tedious (7)

One refusing to buy anything (7)

Of the nose (5)

Offence of losing

One's taken in edited videotape six rejected

Of the nose (5)

Orchard produce

Obstinate or stupid

Official in charge of a train

On the sheltered side (7)

Of average quality (8)

Of the nose (5)

Old fogies wandering around south London neighbourhood (4,2,4)

One following whiskey carrier in this detective story (8)

Opposite of heads

Odd moment with English souvenir

Others appear in Empire State

Open skin infection (4)

One lot of detectives having shower, possibly cause of bad atmosphere (4,4)

Organised tour round Dutch house

One in five going on foot

Obstacle in drinking establishment

Over-the-shoulder carrying technique (8,4)

Orange part (7)

One penny collected by fan as contribution (5)

Old king left Queen's Master of Music (4,6)

On way up, came across independent couple (4)

Optimistic conductor may start with it (6)

One should tolerate such an animal (4)

Opposite of minimum (7)

Old meeting of note

Our man's wild and king goes crazy

Opera singer with new bed

Of clear mind (5)

Operatic song for a solo voice (4)

Obsession with oneself (8)

One hanging poster about product’s unmatched quality (9)

One holds guy, perhaps, after ten pints knocked back (4,3)

Operator of a printing machine (6)

Opening for coins

Overtake one on desire

One who takes after beggarman

Officers in naval vessel change directions

Old Portuguese money (6)

Old dressing on, certainly! (6)

Old player in cricket team backed by leader of Conservatives — would one often open for Churchill? (5,3)

Of the Pope (5)

Opposite of peace (3)

One watching TV

Om —, Indian actor who starred as George Khan in 1999 comedy-drama film East is East

One less mobile in the Hebrides, for example

One studies pictures on screen

Of the Pope (5)

Opposite of peace (3)

Old World bird with long legs and a speckled plumage such as the Great —

Overlooks anteriors

One who unexpectedly turns out successful or beautiful (4,8)

Obedient, compliant (6)

Of the Pope (5)

Opposite of peace (3)

Of the sense of touch

On top of a spell of bowling

Of the moon (5)

Old singer cried as if leg is broken

Opening rerigerator if icepack's concealed

One of two, or one in three perhaps (6)

Of high temperature (3)

One who perseveres (5)

Orienteering item (3)

Omen of the future

One who follows second speaker

One self-boosting drug obtained, something really good (3-7)

One's scrutinised an explosive device in river (8)

One with a constantly negative attitude (8)

Optimistic stock market investor? (4)

One travelling a long time during very ordinary year (7)

Obviously not the first bit of camping gear taken by hothead! (5)

Outstanding spell of bowling to be expected (7)

Of the sides (7)

Olivier —, rugby union hooker; 1995 France Test debutant against Romania

Old Italian-style manor

One worked for a long time

On an aeroplane, say (6)

Open lot (anag) — group of riders in the Tour de France? (7)

Old fellow one's run into at station (6)

One pandering to active baby? (7)

Organise the long search on which one's suit may depend (7,6)

One would have to be boisterous to play with this animal (5)

Of the heart (7)

One’s oddest feature

One ordering tea in bars?

One in boat crew heard birds

One in blue raised platform

One of the family Grannie certainly embraces

Old-fashioned (7)

One of over 100 circular masonry forts built to protect the English coast against the French (8,5)

Only if it's really necessary (2,1,5)

One is unlikely to be successful changing our diets (8)

Officers’ money

One Roman’s emperor

One writer’s novel

One is entertained by flower girl

Once a sort used by water-travellers (5)

Once in a while

One who shoes horses

On one occasion

One's rehabilitated a defector to Labour? (2-3)

One that's very thick-skinned (5)

One cadet in uniform's holding back (6)

Open an eye! (6)

One bent on trying to destroy you? (9)

One who damages property

On a grand scale

Overhauled Porsche not right for ages

One of those people who knead people

One living alone before being joined by small child

Old part of mansion is outstanding

One way to leave school? (9)

One with a total addiction? (3)

Old soldier (7)

Observation (6)

Official population count

Objection to returning receptacle

Operator confused without a cavalryman (7)

One who produces music for the masses (4-6)

One going round as a textile worker (7)

Of the nose (5)

One medium paint used around percussion instrument

Ocean unsuitable for this vessel

Officers’ room in confusion

One eats fish that's spicier for Cockney

Others in front of garage taking it easy

Obstacle in the pub

Old area excluding one state

Operator not getting on with sudden increase

Organic compound excreted in urine (4)

Old Mother Hubbard's was empty! (8)

Operator confused without a cavalryman (7)

One who produces music for the masses (4-6)

One going round as a textile worker (7)

Of the nose (5)

Obstruction that may be knocked off?

