Clues Starting With p Pay a call on Parts of an act Paleozoic __ Pulitzer author Jennifer Pricey watch Pooch's plaything Part of DOE: Abbr. Producer of peaceful branches? (5,4) Prominent feature of chief country (8) Parasite to run away from, by the sound of it (4) Producing a rent from Tangier (7) Photo book (5) Practical joke (3-4) Pamper (6) Pilfer (5) Planet (6) Production (6) Puts up (6) Permitted by law Posh cake Provocation Plural of foot Physical effort Possibly airs a dress Policeman, not soft, retrained for pit Penny leaving store to tour old London area Proust reinterpreted produces mental dullness Popular monarch stopping street advertising Pieces for one not completely secure Portuguese Atlantic island group (6) Percussion instrument — a ringlet (anag) (8) Peas (anag) (4) People carrier's small opening to reverse in a narrow street (9) Period of which the present day is near the end (8) Pub hosts fellow with ukulele, initially as a joke (2,3) Policy of separate racial development (9) Pay a call on Parts of an act Paleozoic __ Pulitzer author Jennifer Pricey watch Pooch's plaything Part of DOE: Abbr. Permit (3) Parrot type (5) Pant (4) Paradise (4) Prayer ending (4) Predicament Pulls with a rope People’s contest Part of community Phone to get sculpture Plunder for new tool Posh person? Plant part Plato, for example Pet ate in RSPCA compound Props up Marx reportedly propping up leaders of Soviet Union Property specialist — negate taste (anag) (6,5) Pretentious (informal) (9) Piece of cheese, say, and starter from wine list (5) Party with little quantity of beer is in order (9) People of an earlier age roughly drawn aside (10) Plead for a fairy tale? (7) Plenty (4) Player's first game (5) Pallid (3) Possesses (3) Parsley, for example (4) Portent (4) Prison chief Perhaps Part of speech Person in charge Pointed tooth of an elephant or walrus Pitiable soldier in cart accident Pledges to get shelf Plant Person owing money Plug more suitable as multi-socket device? Pedicurist's tip? (7) Protected against loss or damage (7) Pain in the neck (5) Poet's time? It appears twice daily on one (3,2,5) Players more willing to join society (6) Phone old boy missing race once (4) Possibly greets an N.C.O. (8) Plant type (10) Public speaker (6) Primate (3) Person skilled in the Japanese martial art of ninjutsu Posted nets off Prompt student included hint Post Peruse Piece of evidence Power Particulars Positive source of guidance for defendant in court? Person who takes the risk for a new business (12) Pleading for Quarex? (6) Possibly greets an N.C.O. (8) Plant type (10) Public speaker (6) Primate (3) Person’s private book Point to the Spanish swimmer Painful affliction Paradise Primate published article about diversity mainly Pout about refusal to record one's speech Pay attention to vehicle reversing in confined space Previous head of state oppressed by class Possibly greets an N.C.O. (8) Plant type (10) Public speaker (6) Primate (3) Pig sound Pledged to be married Percussion instrument Play on words Port in SW Iran on an island in the Shatt-al-Arab waterway Port in Puglia, SE Italy on the Adriatic coast Peru turned out unsullied Part of the Far East Prima donna Posh politician held by detective throws down Peer dates fools in Dire Straits? Production (6) Presentiment, apprehension (10) Pennant, decoration (8) Plant support Pay attention to Playground item Polite construction worker? (5,8) Place of safety (5) Pierce with horns (4) Placate primate with vegetables Previously used in poetry Perform in Clacton Pacify Plant parts Pour very shakily for dealer Potential sources of danger (6) Part of a Dutch name for a vehicle (3) Plant needs crazy amount of liquid (6,4) Plain foot movement needed with gym (6) Preacher no longer one who thumps (9) Prevented from producing any blooming result! (6,2,3,3) Puzzle-solving aids (5) Proportion (5) Policeman, informally (5) Permanent end of life Places have decoration Position of a bloom Portent Paradise Powerful Period of time Part of the eye Provide food Pointed coverage of an idiot? Person working with coffee beans? (7) Poise shown under strain (6) Pound tip of blade into unyielding weapon (7) Poor quality tree entered in test (6) Piercing cry that hurt head of little bird (7,3) Pulled off by the artist? (5) Posterior part of the body behind the thorax in arthropods Put off animal, with time Pale sort of request Place of birth Part of the play? Precious metal Pieces of wood Patrol old mills for a lot of money Pulls off tense clergyman Pulls Emily Ratajkowski, for starters, in emotional movie Perhaps Charles is cycling in Scottish town Pay for food and/or drink consumed by others (5) Perfect score in Strictly Come Dancing (3) Pensioners back to front in TV programme (4) Places where leopards are found? (5) Paradoxically those on a sit-in strike make it (5) Poem in good English (3) Prudence involved in most of the quarrel (6) Pulverised earth (6) Plant seen in spring or September (5) Private evening party (6) Poker stake (4) Planet (5) Pallid (5) Putrefy, spoil (2,3) Practise Port on the Gulf of Bothnia; provisional capital of Finland in 1918 People from the Tiber, possibly Prise off part of church Percussion group Praise Plosive speech sound Principal worry involves alien backing resistance Perfumed powder found in metal crate Pray continue busy meeting, cutting in all over the place (2,2,5) Produce an eviction order? (4,3) Plunder (6) Port in England on the North Sea north-east of Billingham Plaiting translated into jargon Parting gesture (4) Promise to repair (or replace) faulty goods sold (8) Part of the above money, including 50% from bank (6) Parisian who, exceptionally, is somewhat shaky (7) Produce an eviction order? (4,3) Plunder (6) Paved garden area Past tense of write Persevere Person’s alternative personality Potter’s oven Port on the River Danube; capital of Upper Austria Press club Part of Far East Plural of is Professor Package Platform Playing card Pay attention to Place of business Peruvian perhaps fat, with a lot of weight to carry Picture Spur Harry after his dream move? Primitive human in games with two chess pieces Partner of gangster from America caught a slug? Profession of both Chekhov and Zhivago? (8) Persistently pursue (5) Produce an eviction order? (4,3) Plunder (6) Provide food Premiership rugby union club based in Coventry Particle Permeable to water Pole tossed in Scottish games (5) Politically progressive (7) Papal court (5) Part of the mind acting as a conscience (8) Part of the foot pointing East (3) Perceive sound (4) Pen fluid (3) Pit Pencil rubbers Pavement edge Praise that’s less exciting Perform in practice Pen part Party happening at the end of term? Peevishness observed about Poland People in COVID contract fast lane upset person who usually cashes in unscrupulously Place for a quick bite (5,3) Partridge or pheasant? (4,4) Permission to enter another country (4) Penny finished with favourite doll (6) Pitch declared first-class for part of match (6) Party inflicting damage around River Wye, initially (5-7) Pleasure craft (6) Perceive (5) Perhaps (5) Put to death (7) Prose composition (5) Planned beforehand Plain-spoken Player’s first game Popular pet Pears used as a weapon Portable radio transmitter/receiver (6-6) Proper countenance needed for one of the military commands (5,4) Presumably doesn't take the first bow! (5,6,6) Public transport vehicle (3) Pickling solution (5) Plump (5) Plunders (5) Public speaker Prize Perish Poker stake Princess of Tyre in classical mythology who founded Carthage Paul —, 1993 World Championships 800m gold medallist Produce notes on organ Pen new melody for deity Put off animal, with time Pale yellow Planet Pandemonium Pungent bulb Page edge (6) Pointed projection (5) Picture opportunity for children to have a day off school (5) Pro-centralising politicians — figures not in charge (8) Put a hole in part of the rifle, we hear (6) Previous feats surpassed - as the result of slipped discs? (6,7) Put an end to daily information? No, it's the very latest (4-5,4) Passionate enthusiasm (7) Produce eggs (3) Piles (5) Purchaser (5) Place (3) Pair of glasses Portly Palm tree native to Madagascar whose large leaves yield a fibre used for weaving Point on the celestial sphere directly below an observer Playing card with one spot Pre-nuptial do for a deer Phase pets out Problem children Physical reaction to something hair-raising (5,7) Prolific detective sounds like he