Operator confused without a cavalryman (7)

One who produces music for the masses (4-6)

One going round as a textile worker (7)

Of the nose (5)

One having guests

One speaks ill of Cypriots, for example

One who rescues various characters

Only an extremely rare gas

Ordering caviare demonstrates greed

Overblown publicity (4)

One on the run? (7)

One lord's strange tongue (3,5)

One on hand, if learning is disrupted (10)

One joining football club the last to get changed (6)

One works on paper (Times) with hesitation (6)

Outfitter produces end piece with gold (6)

Old army outfit, say, gathered by hero (6)

One trial revealing a garbled story (8)

Of sound or hearing

Object of worship

One sixteenth of an ounce in the avoirdupois system of weights

Open boat made of skin used by the Yupik and Inuit peoples

On one occasion

Ogre in dreadful area

Old timer initially greeting play

Old horse-drawn cab (6)

Of sound mind (4)

Ordinary, routine

One replaced by queen in drug work

Oddly a singer recovers

One who won't give up row over river

One's close relatives (6,6)

Old nickname for a policeman (taken from the Home Secretary who set up the Metropolitan Police in 1829) (6)

Openly shown (8)

Old team showing its age, getting rusty? (9)

Official home for bishop wanting a post (5)

Old three-halfpenny comic incomplete, one part damaged (9)

One way of getting out as match proceeds (4)

One outcome of simple test for sucker? (4,4)

Of the stars (6)

Outer appearance (6)

One thousand million

Once ordered an ice cream

One in alliance with extremely nervous groups of people

One country with no unknown lizard

Old vessel with nitrogen? It's a gas!

One side that's correct

Oldest and most successful Formula One motor racing team (7)

One running out of clothes? (8)

Once a class to rely strangely on (8)

One holder for papers one behind another (6,4)

Over-subtle play on words gets money penalties (8)

Opera by Enrique Granados first performed in 1916

Odds that could double your money (5)

Out of the ark! — Noah's odd life (anag) (3-9)

Odd character that is moved around in anagram of word (6)

Opposite of 5 hats (10)

One travelling on foot

Organs have new merits

Occasionally (3,3,2)

Objects of worship (5)

Old Testament Hebrew prophet of the eighth century BC

Otto, German-born American conductor and composer, d. 1973 (9)

Old explosive device used for blasting holes in gates and walls (with which one should avoid hoisting oneself!) (6)

Overwhelming victory — natural disaster (9)

Official's never penning books (6)

Official look at investing money after downward trend (8)

Old Soldiers' Dance (7)

Occult sign for office workers (11)

Once one of the top men in the building industry (6)

Of very good quality

Of the kidneys (5)

Of horses and riding

One examines canines first after depression (7)

One in the pits wears this halo? (9)

On isle, leave healthy food (9)

Out of school holidays, engaging one caretaker (7)

Obstinately resistant to change

One providing treatment possibly treats hip

One's occupation may depend on paying it

Old measure for association

Old English silver coin worth four pennies (5)

Official language of modern Iran also called Persian

Otto —, 1944 winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry

One politician is a rogue

Observer of timekeeper with queen

Old Testament prophet who denounced Ahab and Jezebel

Ornamental net loosely holding a woman's hair at the back

On one occasion

Observing lack of sound from bell

Old soldier: marshal or cadet

One river after another in the countryside (5)

One agent had to be redeployed, requiring attention (2,3,6)

One opposing some Italian timekeeping (4)

Office worker set off a storm

Officer twice has a drink

On the house (4)

One member to broadcast, with little hesitation to be a wrecker (8)

Overdue - was in bed at an advanced hour (7)

Overtake a fast animal to escape responsibility (4,3,4)

Of the stars (6)

Of sound or hearing (5)

Oriental eating utensils

Outlaws holding Irish children

Odd male with red and green gem

One bringing a lawsuit (9)

Overwhelming defeat

Optical toy consisting of a rotating cylinder with a sequence of pictures on its inner surface

Owls fly, but not fast

One who steers or one entering into conspiracy

Old World monkey such as the Black-shanked — or Red-shanked —

Opening chapter about immoral behaviour

Oxford or Cambridge college (5)

Outcome of evacuating 50% of underground jail cells? (4)

Ongoing mutation of viral infection a bad sign? (4)

Object of worship (4)

Object of worship (4)

One thousand thousands

Old Italian-style manor

One writer’s novel

Outlaw hugging a New York tree

Old lady is upset by our love affair

One component gets separated

On the way (2,5)

Object of worship (4)

Occupation includes garden terrace

One authorised to sell alcoholic drinks (8)

Old landholders in Athens displaced (6)

Old Roman vehicle bypassing deep track (6)

One who's up to his monkey tricks is a high churchman! (7)

On account of not having settled (5)

Opposed or completely different

Odd arrangement of garnets

Offence in losing

One who sings the praises of another (8)

Of sound mind (4)

Organisation formed in 1961 to administer a common policy for the sale of petroleum

Ovals (anag) (5)

One who habitually drinks alcohol to excess (informal) (4)

One worries about uncontrolled movement on new currency (8)

One left his anorak after scrambling for rescue boat (5,3)

Old building material containing rubbish tip waste (9)

Outstanding (5)

One of the Three Musketeers in works by Alexandre Dumas

One who doesn't believe that he is taking part

One can spin in fruit machine

Ordering caviare demonstrates greed

One British leader is a bird

Odd seaside complaint

Offshore figure, one blocking direct defamation (7,8)

One who goes illegally onto land

One section respectively

Over and above (5)

Old World monkey inhabiting open rocky ground or wooded regions

One’s oddest feature

Once more saint is in opposition

Outbreak after clubs go bust

Others with skill turn over a new leaf

Old girl heading for disaster with assorted males

Ordering a fancy flower for the border (3,6)

Our team looks down on wicked little pest (6)

Online agent gets notice? (4)

One has an eye for beauty, they say (8)

Odious fuel spilt on headgear (7)

Orienteering item (3)

Own new shelter

Opponent puts a ring in the iron

Old mounted soldier — mama rants (anag) (3-2-4)

One helps you stop and live around playboy’s house (5,4)

Old unfinished Degas rejected (4)

Old philosophy teacher's a pathetic person confusing this (7)

Our land broken and lumpy (7)

One of the fairies in the William Shakespeare play A Midsummer Night's Dream

Orator's opening mass meeting – thus?

Old German's attempt to interrupt call by hospital (8)

One's disparaged for going to work in small taxi

One who divines the future (6)

Off past this London station goes old raconteur in speech? (6)

Old lover in affair showing some muscle? (7)

Overwhelming quantity 15, according to the French? (9)

Of the voice (5)

Of ships or navigation

Obvious old declaration

One politician showing bad spirit (3)

On which games are won by the over-forties (6,5)

One’s oddest feature

Officer not concerned with detail?

One politician showing bad spirit (3)

On which games are won by the over-forties (6,5)

Origin of smelly green secretion

Out of shape (5)

Object of extreme dislike: formal curse (8)

One politician showing bad spirit (3)

On which games are won by the over-forties (6,5)

Odo —, British Ambassador to the German Empire from 1871-84

Outcome of strange rustle

One section of large house or section of window in greenhouse

Opponent of something in particular (4)

Old group take in lake in ancient city (3,7)

Object of worship (4)

Overlook or forgive

Owing, say, to condensation

One cleric prepared to make friends again

Ordered a book about criminal (3,3)

One may have to take a rest before hitting it (8,4)

Outclassed oneself? (6,6)

Of high temperature (3)

Ointment left in bar

Overrun with finest nuts

One possessed by devil is after a large dog

One in Leeds replaced engine driver

Optical cleanser (7)

One who looks after another (5)

One who eats enthusiastically (6)

Obstacle to be negotiated (6)

Old-fashioned punishment for bloomers! (6)

Occasionally (3,3,4)

Overseas region of France in the Indian Ocean whose capital is Saint-Denis

Organisation also called the Joint State Political Directorate that formed the Soviet secret police from 1923-34 (inits)

One of two articles (3)

Oak tree fruit (5)

Odilon —, French painter whose works include 1898's Vierge Nimbee

Old area excluding island state

Out — damned (8)

Open sweet or savoury tart (4)

One of five arrivals in small church a supporter there (7)

Old, broken tin-can found round the back of the garage (7)

On the other side of the page

One more part of flower absorbing oxygen

Old sultan dropping in for fresh food

Old, broken tin-can found round the back of the garage (7)

Originally called in one engineer

Our Duncan’s tongue

Old invader captured Hungary's capital

One in force using force if forced?