could become gloomy (7) Possibly it makes error (7) Paints a flag? (7) Prepare to whistle for one's money (5) Pointed beard (6) Paradise (4) Pancreatic hormone (7) Perceive sound Puddle Pant Pacified Poet Peel Plunderer Permit Pal Pretentious person rejected excellent small plant Positive mistake inducing rage in man with a keen sense Paperwork (abbr) (5) Policy supported by Unionists ready for the future (5,2) Praise highly, though out of key (5) Possibly it makes error (7) Paints a flag? (7) Prepare to whistle for one's money (5) Pointed beard (6) Paradise (4) Pancreatic hormone (7) Partially open Prosecute a lady Previously used in poetry Part of the Near East Public school Prince of Wales perhaps wasted last four of teenage years Previous head of religious community Pretty entertaining start to high jump Point out it's a kind of kidney bean Power couple, losing money, flare up again Parody (7) Parliament, for instance (11) Plug — promote (4) Possibly it makes error (7) Paints a flag? (7) Prepare to whistle for one's money (5) Pointed beard (6) Paradise (4) Pancreatic hormone (7) Paris underground Pull along with difficulty Pool of money Pig sound Port in Honshu, Japan on the Shinano and Agano rivers Pressure on edge is proper Palm affected energy of another tree Previous day Pry Prudish Put up with jazz fan being an animal Piedmont province known for its sparkling wine (4) Phrygian 'Mother of all Gods' equating to the Greek Rhea or Demeter (6) Pointless advance warning? (3-3) Plant part (4) Proprietors (6) Possesses (3) Puerile Paper-folding art Phil —, 1976 Olympic 3m springboard gold medallist Possess Pointed tool Proof (8) Paper size (8) Pretend to be an impresario (3,2,2,3) Pope endlessly fiddling with his holy principles (10) Plain alleviation? (6) Plant (4) Petty sin or fault (10) Push (5) Public speaker (6) Perfume Proust off in a daze Phoned with number Play with mischievous child Purpose of camping? Press club Prickle Pipe for channelling smoke (4) Pragmatic sort (7) Putty-style sealant (6) Push learner initially and get a scoop (6) Pass a form of 21 (6) Pinafore (5) Pace (4) Partially clothed Preferred Purchase Perspire Pinafore Phil —, 1976 Olympic 3m springboard gold medallist Pupil acted strangely Possibly mined for material Parking at the edge is proper Party by gold entrance Precious metal Prudish Portal Pleased Procession Presenter Plump (6) Person fluent in many languages (8) Prisoner and guard meet head on (7) Price lists read out in court (6,6) Pixie (5) Policeman, informally (3) Prison room (4) Precious metal Perfect Public pool Peter —, US actor who played Willy Armitage in the television series Mission: Impossible Period of ten consecutive years Posterior Periods of time Poets Postage label Press charges at first - boy's very well defended? Period film's enthralling southern scenery Plant that causes skin irritation on contact (6) Pick-me-up (5) Part of a twining plant — red lint (anag) (7) Parts of a process (6) Passion brings renown about fifty (5) Pitch (3) Plunder (7) Plays for time (6) Peculiar (3) Pixie Principal Pier Luigi —, Italian architect who co-designed the UNESCO building in Paris Peter —, 17th-century painter whose works include Girl with a Parrot and Two Ladies of the Lake Family Period in England from 1811-20 during which the Prince of Wales acted as regent Performing a trade gets one to glow Position dates incorrectly Planet displaying heart Place Platform Peruse Pale yellow Primate Power supplied by energy source in sudden intake Petty restrictions placed around car accessory Perverse high lunar tide swamping loch Possible target for repairing telephone problem Pleasing to the Scots? (4) Painting with concerning mark inside mount (9) Punk band raises excitement at the start (9) Passion brings renown about fifty (5) Pitch (3) Plunder (7) Plays for time (6) Peculiar (3) Pavilion Patron Presiding officer in the House of Commons; a post currently held by Sir Lindsay Hoyle Picture one game differently Point a set out Professor Poem Propose Plural of is Pastry item Prerequisite for walking evident in non-verbal ancestors Poorly represent ignorant character Predicts sound of what cuckoo clock has PC still to admit superior officer's correct to go to press? Perfumed (7) Passion brings renown about fifty (5) Pitch (3) Plunder (7) Plays for time (6) Peculiar (3) Process of collecting together Paces Phillips —, 2009 World Championships triple jump gold medallist Plant part Poetic adverb meaning 'before long' (4) Popular arrangement of part of JS Bach's Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D (3,2,1,1-6) Proprietor; landlord (5) Prod; provoke (4) Pear tree destroyed by automatic gun (8) Punish (4,4) Pen part (3) Petty lie (3) Peruses writing (5) Pungent (5) Put on (3) Plant part (4) Particles of cut wood Pietro —, Italian Renaissance painter whose works include 1505's Combat of Love and Chastity Percussion instrument of Chinese origin that is struck with a felt mallet Point a set out Pastime Pull Primarily young mares king enters in African state event for them? Perhaps rook tax money hotel collected Put up more amenable champion for second game Pullover to protect classy keeper PM (9) Punch (informal) (4) Place in France? (4) Priest stopping religious festival before mice spread an outbreak of the plague? (8) Permission to depart (5) Profitable hostilities with Dutch essential to troubled reign (9) Pen used round old lines in artwork (7) Plant containing source of metallic element (9) Prepared for fighting sea that's rising … (6,2) Prime Paris renovation is developed underground (5,5) Poor time with those abandoned around harbour … (3,4,4) Plant supervisor reloads component (6) Provided with a drink when given medical attention (7) Period of recuperation I have is disturbed (7) Prophet (4) Personnel Party drink Peter —, actor who played Len Fairclough in Coronation Street from 1961-83 Phase pets out Pale sort of request Part of the Far East Papers, I see, love part of the US Poker-faced (7) Praise — honour (5) Place where contests and spectacles are held (5) Proust's character is weak, going in opposite directions (5) Presumably they don't take part in open arrest! (6,6) Plan to shoot about fifty (4) Pleasant (4) Painful (4) Pry (5) Purchase (3) Prophet Pseudonym of the illustrator Hablot Knight Browne Painting of them Urals Proverbially busy flyer Public school Prince and friend getting close Promise to marry criminal at brothel Possibly Rice has penned this? Prison visitor's not a Charlie (7) Party almost sounded scornful of the modern state? (10) Planner not so sensible, squashing resistance (7) Put the back row in a different order (9) Poetry without rules costs nothing (4,5) Punctuation mark (6) People living in one locality Permit Pakistan Test cricketer who took 7-55 against England in Dubai in 2012 Portion of vitamin I'm allowed is negligible Passage requiring a key? Playwright is keeping individual company Player in bother is backed by sponsors, primarily – they'll offer a fortune Poet who wrote The Scholar Gipsy (1853) (7,6) Pistol — 1966 Beatles album (8) Pinchpenny (7) Page-for-page Perfect society Procedure against a government official in the UK first recorded in 1376 that last occurred in 1806 Party animal Praising plan that’s ambitious Plant provides small border Park Proof impudence repelled you once President dismissing Republican to get refreshment (4) Person who gets paid cash advance (8) Pinchpenny (7) Pass by like time Plant of the daisy family; the national emblem of Scotland Pry Plural of is Parrots pushing third of seeds to front Part of the mouth (4) Pinchpenny (7) Playful skip or leap Period of darkness Plot is involving a gun Present during the recording Poles follow two articles to city Paradise Polly run over, which stops involvement Punctuation mark (5) Place, in a legal sense (5) Person who determines the final content of a text (6) People who live near it have little latitude (7) Point to a tree from the window (4) People will be annoyed to be given it (7) Petition from New Queer Street (7) Pound postage (5) Partly deaf, terribly behind (5) Perceive sound (4) Pick-me-up (5) Primary source (6) Polite, courteous (5) Prejudice (4) Planet (6) Prepared (5) Paris underground (5) Photographer’s device Poetic evocation to be green? Pandas possibly put marks around enclosure Period after court measure Provide with sustenance (7) Policemen in some unit reorganised (8) Put money in, having lost