Old, broken tin-can found round the back of the garage (7)

Occurring or done at the same time

Organise sale of drinks

Outwit champion concealing sudden move (6)

Oyster's gem (5)

Of or resembling a bird

Oliver —, Best Director Oscar winner for Platoon and Born on the Fourth of July

Originally called in one engineer

Oh! Fleecy kid interrupted school pursuit

Outmoded appointment with daughter

One appraises animals like this? Right!

One is upset by such a din (5)

Owing to student conflict

On one occasion

One who seduces and exploits young women — eg anvils (anag) (8)

Overconfident people — Ernie, Ritchie and Fawkes? (4,4)

Object of worship

One of the 10 units of between 300 and 600 men in an Ancient Roman Legion

Oliver —, Conservative MP from 1997-2019; Shadow Home Secretary from 2001-03

On a grand scale

One may hear quiet constituent

One of twelve panellists (5)

On war (anag) (5)

Observe drinks holding temperature with sun (7)

One sat out after taking top from pot noodle? (5)

One entering time that's competitive — not this? (7)

Official we'd be lost without (5)

Of little length (5)

Ordeal of equipment belonging to us

Official we'd be lost without (5)

Of little length (5)

Official in charge of a train

Obvious about Shakespearean king

Order one cat now

Official we'd be lost without (5)

Of little length (5)

One’s native language

Old, saucy professional

One who makes music? He painted his mother

One in irrational panic or concealing the onset of anxiety (9)

Our queen, looking back to girl as a princess? (5)

One was even a boy (6)

One who is fit to revise the tale (7)

Of a circular path

One staying at a hotel

Open boat made of skin used by the Yupik and Inuit peoples

One concerned his image, being badly tailored (8)

Offer nothing but solicitous affection? (6,4)

Offer for money (8)

Of Switzerland (5)

Open a container

Officers’ money

One held back by irresolution?

Oprah broadcast for Marx

Odd tangle I clear up

Oh dear, I've dropped it! (4)

Optical instrument that provides a view of an otherwise obstructed field (9)

OK member of the bourgeoisie receives black mark (2,7)

Open to doubt (13)

One king flanked by others in church (4)

Old Caledonians initially join a league comprising 8 sides (9)

One putting on left-wing prosecutor's rebuffed (5)

One aims for space playing cricket in tests, bagging duck (6,9)

Of sound mind (4)

Overly sentimental (4)

One who constructs houses

Old American in Tennessee that may be full of beans (3,3)

Ostentatiously paraded a call for peace buried by opinion editor (8)

One from Denmark

Occupant has awfully neat book

Opponent of new technology did play instrument outside

One looking after merry Andrew?

One's phone rings, getting ready for action (8)

Origin of Wimbledon favourite

Object of abuse or ridicule (4)

Open sore on an external or internal part of the body (5)

One coming from Holland forced to return (4)

One played with infant: kind of mother! (4,5)

Object to being dispatched a second time (6)

Open part of the cover tentatively (5)

Outstanding work

Orator needing hi-fi component

Open area surrounded by buildings (9)

One attacking home with sci-fi villain? (7)

One raced around shopping area (6)

Ornamental form of the common carp

Opponent puts iron ring inside

Outside hotel, met up with English subject

On one occasion

One seeking a free ride (7)

Out of date — and pure Austen (anag) (13)

One planning romantic breaks with American husband (10)

Organise sale of drinks

Observe sound location

Oriental trip for a member of the family

Oscar Wilde's last drama CD a way off (7,5)

Order to run my bath — it's apocryphal (5,4)

On a ship or train (6)

Of punishment (5)

Of the kidneys (5)

One’s oddest feature

Object of worship

One taken by northern clubs as a prisoner?

One million in US city providing capital

Oprah tied knot – she was divine

One aims to smear opponents (10)

Opening section curtailed for 22 19 14 24 down (6)

Open to all the people

One isn’t affected by stress

Oppose nobleman and queen

Of purely theoretical interest (8)

On a grand scale

Old man turned out to be a nut

Obscure thing is visible

Openly outrageous

One who doesn't believe in Castro?