one's shirt? (6) Permit to build hotel's beyond reason (3,2,4) Plain dish has value every now and then (7) Put on show for every class (7) Private evening party (6) Plant (5) Private teacher Part left over Possibly arming at the border Possibly arming at the border Police force remains independent but close to judiciary Prisoner delighted to give permission for it? Pro bono clinic offers sandwiches on the turn Persistently annoyed (8) Palaver (4) Partially defrosting potato dish (5) Publishing company with marketing men supporting single out on the radio (7) Praise whenever I'm darning trousers in recession (6) Planet Place of residence Possibly bar a Qatari, say Pieces about English snacks Possibly bar a Qatari, say Pieces about English snacks Pottery expert consuming litres Perfectly fit and well (2,5,2,4) Policeman (informal) (5) Payment that is made for a colony (10) Part of the play, we hear, is not without spectators (4) Pluck - that's what is needed on icy roads (4) Pull with a rope (3) Price (4) Particle of matter (4) Plant that completes its life cycle in one year Port and former capital of Nigeria on the Bight of Benin Point a set out Piece from his laboratory Point a set out Piece from his laboratory Pro-PC idiot's not half arsy - protection needed for chair Power relations? Paving slab (4) Part of the large intestine (5) Providing a typical example (12) Pay attention to theme of this puzzle (4) Part of friendship that meant nothing to 7, 11, or 26 (4) Pure description of a double-blank domino (8) Part of a useful name for the forearm (4) Promise to donate a single weapon (4,4,4) Pamphlet (5) Perceive (5) Patterned openwork fabric (4) Plunders (5) Prises (6) Perch (5) Prairie wolf Plant of the genus Antirrhinum with spikes of showy two-lobed flowers Persian language (5) Put more plainly, tenor and soprano's parting was overdue (9) Praise diverse kingdom of old (6) Pure description of a double-blank domino (8) Part of a useful name for the forearm (4) Promise to donate a single weapon (4,4,4) Pamphlet (5) Perceive (5) Patterned openwork fabric (4) Plunders (5) Prises (6) Perch (5) Potatoes People deciding a court case Paul —, rugby union lock whose England Test debut was against Australia in 1988 Pass out, seeing snakes Pass out, seeing snakes Pure description of a double-blank domino (8) Part of a useful name for the forearm (4) Promise to donate a single weapon (4,4,4) Pamphlet (5) Perceive (5) Patterned openwork fabric (4) Plunders (5) Prises (6) Perch (5) Public shame Piece of music composed for three people Port in Germany at the confluence of the Rivers Rhine and Main Plant of temperate mountainous regions with blue, yellow, white or red trumpet-shaped flowers Pace rated incorrectly Pace rated incorrectly Plonk with seconds upset men and son in post-roast states? Pretender's garment? (5) Powerful businessman (5) Portion (5) Power (5) Puts one's feet up (5) Pleasantly cold Prepared Plant from whose dried leaves the drug digitalis is prepared Port in Tunisia in the Gulf of Gabes Plant whose thick white pungent root is ground and combined with vinegar to make a sauce Period of time Pen part Patent legend in US returned for end of rugby match Parasites found in stream POW churned up Priest perhaps secure in St. James's area Part of face (that may be high or low) (4) Places where buyers meet sellers (7) Punctuation mark (5) Powder room makes sleepyhead somehow appear dishevelled (4,1,4) Pound discovered in a bath robe (5) Portsmouth & Co (5) Perhaps too bad a mark (10) Pin I have put in to join sides of raft (5) Peer at one spitting words in church? (5,6) Pay to get clock, say, put up (5) Public outburst (6) Pub game (5) Prickly plant (6) Postal system Private soldier Process of learning Policeman in his element Prophet to burn report Pale sort of request Pure form of land Pole Pub drink Pre-birth (9) Painting of couple by river in boat (7) Paper transformed by spies into fake review (12) Pea soup carried by hand to primitive human (6) Press (4) Pantihose (6) Plant of the rose family such as wood — or water — Part of the Far East Panic, finding line on neck Put off animal, with time Paean Put forward expert holding dud parts Precluded (6) Parts of the barracks, not messes though! (7,5) Point out, show (8) Phase (5) Plough (4) Pickling solution (5) Perspires (6) Perfect (5) Plane without an engine (6) Pallid (3) Paper size Period of enforced isolation Port in South Holland, Netherlands, noted for its gin distilleries Patrick —, actor who replaced William Hartnell in 1966 as the lead character of BBC TV series Doctor Who Panic that wakes you up Peak viewing period Pig-like Principal nut Plant not wanted by small daughter Pet for Dorset leader in Dorset resort Plane without an engine (6) Pound's poetry, one admitted, having a lot of charm, initially (9) Paper on strike cutting the supply (9) Pub grub like this shouldn't be too fattening (5) Preferably her lost rodent (3) Peal for the bride? No, her band (7,4) Peace, tranquillity (6) Pen fluid (3) Prior to (6) Paladin in attendance on Charlemagne who died in battle at Roncesvalles in 778 P L —, author of 1934 children's book Mary Poppins Pattern gets signed off Pam struggles in current Principal notice inserted in border in front of flower Poor diet Tom has skipped Prove superior (7) Pizza dough turnover with a savoury filling (7) Preferably her lost rodent (3) Peal for the bride? No, her band (7,4) Peace, tranquillity (6) Pen fluid (3) Prior to (6) Peter —, British crime writer whose Lemmy Caution novels include This Man is Dangerous Pears used as a weapon Primate seen in tapestry Previous day Permit Place of worship Pronoun Plunder Planet Poem People from Basra? Payment for travel and food Pace in American territory Paris-based jewellery and wristwatch manufacturer (7) Party — hit — try (all informal) (4) Preferably her lost rodent (3) Peal for the bride? No, her band (7,4) Peace, tranquillity (6) Pen fluid (3) Prior to (6) Period of twelve months Plenty Principal sea Pierce Pitcher Potential Principles Part of mouth that's hit by very angry person Play outside church with old Greek coin Pa set out, in a way, to leave port (3,2,3) Picture puzzle (5) Plunders (7) Presents (5) Person tuned in to a radio show Public sale Pacific island whose capital is Hagatna Paper folding Possess People using the roads from golf clubs Passes a law again (2-6) Persistent animal gets exercise daily, using leads (6) Piece of luggage, one for Sherlock? (4) Potter's implement (3) Party's upset by this food (6) Put a gloss on a European combination! (6,6) Photo book (5) Planet (5) Put on (3) Purchaser (5) Port in Scotland on the Firth of Tay Pale yellow cheese with holes named after its place of origin in Switzerland Plate shaped like bit of bloom Pleased Prison chamber Precarious (but sharply defined) boundary line! (5-4) Part-time ambassador, having to do housework, failed (3,3,4) Proposing eco-friendly links, to some extent? (7,5) Plant grew further behind ditch (6,4) Private trials, maybe (6-7) Provide new gear as compensation (7) Put a match to high explosive - moving with alacrity! (5) Parrot type (5) Pilot's compartment (7) Painful (4) Pacify Put off animal, with time Precious metal Paying passenger Pronoun Pelt Playing darts? Yes, in leisure time Painful condition due to reflection off white surface (4,9) Predatory black-and-white toothed whale with a large dorsal fin (4) Protective wear clashes (5) Plant producing underwear is backed by state (8) Prepare to fight graduate in US city, having lost head (8) Person of note from Grease turned up with Newton-John at last (4) Put away the chart and attend (4,2) Puts off one's retirement (5,2) Produce eggs (3) Planet (7) Puts up (6) Percussion instrument Port and capital of Amazonas, Brazil Pleased with field Put up with an animal Play for each class Part of the body, part that aches terribly Pearl producer (6) Parent's sister (6) Poke around (7) Pulls grass up (5) Put into bonds, on account of great interest? (7) Precipitation (4) Peel (4) Perceive sound (4) Position (4) Poker stake Parcel Pandemonium Principal area in NW Wales whose administrative headquarters are in Caernarfon Piece of armour covering the chest and back Pets turn out a pain Protest Planet Pole Programmes like this are possibly suitable for starters Partially decomposed organic material (5) Put into bonds, on account of great interest? (7) Precipitation (4) Peel (4) Perceive sound (4) Position (4) Portion Podium Paula —, Lisbon-born artist whose works include 1988's The Dance Pierces German minerals Part of the Near East Pines Piece of material Precipitous Post Pig enclosure Playful kids here made a loud noise Put into bonds, on account of great interest? (7) Precipitation (4) Peel (4) Perceive sound (4) Position (4) Part of a firearm Part of a cereal plant containing the seeds Pale sort of request Plant only found in beer Payment Phone feature increases values Party clobber Proposes another point of view (6,2,7) Possibly Reg thinks of a red card (4,2,6) Publication for children (5) Percussion instrument (4) Primate (3) Prejudice (4) Period of time (4) Pressure gets too much in case Perspire Perform connectedly Pass by Precious metal coating Place someone under a legal obligation (4,4) Periodic population nose count (6) Ploughed groove (6) Part of team at Euros but not getting paid (7) Premature attempt to acquire recipe for cheaper menu option (5,4) Particle has complicated route between two points (7) Press more air out (7) Plain net (5) Press fastener? (5,4) Parrot gives a Scotsman an awful start! (5) Popular pet (3) Perhaps (5) Protect (5) Person giving blood (5) Push lightly Pitch Place of great disorder Protein composite present in cereal grains, especially wheat Picture one prisoner Prohibit British article Parking behind river is extreme Prohibit Profound Provoking remark about Somerset town Part of iceberg visible in dump? Person causing trouble when drunk (10) Punishment for sin (7) Pack round a US resort (5) Pet jumps up to grab a stick (4) Process for making rock, a fatal day used up thinking (13) Playwright's agreed a firm rise (6) Punishing distances? (4) Please pass another way (6) Precipitous (5) Period of truce Precipitation Peculiarity of style Pass food or drink down the throat Public holiday in Australia and New Zealand on 25 April commemorating the Gallipoli landings Pudding Portion Pole Part of heater is known to be a hazard President meeting footballers or Australian outlaws Pound discovered in bathrobe Pessimistic (8) Pilfer (informal) (4) Posh tablet rejected in reading Little Women here? (8) Plan to get shot of rose beds (6) Player who's fancied fruit left item in ring? (4,5) Posts at university linked to entitlements (8) Pack in preparation for deal (7) Put in a quandary - could perhaps be... (7) Pressed (6) Pointed tool used for piercing wood or leather Public service union that joined with COHSE and NALGO in 1993 to form UNISON (inits) Performs part of Bible Petal-shaped dish Piece of meat that's shared Pub snack (6,7) Plastic container for household waste (3,3) Person seizing something (5) Parade of lovelies (6,7) Plant used for colour, as a Welshman would say (7) Pieces of meat, drink and cocktail during the weekend? (6) Prize loafer? The reverse! (11) Philip swallowed a catalogue - a stamp catalogue he needs (11) Paper handkerchief (6) Poplar tree (5) Perform surgery Poses a question Prickly plant Poem or prose work describing an idealized rural life Performing a trio around a lake Puzzles solved in games Plundered Politeness (8) Percussion instrument — pink colleges (anag) (12) Paint nudism au naturel, finally implicated in recurrent commotion (8) Piddling half-pint? (5,4) Primarily austere, mostly illiberal, quiet sect (5) Part of church any parishioners should examine initially Put to death in river? Charming! Prize loafer? The reverse! (11) Philip swallowed a catalogue - a stamp catalogue he needs (11) Paper handkerchief (6) Poplar tree (5) Privy to Paradise Portable tubular rocket-launcher used by infantrymen Plant related to the onion; a national emblem of Wales Panic that wakes you up Plank Professor Poem Painful afflictions Play sections Puss let out farm animals Pretty — spectacular (6) Prize loafer? The reverse! (11) Philip swallowed a catalogue - a stamp catalogue he needs (11) Paper handkerchief (6) Poplar tree (5) Photographer Place of safety Precious stone or jewel Priest upset band Parent may rise awkwardly Possess Poker boss Pay particular care to understand this (4,4) Poor Ted got a tin fish! (7) Part of a vogue to a certain extent (2,1,7) Piece of furniture - not a wardrobe (7) Play statistics (5) Possesses (3) Person’s private book Proof of purchase Paul —, 1969 European Championships 20km walk gold medallist Progressing well as an athlete Plaything among silk items Piece of material Police unit Possess Pitch Part of joint with number attached Pole, peaceful and musical Plant used in chutneys or relishes Pre-2001 name for Kolkata (8) Prophet almost died, drenched in water (5) Peter's excited to receive an honour at start of school year (9) Part of journey close to a railway is famous (9) Pet dragon repaired by one supposed to have child's interests at heart (9) Popular enthusiast playing piece that's childish (9) Petty quarrel isn't quite severe (4) Poet obviously never short with a chap (10) Plaything (3) Peter —, Scottish painter born in 1959 whose works include White Canoe and Orange Sunshine Part of the Near East People’s event Prompt student included hint Press club Pleased with small cup Piece of evidence Pestilent crop stripper (6) Period when hostilities, interrupting aid, end badly (9) Purchase some clever agencies (8) Pole included in one complaint (4) Pass by like time (6) Pushes gently (6) Put into a new order Pleased with contract Pressure on angry buccaneer Prohibitions include English food Primates Portal Paused Pulses Precipitous Poet Laureate from 1930 until his death in 1967 (4,9) Potential performer's try-out (8) Prickly seed case (4) Protection from sunlight certainly possessed in centre of Greece (8) Place keeping masks etc in pawn (6) Parsimony has got queen into trouble (8) Perfect coin (4) Playwright I harm (6) Pungent (5) Portly (5) Postpone (5) Peter Mark —, English lexicographer whose Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases was published in 1852 Philip —, author of the novels The Plot Against America and Portnoy's Complaint Plant with greenish-white flowers cultivated for its edible rounded bulb Pam struggled in the current Permission to go Pleasing not to lose all the time Potential danger (6) Positively charged subatomic particle (6) Poetry covering page in old books was extravagant (9) Peru and Iran unfortunately in run-down state (8) Possession of unopened tranquillisers and joint (9) Piano tune for possible performers of duet (4) Prepared to explode - or not to explode! (5) Plotters use it (5,5) Pilfers (7) Partake of food (3) Partially open Places of worship Pierce (with a horn) Pungent Present, for example, that may be wound up Place to rest one's bones (7) Piece of music available in bookshop, usually (4) Prepared to explode - or not to explode! (5) Plotters use it (5,5) Pilfers (7) Partake of food (3) Poisonous Puppet type Plant of S America cultivated for its red, fleshy, edible fruits Partner’s painting Phases pets out at school Pleased with simplicity Passenger ship Posterior Pinch fastener that's brought back Planes diverted somewhere in Italy Pirate, if at sea, has a drink before dinner Person suffering from adverse circumstances — 1961 film starring Dirk Bogarde and Sylvia Syms (6) Place of retreat (6) Prepared to explode - or not to explode! (5) Plotters use it (5,5) Pilfers (7) Partake of food (3) Pantry Preliminary Peruse Portent Pastry item Possibly relocate a missing voter Persian king taking power from Mediterranean island Put up about one dozen signs Protection from decorating etc. (4,5) Papal court (5) Publication produced by husband and wife (5) Put the middle piece of the bulb in dumps to produce flowers (6) Prima donna (4) Picture house (6) Private evening party (6) Presses clothes Phillips —, 2009 World Championships triple jump gold medallist Puppet pig, companion of Perky, created by Jan and Vlasta Dalibor Pressure to get second plate Primate in tapestry People from overseas setting signor free? Puts in an appearance (5,2) Possibly used to produce book: Running With The Crowd (introduction missing) (8,5) Picked up a tissue with sign of a cold coming (6) Provide professor with somewhere comfortable to sit (8) Popular swimmer's holding course for end of race (6,4) Pass over retrograde art and poetry (8) Prayer ending (4) Package Performance direction in music, indicating flexibility of tempo Picture of one prisoner Pears used as a weapon Probabilities Partially open a container Protection for plants? That's old hat! Placed (5) Pledge — guarantee (6) Play in the street (4) Perhaps Harrovians and partners, entering drag race (11) Pimples (5) Pen fluid (3) Port in SW Scotland housing the Wallace Tower Palm tree of the Seychelles that produces a large fruit containing a two-lobed edible nut Press club Point thorn out Particular, parking on edge Pleased with relaxation Proper Paradise Prohibit Put up with (7) Pastoral verse (7) Proposition from those folk holding Scandinavian capital (7) Plant type (6) Precipitation (5) Punctuation mark (5) Pith helmet Pay to get comfortable Prickle Praise Parisian street (3) Pay up, but not in silence apparently (3) Past a green light? (3) Pick-me-up (5) Premature (5) Picture section on chart Part of speech Proportion in the grip of lethal force Parts of helmets made from thin scraps? Plant protection — woman's hat (6) Pay up, but not in silence apparently (3) Past a green light? (3) Pick-me-up (5) Premature (5) Poster Part of a house Providential Permission to go Previously used in poetry Pupil acted strangely Plural of is Poison Previous day Paused Proverb Peel Painting Somalian vagrant Penny drops – it concealed hidden dangers Put out (10) Pay up, but not in silence apparently (3) Past a green light? (3) Pick-me-up (5) Premature (5) Plunges headfirst into water Paul —, Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar winner for The Story of Louis Pasteur Pessimistic book of the Old Testament traditionally ascribed to Solomon Part of the play? Place in Czechoslovakia Public school Painful Plait of hair Press; herd (5) Plant louse; garden pest (5) Pasta pockets (7) Photographic cameo superimposed on to another print (5) Pacific island festival (6) Possesses (3) Pitch (3) Play for time (5) Prolific, abundant (6) Prickly plants (5) Payment method for swimmer Prosecute for wrongful use Pastime Pull Pig pen with the French fashions Plain Jane the novelist almost gets note Position of sculptor's works lacking energy Projecting ridge (on a mountain or underwater) (5) Process apt to go wrong, ignoring ace candidates (9) Proceed from a wild manatee (7) Podium (4) Prisons (5) Pace (4) Picture within another Polite expression of gratitude Petty quarrel Pale sort of request Pole forced to walk Present in the recording Pierce Pelt Piece of fabric Part with land required for port Puzzle — Ian Rankin's inspector (5) President upset writer touring Delaware … (5) Pen extremely legible type (5) Put out of countenance? (7) Paradise (4) Place to stay on holiday Platform Precious stone Paradise Painful muscle contraction - runner's problem, primarily Pipemen having second thoughts about wood? President with alien instrument Part of record player in truck Powder from ground pods used as a chocolate substitute (5) Palaver (5-2) Puts instruments and dials back to zero (6) Past the stipulated time (7) Permission (5) Pair of seals when swimming? Group not round seal at sea (8) Perhaps coat of fellow concealing weapon (7) Plump, obese (3) Proof Play for time Plant whose pungent tasting root is eaten raw in salads Peru prepared to take English currency Praying mantis, for example, belonging to religious group Plead at home to make a start Performer's return after a gap (8) Playful old chef using lime tips in beer (7) Poet expressing pain after desire waned (10) Particle to be inserted in the morning (4) Paper boys? (5) Post off (5) Paris underground (5) Pencil rubber Progression Private teacher Province of SE Pakistan whose capital is Karachi Peninsula in Sonoma County, California, US, west of Santa Rosa Phase pets out Performance Peruse Person in country, not in city, starts outdoor meal Putting the squeeze on newspapers in Advent? Playing on computers or other electronic devices (6) Pressure applied to a US felon (4) Pop's broken tea service (5) Particle to be inserted in the morning (4) Paper boys? (5) Post off (5) Paris underground (5) Predicament Pay to get comfortable Plant ovule Peruse Prickly plants play a part in Channel Islands Pastoral (7) p.a. (6) Possibility of future success; view (8) Prospecting for oil is tedious (6) Pelvis (3) Prose composition (5) Prairie wolf (6) Precipitous Place of birth Play with attorney before midnight Parental scramble before birth Plain monks converted to colour Prophet and diminutive journalist grow furious Portable outdoor shelter (4) Part of cow I fed partner (4) Pulped fruit or veg (5) Picture puzzle (5) Perhaps (5) Plunder (6) Poorly Proverb Plane that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945 Part of the leg between the hip and the knee Pub right to take the Spanish vat Present during the recording Position of a bloomer Point to warmth of crop Press club Paradise Professional line receiving treatment Princess who was popular in the Canadian army Place to get medical treatment or advice (6) Plumed hat not quite right in formal dance (8) Puzzle from mischievous child given tremendous backing (6) Pot roughly round, roughly litre content (8) Presumably this would leave geologists cold (3,3) Pelmet ruined in church (6) Partly bear a cheerless affliction (7) Patterned openwork fabric (4) Pig pen (3) Portent (4) Plant with three-lobed leaves Prize Polite name for a woman Pirate Port in Seine-Maritime, France, with a ferry link to Newhaven, East Sussex Pastor —, Venezuelan F1 driver; winner of the 2012 Spanish GP Procedure involves returning – how crass! Proportion in operation Poems about current fashion company Pastries in Impressionist art school Piece of chewing tobacco (4) Passage from a longer piece (7) Poor urban neighbourhood (6) Princely companion of Shakespeare's Falstaff (3) Pass on information about a nobleman (7) Prove equal to the requirement of the would-be striker (5) Part of the gun the shopkeeper holds (5) Perishes (4) Posh food (6) Prophets (5) Pass by (time) Phrygian goddess of nature often called Mother of the Gods Partner’s painting Presses so wildly for coffees Part of meal on salver, say Possessor Perhaps I'm a southern bird Passage from one end of Salonica to the other? (4) Purchase (3) Poetry (5) Position of avoiding attention Pakistan Test cricketer who took 7-119 against New Zealand at Wellington in 1994 Port in Japan; largest city on Okinawa Island Protein hormone secreted in the pancreas by the islets of Langerhans Port in SW Sweden on the Sound opposite Copenhagen Preserved dent in another form Pagan gets two articles first Payment Pungent Peruse Provide only a novel Peewit (7) Petty (7) Party allowed by Yard? That's chicanery! (9) Purchase (3) Poetry (5) Painful Potter’s oven Principality in the United Kingdom whose capital is Cardiff Port and former capital of Nigeria on the Bight of Benin Possibly airs a garment Prunes have to manage Principles of the empty traps Plant ovules Pen part Plunder Place and time for badger's retreat Paintings of cress growing wild Present in trees to attract animal Pooh's feline friend (6) Place (4) Prophetic sign (4) Purchase (3) Poetry (5) Play-act Point to the Spanish swimmer Put up with having left one Dutch export Pitch Prophet endlessly devouring American dessert Phase (5) Prise (5) Perennial plants (7) Propriety (7) Paper quantities (5) Perfect Particle of matter Pancake Profound Pastry item Pitch Prison (informal) (4) Public functionary (8) Prominent foreigner in the way (7) Piece of Bach, perhaps: leave it alone to start with (7) Problem amalgamating tin and silver (4) Press lecturer to leave stuff (6) Photographed piece that can encourage reluctant union (7) Primate goes after doctor to give him cover (5) Put down a song (3) Punctuation mark (5) Punk hairstyle (7) Practises boxing (5) Pattern of small curving shapes Play on words Process of learning Port and resort in Lazio, Italy; site of Allied landings in World War II Port on the River Danube; capital of Upper Austria Performs part of bible Posterior Part of a fork (4) Plain (9) Protein present in wheat (6) Presumably it will show up lack of weight (5) Piled so could plunder (7) Poet, perhaps, is a non-expert (6) Pig-headed operative is supporter of faction (8) Put me up at last to make corrections (5) Planet (7) Prayer ending (4) Photographer (7) Perpetuity Poses a question Persevere doggedly Programme of physical exercises Partner’s painting Paying passenger Priest with no air has trouble breathing Poison not often seen by copper Poet at home after frolic Provisional — hesitant (9) Pinnacle of achievement (4) Pitiful person (6) Price (4) Pointed beard (6) Permit (3) Prickly plants Prematurely or inopportunely