One in the hole can be eaten (4)

Oranges and lemons? (6)

Only for appearances (5)

Off one's head, swallowing drug or alcoholic drink (4)

Overworked miner with two shifts (4-4)

Once powerful Russian arts organisation (4)

Opposite of dry (3)

Ostentatious jewellery

Only part of the full story (10)

Only alarm replaced around 5th of October in unusual fashion (10)

One seeking revolution rejected wrong in courts (4)

One who's learned independently about tuition regularly played a dramatic role (10)

One of the main dangers of war (7)

Open-mouthed (5)

One who puts money away (5)

Ornamental plant with large white scented flowers

Obvious type of leather

Object of worship

Outlaw with good report

One was first to stand up in shop

One without regrets maybe needing to change husband (5)

Opposing element in camp, trendy about nothing in argument (10)

Ordered apprentice inside to make a sword (5)

OECD chief explodes at national leaders as this rises? (5)

One forced to join up — that sounds chilling (7)

Oleg —, Russian clown who in 1955 became the first to tour outside his home country

Object to night manoeuvre

Officer liable to plug brother's killer

One usually dressed in black became hot

Outsiders to stage child's play, a blow for Brighton? (3,6)

One who has called several times will get this account (9,4)

Officer may well have been shelled, we hear! (7)

One in charge of a golf course

Offensive, swimming round the Isle of Wight

Old city has time for top quality

Old-style allegiance (6)

One who has called several times will get this account (9,4)

Officer may well have been shelled, we hear! (7)

Of ancient writing

One who has called several times will get this account (9,4)

Officer may well have been shelled, we hear! (7)

Old wife after drink in pastoral setting

Out-of-town social venue (7,4)

Official — guide (7)

Old Mac from croft developed novel smallholding (4,7,4)

One dumped on old aircraft — time to see another world (9)

One of two bound for power (4)

One-time group of performers (6)

One with the leading part in 'Brother Octavius' (4)

Object of worship (4)

Of the voice (5)

Officers’ money

Owing money for rent, hide change

One who eats leftovers? (9)

Own up to being beaten by cranky meat diet fad (5,6)

One who entertains crowd

One group of fliers when turning up for hunting expedition

Old rocker's rival (3)

Old duke, surprisingly, not originally known to sweat (5)

One day to embellish speech (7)

Old runner backward about money but a quick learner? (7)

Often seen to be nervously affected inside (5)

One who steals (5)

Once dim, turning evil

Out and about (6)

Object breaks damaged threads (7)

One who accepts carved teak? Right!

One is often led to use it by mistake (6)

Of high temperature (3)

Opposite of maximum (7)

Open a container

One getting stuck into my dough

One puts patients out (12)

Of course (slang) (5)

One who fails to turn up as booked (2-4)

Oxford mathematician is evasive about subtracting transcendental number (7)

One is often led to use it by mistake (6)

Of high temperature (3)

Opposite of maximum (7)

Outer layer of bacon

Official room of the US president in the White House

Opposed to throwing a tin

One names wild flowers

Old duke in Scottish river now

Oral means of relaying information (4-2-5)

One is often led to use it by mistake (6)

Of high temperature (3)

Opposite of maximum (7)

Origin of Wimbledon favourite

Old man entering wrong country

One gets fed up with other people

Old philosopher — artist Leo (anag) (9)

Our man of letters? (4)

One in fashion pages is very modern (5-3)

Oyster's gem (5)

Opposite of short

Open-weave muslin or hessian fabric used in upholstery

Odd way to display anger

Owing to condensation, say

Object to night manoeuvres

On one occasion

Old coin for aristocrat

One's not satisfied with English in Roman assembly

Object when bird is taken in by doctor

Of poor quality (informal) (5)

Overactive (informal) (5)

One helping the cast dance and become exhausted, losing some energy (8)

Ornamental (10)

Organ of smell (4)

Order given to dogs

Observing nought after losing heart

Orange-flavoured liqueur (9)

Oil went all over the place - breakdown equipment needed (7)

Ordinary writing

One’s oddest feature

Officer to apprehend staff

On the female side I'd back employees

Old man in one sort of tree has to climb another

One of seven, for example, grabbing a stool (8)

Official drop before mum cuts great deal (8)

One chest disorder causes irritation (6)