Public school Phil —, rugby union prop whose 1976 Ireland Test debut was against France Prohibit German sound Pompous Predatory fish Painful affliction Part for Greta Garbo that's child's play Puberty (11) Perfectly suited (5) Providing stimulus while quoting (8) Puss's visit evokes derisive yell (7) Planet (4) Principal (4) Protect (6) Pinch sharply Portrayal of things as they are in Mailer's novel Piano melody — or duo Piece of cake for girl in uniform Positions men take up in Waterloo and Austerlitz? (6,8) Plant once again lush, climbing (5) Providing stimulus while quoting (8) Puss's visit evokes derisive yell (7) Planet (4) Principal (4) Protect (6) Professional cook Permit Previously used in poetry Provide plaster Proverbially busy flyer Point to the Spanish swimmer Pantry Piece of material Playing cards Possibly Elvis is not dead Power (8) Pollen-producing part of a flower (6) Pluck — intestines (4) Providing stimulus while quoting (8) Puss's visit evokes derisive yell (7) Planet (4) Principal (4) Protect (6) Preoccupied, forgetful Precious metal Platform for actors Phase pets out People’s event Painful Place of worship Pathetic cooking pot I use Pay; job specification (5) Painful (4) Pull with a rope (3) Previous Pullovers Pillow Port in Finistère, France; a major naval station of the country Pope upset the backwards Spanish race Policeman finding sand, say, by large plant Possess Put in awkward situation with pen — one held by me Purple-skinned veg? Not in a French inn Part of novel destined for one with seniority? Powdered coffee (7) Politician's function to stop terrorists' influences (7) Provides the money to move Times? (7) Piece of card (5) Printing libellous piece that's plausible (4) Practical detailed study gets boy qualified (10) Plonk from French politician (4) Picture within another (5) Periodic Period of sixty minutes Piece of music composed for three people Plant of the pea family such as the Common — with pink flowers and a tough woody stem Prunella —, actress whose roles have included Miranda Thorpe in ITV sitcom Constant Hot Water Priest playing in band Point to the Spanish swimmer Point seat out Paradoxical odds? Pause Pitcher Pastime Part of circular course? Part of a church near the altar (7) Puzzle set, turns and hands it over (8) Plenty of success in the past, moving round (1,4,3) Put off pit daily, in short, with resolution (12) Plant (4) Paul —, composer of the 1929 opera News of the Day Period of five years Put up with having left one bloomer Painting of them Urals Public transport Phobia Paused Posterior Playthings lost by people not all there Philosopher and economist, John Stuart ___ , d. 1873 (4) Playthings (4) Part of France's established church (8) Procedure for rejecting an antique settee left uncovered outside (9) Putting one's cards on the table twice? (6-7) Permission to cut the foliage short (5) Person's private book (5) Pantihose (6) Poker stake (4) Pass on (5) Person Prima donna Piece of music performed during an interval between two acts of a play or opera P M —, Australia Test cricketer who took 5-59 against South Africa at Sydney in 2009 Pilgrim Fathers’ ship Pulses Panic Powerful vessel Police officer gets near disturbance Phrase on a coat of arms (5) Pooh, investing first of his old pennies, made a nicker (8) Place legal restrictions on container port (4,4) Praters get upset with previous outstanding player (4,9) Package (6) Pimple Pen name of essayist Charles Lamb Purple or violet transparent variety of quartz used as a gemstone Professors get me back to spirits Pays and gets comfortable Pinched shawl Partner’s painting Palms off small songs Projecting bay window (5) Part of the eye (5) Prime minister 1976–79 (9) Part of Manhattan is sedate surprisingly (4,4) PM to resign? Has to go about it tortuously (7) Praters get upset with previous outstanding player (4,9) Package (6) Primo —, author of 1975’s The Periodic Table Part of the Far East Plural of is Previous day Public school Publish Photograph new growth Partnersip possibly includes animal Poor handwriting (6) Praters get upset with previous outstanding player (4,9) Package (6) Panted Promise to put pressure on sill Play dishonestly Polynesian artist outside a hospital Paleozoic fossil with a three-part exoskeleton (9) Put your finger on how to raise money (5) Proposition from her to me (7) Possibly retains, though being less agreeable (7) Punish with stick? (5) Petty lie (3) Pileous (5) Put up, build Period preceding Easter Pleasant but tinged with sadness Province of Canada whose capital is Edmonton Patrick —, actor whose roles included George Bissinger in film drama The Way We Were Peter —, author of the stage works The Investigation and Marat/Sade Pay to get comfortable Previously used in poetry Partner’s painting Prohibit Pastry item Politician in obvious statement of political idiocy (8) Pass by the Spanish church feature (6) Picture earl with flies undone (6) Pub diet for slimmers? (5) Principal in hospital after car crash (4) Prophet entertained by Grandma Moses Picture painted initially by false traitor Primate runs after large bird Put two and two together again - and mend! (6) Popularly hoaxes youngsters (4) Period of time (4) Pig pen (3) Pixie (3) Portly (5) Point to the Spanish swimmer Payment Partially Play dishonestly Painful affliction Perspiration Pick up article in valley Proper codes with our crackers Participating (7,2) Pal (4) Potentates connected with the House of Orange? (9) Plunges (5) Puts one's feet up (5) Paradise (4) Pantries Placard Plant type Possesses Plant of the genus Iberis such as the Gibraltar — or Evergreen — Place is strangely particular Panic doesn’t start by mistake Pastime Pitcher Port of Norway Produce artwork in Letchworth Pa leaves Spanish dish for girl Pulling leg? One might be used to stick on board (7,3) Peter out with Rod and Jack on this? (8) Prince with monsters making advances (10) Point made with carbon copy (4) Prepare for press when it flows back (4) Punctuation mark (5) Plunder (4) Poetry (5) Port in Israel on the Gulf of Aqaba Patricia —, actress whose roles have included Lynn Wentworth in 1998 comedy-drama film Pecker President of Yugoslavia from 1953-80 born Josip Broz Pledge to hand over Pleased to find Eastern forest opening Put pressure on material Post Part of body seen by the Spanish officer Padre confused about year spoke to God Pinpoint (6) Possibly sit and boo an instrumentalist (6) Pony, hot and shaken, may create havoc (7) Produce eggs (3) Protective suit (6) Plug, bung (7) Player's first game (5) Port and largest city in Kansai, Japan Protruding part of the face below the mouth Performing with a trio, touring province People’s event Possibly airs a robe Pardoned construction of grave Positive ruse would work Plant beginning to suffer after climate change Pack of cards for fortune-tellers (5) Previous (5) Positive articles regarding all the gods (8) Possibly sit and boo an instrumentalist (6) Pony, hot and shaken, may create havoc (7) Produce eggs (3) Protective suit (6) Plug, bung (7) Player's first game (5) Provide or obtain funds for Poison Pleasant Projecting edge Pallid Panic that wakes you up Prepares collections Proverbs nowadays take a long time Provided German greeting Pole Previous day Pronoun Public transport Plural of is Prisoner is useful and is not wasteful Plant poles in Scottish river Place of refuge (5) Possibly sit and boo an instrumentalist (6) Pony, hot and shaken, may create havoc (7) Produce eggs (3) Protective suit (6) Plug, bung (7) Player's first game (5) Potter’s oven Paradise Possessions Policeman in his element Plant in different vein Pole forced to walk Picture one prisoner Poet who has text valued Post office accepts stolen picture Personal impression that is very individual (11) Personal property in Eastern kingdom (6) Permit (3) Particular (6) Puma (6) Person's residence, slang (3) Premature Position of a bloomer Prunes have to manage Public speaker Pinkish-yellow colour Prisoner has stick brought back for bird Poor hen, somehow, one bound to fail Pushing dog away to get bone Please sit down! (4,1,3) Perfumed (8) Pre-meal drink (8) Pacific island country, before independence the Ellice Islands (6) Politician amid vote I cite when agitated is vying with others? (11) Pub employee showing skill when interrupting binge (9) Perplex rugby player, reversion to an older type (9) Pots are made of grass (7) Presumably services cost nothing here (4,6) Poetry right for the river (4) Pace (4) Palm tree native to NE Brazil; source of a yellowish wax used as a polish Paul —, Swiss artist whose works include 1928's Cat and Bird Part of the community Party animal Particle Principal, most important Portal Period of darkness People organised under a single government (6) Period preceding an important event (3-2) Piece of material used to enlarge a garment (6) Period in which monarch managed to create order (7) Princess with three siblings, mostly appropriate (4) Plenty of time to muse (5) Painting turned up after century, source of inspiration for historian (4) Place set aside for development (4,4) Perhaps pity is love, really (10) Pronounced similarities (6) Prophet (4) Pen fluid (3) Peculiar (3) Pen part (3) Press (4) Proverb (5) Processed meat (5) Pointed tooth (4) Pleasure craft Performs on stage Problem page editor Prosecute Portico at the west end of a basilica or church, especially one at right angles to the nave Produce notes on organ Pale sort of ring Pitman sounds unimportant Piece Politician taking drink outside — more than enough Philosopher has time for item of jewellery Pressing (6) Passes over the Guardian's standard (7) Posh trend — pace about bare floorboards? (10) Perhaps China's promise to take liberal prisoner with Queen (5,5) Patient care is their concern (6) Prairie wolf (6) Perceive (5) Philipp —, Germany 2014 FIFA World Cup Final-winning captain Points out part of face Petal-shaped dish Panes smashed by tree Pause Poplar Padre's conversion treated leniently Pet swallow (4) Plastered husband before noon has me blushing (8) Producing memoirs about one's vocation (9) Partake of food (3) Premium Bonds machine (5) Plump (3) Pallid Person or thing of prime importance Percussion instrument made from a hollow gourd commonly used in Latin American music Produced edam, possibly Possibly resign as a musician Pleasing key to solving clue on time Partition Posterior Postpone Paddle held by skateboarders Pavement edge (4) Playground item (6) Pupil's proper dress (6,7) Profane (7) Playful composition (7) Penny-pinching pillager, crooked Frenchman on the fiddle (9) Places to park behind vehicles from Spain (5) Producing memoirs about one's vocation (9) Partake of food (3) Premium Bonds machine (5) Plump (3) Plant ovule Peggy —, Best Actress in a Supporting Role Oscar winner for A Passage to India Plural of is Package Perspire Procure Poles suffer internally - they're hammered Plunge (4) Path of a projectile subject to gravity (8) Producing memoirs about one's vocation (9) Partake of food (3) Premium Bonds machine (5) Plump (3) Putty-like substance Plenty Paul —, English golfer who won the 1987 Panasonic European Open Philippine plant related to the banana whose leafstalks are the source of Manila hemp Pleased with relaxation Paradise Put out when it's time to go back Precious gem (4) Purgative, emetic (5) Portly (5) Prosecutes (4) Proverb Previous day Policeman Possess Paradise Picture of one male, mature Past maker? Part of people's language? Plaything on a string (4) Pitiful tale of son of a bitch and Southern politician (3,5) Papers initially banned under ministerial framework (4) Passed a territory containing grave (6) Powerless to cross street to get bananas (8) Proceeds to make family wear labels (7) Property right patron drops outside of court (4) Pair stood up to being duplicitous (3-5) Present spot useful for controlling channels (3,6) Portly individual starts fight (5,3) Professed experts in basic physics? (8,3) Pertinent (8) Plant (4) Pointed beard (6) Press stud Porridge ingredient Paper hanky Pig pen Principal Patrick —, New Zealand-born rugby league player at Widnes Vikings between 2012 and 2019 Possibly arming at the border Press club Powerful Put down Pastime Publication that may be used in church Poor mortals not right? Not quite! Persecutes fellows caught in legal wrongs (8) Properly adjust a file, by the sound of it (5) Play on words (3) Pungent (5) Postpone (5) Predicament (7) Pinch (3) Photo book (5) Plaything Portable bridge Practice boxing Part of Far East Plunder Parson gets woven garments Part of the rigging one can buy, by the sound of it Person noteworthy for only a single achievement (3-5,4) Poor raggedly dressed city child (6) Poet mislaying his third watch (5) Prime minister's surreptitious bug (6) Pop wants gradually to remove Thatcher at the beginning, that prickly character (3,5-6) Put the graduates in charge - that's fundamental (5) Putting in an appearance and acting as a servant (9) Prima donna (4) Purchase (3) Play for time (5) Pickling solution (5) Prayer ending Push to one side Pith helmet Peter —, actor who played Paul Ryman in BBC TV sitcom Ever Decreasing Circles Place is terribly significant Plait of hair Portal Prison chamber Piece of material Pitch Phew! (5,8) Placing two things side by side (13) Polish city on the Baltic (6) Prone, racing, to go to topless (5) Possessing will, still, to gather animals up (7) Powerful (6) Pigeon's call (3) Pub game (5) Poke Perhaps Practical but imprecise approach Period of 366 days Pressure to lie about stately home Put dial away for approval Place of learning is effeminate to you and me Practice, custom Plain dress I repair Portable anti-tank weapon (7) Play bricks (4) Position close to the action? (8,4) Powerful (6) Pigeon's call (3) Pub game (5) Portable anti-tank gun Patterns on a zebra Perfume Phone up Photo book Plastic or rubber sandal with a thong between the big and second toe Plant related to the onion; a national emblem of Wales Plan for brides remains Proportions about fish People’s event Pastry item Period of time Plural of is Popular on the Internet Playing card Poem about duke's first wife? Province forming part of Paul's territory Prevent from happening (6) Pop-up breakfast food (5) Prejudice (7) Precise (4,2) Powerful (6) Pigeon's call (3) Pub game (5) Poster Pat —, late jockey who rode Derby winners Grundy, Golden Fleece and Quest for Fame Pale yellow cheese with holes named after its place of origin in Switzerland Possibly resign as a musician Posted nets off Public vehicle Poet in pub close to Eisteddfod Patella (7) Possibly the bankers or philanderers produce them (6,6) Put on (3) Plume (7) Push Poker stake Perfect Peter —, 1988 Olympic 1,500m gold medallist Part of community Proverbially busy flyer Protection Possess Precisely Payment Provided a speech to read in assembly? Pence put up as tribute Police officer severe with southern areas Painful (4) Plant of the buttercup family — am I novelist? (anag) (4-2-1-4) Pithy remark (7) Pass on support stone (9) Propose food schedule (5) Pay bonus in post (7) Players cause titter in class (13) Pale like a layer (5) Pack up the tents and make off? (6) Pig noises (6) Provide food Paul —, American patriot known for his night ride of April 18, 1775 Port in the S Republic of Ireland at the mouth of the River Lee Pace of trade varies Part of an ensemble Dvorak conducted Pamper a group of senior officers? Put together very badly — like houses Pass from one person to another (8) Parade prop (5) Popular musical instrument, extremely tactile, but untouched? (9) Prohibition on string causes explosion (4) Popular girl gives drug to egghead (7) Play with something to make Ted wild! (7) Port in Yemen (4) Photographer's device (6) Plunges (5) Phone service for people in distress Pretend to sing Peninsula in the N Adriatic Sea whose chief city is Pula Pam —, playwright who authored 1978 musical biography Piaf Permit old wall alteration Prize raised by council leader Pleasant beer ordered for car workers Pope portrays bad people who spoil the enjoyment of others Porky pie teller (4) Partners after the Guardian's money entering loan, if poorly represented in time? (4-11) Picture finally framed by buddies on display behind 12 (5,4) Palace guard Newcastle United centre half after eight unbelievable headers (6) Pacific agreement (5,4) Provides relaxation in eastern seas, maybe (5) Putting on another frock, we hear - it happens when one moves (6,2,7) Pleasure craft (6) Put up (5) Period of 24 hours (3) Paunch (3) Presses (5) Potato (4) Port in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; capital of the Belgian Congo until 1926 Patchy growth Pronoun Part of the address given by principal Particular feature of something (5) Padded part of an easy chair (7) Parsley-like herb (7) Police officer once excited with strip (9) Planet Pinch Pull this to open a parachute Pakistan Test cricketer who took 