Orienteering item

One thousand thousands

One wound up in US city

Obsequious subordinates close to tears in Arab country

One chest disorder causes irritation (6)

Of the home or family

Officer has company parking

On the loose (2,5)

One chest disorder causes irritation (6)

Open tin was sufficient

One from Qom? (7)

One working the land is used to steer (6)

Official has bearing on character (4,8)

One-storey house

One who sells houses for others

Old Testament father of Jacob and Esau

Odd way to treat anger

Originally called in one engineer

One's beginning online reports about new shapes

Old-fashioned drier whiskey — double! (7)

One girl that is after another (6)

One may be put out by it (5)

One would be mad to be out of them (6)

Of great importance (3)

One who doesn't like spending years in wretched state

One of King Kong's family? (7)

One swims in under rock (6)

Opposite of no (3)

Ostentatious moment

Old lady not bending for dog

One readily admits graduates' complete failure — making university embarrassed, initially (6-3)

One with faith in artist putting time into expedition (9)

One who destroys an operation from within

One reservist – learner – in unknown country

One less spoilt in the Hebrides, say

Outstanding occasion when the Russian mail arrives? (3-6,3)

One who enforces hard work

One twelfth of a foot

One succeeding with broadcast we hear

One who gives name in entrance

One might pass through customs in Germany chewing a Big Mac with pilot (10,3)

One sympathises with Wills; he falls out with his grandmother (4-6)

Orchestra section (5)

Outstanding occasion when the Russian mail arrives? (3-6,3)

Obscure meteorological object

Only genre of music that's heard

Outstanding occasion when the Russian mail arrives? (3-6,3)

One appointed to represent another

One no longer of significance (3-4)

One's not into fancy elitist names (6)

Odd description of rough surface (6)

One who's beaten round the ring is more relaxed (6)

One who puts money away (5)

Obstinate or stupid

Occurring every two years

Opposite concerning poetry

Oriental spaghetti?

Officer's English degree is specialised for an American (7)

Order within tea room (7)

Orders around half of your tablets in such buildings? (8)

Out and away (2,3)

Opposite of heads

On one occasion

Overweight supporter to the death? (7)

One thousand million

One of a class of deities in Greek mythology represented as caprine men

Organise sale of drinks

Outlaw holding Irish child

Ordered Democratic president outside (6)

Once a TV broadcast is ready, used in some countries (7)

Of the face (6)

Of the ears (4)

Once ordered an ice cream

Offence of losing

Overlooked soldier set up a sort of drone

Overbearing confidence (6)

One-piece over-the-shoulders swimsuit for chaps (7)

Our do (anag) (5)

Obviously cut down on workload but forced to come in (9)

One spearing trout-like fish — it might be easy (5)

On the way to collect dope and unwilling to reconsider (12)

Otherwise (2,4)

Oddly, isn't a green fruit

One whose word cannot be trusted (4)

Old tax to support Church and clergy (5)

One who looks (into space?) for ages (5)

Otherwise (2,4)

On the point of

Our Duncan’s tongue

Only book on Channel area

Old people, for instance, going astray

Officer in company — with no company left

Otherwise (2,4)

One’s way of standing or moving

Object of worship

One's double in figures (6)

Old-fashioned routine?

Originally called in one electrician

On the spot in further education

One said to be planting tree?

One longing aloud for a patch of ground (4)

Opposed to profit in a way (7)

Opening ground, authorise ore to be extracted (6)

One thirty-sixth of a yard (4)

Observance of proprieties (9)

One way to get slimmed down parliament (4)

One may be roasted from exercise with a fanatic (6)

One is confused for a long time (3)

One who perseveres (5)

Oscar's best mate? (2,5,7)

Oyster's gem (5)

One worked for a long time

One making progress with fathers?

One, some, every or all (3)

Organised sound (5)

Old city flourishing with distinguished artist (7)

Offensive rumour about a retired doctor (7)

Officer in uniform or overall (7)

Obscure valley, by the sound of it

One sees drink outside cargo area

Of champagne, extremely dry (4)

One chaste woman goes out in floods (9)

Old wheels recovered from crusades (4,4)

One putting on happy expression in comparison (6)

Overburden reporters with work (7)

One business transaction that could not be better (5)

Of the mind (6)

Overwhelming defeat

Obstacle, blockage

Old king gets primate something to eat

On several levels

One going over ice right behind fish

One's treated – one who was patient in cosmetic surgery

Over-fastidious (10)

Overburden reporters with work (7)

One business transaction that could not be better (5)

Of the mind (6)

One politician is a scoundrel

Old measure of textile length (3)

One who works on during a strike (8)

Overburden reporters with work (7)

One business transaction that could not be better (5)

Of the mind (6)

Official language of Pakistan also spoken in India

Owing to student conflict

Object of worship

One less spoilt in the Scillies, say

One piece of music a month?

Odd shuffling very large old animals (5)

One clicks what St Peter might have done (8)

One plans development of the Arctic (9)

Old long-distance communication could be a trumpet (5,4)

Opposite of good (3)

Obvious without proof

One’s lowest digit?

Old vessel with nitrogen? Some other gas

One goes round castle, treading nothing into carpet (4)

Of the nose (5)

Outdated term for babies joined at birth

Only about five find the answer

Old European gold coin (5)

Our second largest continent (6)

One providing the food and drink (7)

On which one is airborne (4)

On a grand scale

Old French artist not quite coming round

One second inside current record

Of crucial importance (7)

Opposite of dry (3)

One breaking stone ground at that place (2-4)

Old patriotic American song — one key loaded (anag) (6,6)

Old bandmaster provided by America (5)

Old oriental name for a yacht? (6)

One whose choice gets cross (7)

Overwhelming victory or success

Oriental tobacco-pipe also called a hubble-bubble

Object of worship

Old oriental name for a yacht? (6)

One whose choice gets cross (7)

One hundredth of a schilling in Austria before the arrival of the euro

Own new shelter

One deriving pleasure from inflicting pain (6)

Old oriental name for a yacht? (6)

One whose choice gets cross (7)

One giving blood

One of a pair of bony outgrowths on the heads of male deer

Others getting mineral source put back

Olympic sport introduced in Tokyo, 1964 (4)

On fancy paper, shares preliminary work (12)

Old estate for growing has no end of disinvestment? This makes things clear (11)

One that's finished work on Hebridean island (7)

Offer reduced assistance to the unprotected (8)

Of high temperature (3)

One of three babies at a birth

One robbery involves tyrant

One means of improving athletic performance: live with military officer somewhere beyond Mars! (8,4)

Only females love males to wear father's spectacles (9)

One expects to see them in a row (4)

Operative as a member of a posse (2,5)

One wouldn't expect a teacher to make one! (7)

Organ of smell (4)

Old Peruvian at home starts to creep away

Of the Pope (5)

Old Testament Hebrew prophet of the 8th century BC

One worked for a long time

One chapter in literature, OK?

One keeps pride in check, changing into more pathetic clothes (4-5)

Old soldiers find small signs

One may have set up firm sink

One watching six sheep by river

One comes in to take the place of a humble petitioner (9)

Of the lower back

One transaction is perfect

Offensive racket about old Frenchman

Officers’ room in confusion

Ottoman governor, formerly a pop star

On hearing car, someone leaning to the right (8)

One comes in to take the place of a humble petitioner (9)

Of sea movement

One of The Three Musketeers in works by Alexandre Dumas

Object to being almost modest

Outbursts that are part of the act

Official pardon (7)

One comes in to take the place of a humble petitioner (9)

Outstanding poem we hear?

Only about five find the answer

One of Aesop's stories? (5)

One prepares chap at a wedding in America (9)

One with independent or unorthodox views

One politician is a scoundrel

On one occasion

Opposite of fast (4)

Opening for coins (4)

Operetta somehow gets shortened

One nurse prepared to seek cover

Oscar, for instance (9)

Old Irish king and bishop relaxed in arbour (5,4)

Opposing democratic countries getting expressions of disapproval (13)

Outline of one book contained in rambling screed (8)

On one occasion (4)

One editor’s requirement

Old soldiers get a sign

Ordering a pint is not appropriate

One isn't fit to be on it

Obsessive nerd (informal) (6)

Over 16 eating suet regularly used in cooking (3,3)

One might dip one in water as a tentative experiment (3)

Old Testament city destroyed by God for its wickedness

Old American making some curtain calls

One with tanks is dipping into a quantity of liquid

Once attire for father in the street (4)

Ocean wrong for such a vessel

Outdoor activity

Of government or public money

Old Testament Hebrew patriarch who built an ark

Obsolete unit of length equal to one third of an inch