7-119 against New Zealand at Wellington in 1994 Port in SW Iceland that houses an international airport Patrick —, British town planner and architect who authored 1944 document the Greater London Plan Pastry dish left in cooler Piles of hay and fruit in foreign conveyance Places to search for tides? Prophet follows country painter Prod (4) Primates (4) Pixie (3) Provide (3,2) Prevent any progress (6) Pleasingly sharp to the taste (5) Piece of meat entirely disposed of (5) Power drive (5) Prod (4) Primates (4) Pixie (3) Percussion instrument Piece of jewellery Parish in Perth and Kinross, Scotland; former site of the Pictish capital Permit to hire Put off animal, with time Pals out on strike Plural of is Previous day Precious metal Put together grooming aid in east Person who deflects negative attention from someone else — gliding north (anag) (9,3) Piece of meat entirely disposed of (5) Power drive (5) Prod (4) Primates (4) Pixie (3) Place apart Pair from union in party Pale sort of ring Pass on Perhaps he signs form for shopkeepers Procedure (6) Portent (4) Pugilist (5) Prolonged applause Prolonged argument or dispute Pig sound Potential city shelter Polish worker's increase Present for Danish leader in English city Persistently annoy prince Poultry house (4) Part of job of fine scientist (6) Postman Pat has this wild animal biting villagers, primarily! (7) Port in endless disorder (3) Post-prandial train-fender (5-6) Permit such a hindrance (3) Perch (5) Prose composition (5) Pistachio, for example (3) Place for bees (6) Produce shoots (6) Perhaps 2000 or 2020 players struggle to control Real's midfield (4,5) Perhaps 11p fur? (6) Post-prandial train-fender (5-6) Permit such a hindrance (3) Perch (5) Prose composition (5) Pistachio, for example (3) Part of the film? Pierce Prisoner Paradise Pay for bench Pennant shown by vessel? That's about right Prepare to shoot (4,3) Permeable (6) Part of pipe introducing a water source (5) Player is entering races on ice (10) Preserved, though the worse for wear (7) Pressure admitted by rather scholarly doctor prone to slips (7) Police raid road transport depot, finally (4) President continues to ridicule housing fines (9) Provincial leader called for transport strike (5) Professional movements will produce preferments (10) Pares (5) Pitch (3) Part of Far East Pale sort of spring Proofreader’s mark Pitch Partly determining final points Place for parking unwanted items? (5) Personal (3) Put to practical use — like some fruit? (5) Presumably it runs through a textbook on embroidery (6) Private feud (8) Planet (6) Parody (8) Piece (3) Playthings (4) Person kept in jail Pest Pines away for some courage Peacock rose up awkwardly Press club Pressure to get new trade separated Payment method Practises boxing Published again Partial deliveries coming back by rail Part of song about Egyptian god Positive aspects (7) Protest march (abbr) (4) Pop turned back as I entered to say goodbye (5) People enter for this sort of sport (6) Person aged 15, for example (8) Petty lie (3) Postage label Port on E North Island, New Zealand, on Poverty Bay Pals out on strike Proverbially busy flyers Pal working on ship Prickly plant Posterior Prince holding coffee in dish Parts for poor loser? Paddington Bear's favoured garment (6,4) Previously (4) People enter for this sort of sport (6) Person aged 15, for example (8) Petty lie (3) Person who steals Planet’s path Pavement edge Panic that wakes you up Perfect sitter Plates changing colour Placid engineers seen working outside Point to the Spanish swimmer Pauses to get snooker aids Prototype Poem People enter for this sort of sport (6) Person aged 15, for example (8) Petty lie (3) Puma Peter —, 1964 Olympic 800m and 1,500m gold medallist Pets turn out to be vermin Peruse Punch Plunder Party longing for most respected member Pole raised German article and fought Proposition — set us going (anag) (10) Prevent from being ruined (7) Problems (4) Productive farmland (6) Prohibit giving publicity to old writer (9) Poet sounds exhausted (5) Persuade one aboard to steer boat (4) Please, teacher, I have a letter (7) Painful (4) Planet (4) Particle of matter (4) Pig-pen (3) Price Pig sound Proportion Peaceful agreement and cooperation Poem by John Masefield included in 1902 volume Salt-Water Ballads Port in SW Sweden on the Sound opposite Copenhagen Position of a bloomer Please move and pass Payment method for swimmer Pastel caught on material Present in the recording Plead to exchange bicycle part Plant life Primate Providing education can make it change Pal exorcising right devil Proof of purchase Pace rated incorrectly Pasta turned out to be Spanish food Provide more weapons (5) Part of speech (6) Parliamentary official — cold bark (anag) (5,3) Political leader holds back gentleman, a solid figure (5) People who obtain information with an effort (6) Profit in a way when in opposition (7) Port and university city in W Turkey Plant with greenish-white flowers cultivated for its edible rounded bulb Python in Rudyard Kipling novel The Jungle Book Prison articles for biblical land Pot me (anag) (5) Perhaps gents love farm animals crossing river in Scottish village (4,1,6) Place sandwiches on starter of cucumber chopped in advance (3-3) Person sliding down rocked boat, going over stone (11) Picaroon's turned up funky tune for a dance (6) People who obtain information with an effort (6) Profit in a way when in opposition (7) Picture puzzle (5) Price (4) Panther (7) Passing critical remark Play on words Plant of North America, Europe and Africa with large spikes of brightly coloured flowers Pale sort of request Precious metal Province Perceptive Principle Progressive Indian state gets leader Produce Greene novel about Central London Purchaser (5) Pinafore (5) Produce eggs (3) Planet (5) Punish or correct Prue —, food writer who authored novels A Lovesome Thing and Leaving Patrick Peak viewing Prepare clothes Perhaps limpet mine finally smothered by military unit before capture (3,5) Proceed without pause, wanting, for example, to take legal action (3) Perhaps Cher's in bed, scratching bottom (4) Places one often visits (6) Proportion (5) Punch and Judy, say (5,7) Paradise Lost originally penned by chap in fear (9) Puzzling trick covered by journalist in solemn observance (9) Pick the artist for a play by Sophocles (7) Part of the wedding dress that shouldn't be missed on the honeymoon! (5) Plan to present a film (7) Paradise (4) Poetry Pat —, show jumper who won the European Championships women's competition from 1961-63 Possibly resign as a musician Pride’s displayed by creepy-crawly Pastime I play in Latin Pardoned Pasta sauce Poems Payment Paint, for example, good racing boat Pick the artist for a play by Sophocles (7) Part of the wedding dress that shouldn't be missed on the honeymoon! (5) Plan to present a film (7) Paradise (4) Popular house plant Prize Patricia —, Best Actress in a Leading Role Oscar winner for Hud Permit Piece of material Professional Pastoral leader with a mitre, perhaps Plant seeds for Miss Piggy? Private cabin, say, with space Part of the Mediterranean between Europe and Asia (6) Pastry dish (— or headgear?) (4,3) Place like the V&A, say (6) Piece of embroidery (7) Pick the artist for a play by Sophocles (7) Part of the wedding dress that shouldn't be missed on the honeymoon! (5) Plan to present a film (7) Paradise (4) Pedigree animal Prime minister Persists determinedly Puzzle, bewilder Pauline —, actress who played the title role in 1990s BBC TV series Maisie Raine Point a set out Playing card Particle Pub found by green, say, showing distinctive features of a place (5,6) Prepare round figure in part of a theatre (5,6) Postponing a mistake of the green? (7,2,3) Podium (4) Put on (3) P M —, cricketer whose 1993 England Test debut was against Australia at Manchester Plant credit note on ship Pitch Paid in post but badly let down Parent of female with broken heart Performer (6) Pack to capacity (4) Parking not easy to get in van or car (7) Proper wages for unhelpful official (9) Protein in body once developed to limit rising bile (8) Put rubbish in this (3) Permit (3) Presumed to house birds from the east? Precipitous, sheer Precipitation beginning to settle currently Prudence heard a member of Galsworthy's family Philosopher makes an effort about reading comics (4,8) Place for gymnastics routine that's correct (2,3,4) Performing a kind of dance, like some beers (2,3) Pluckily she plays his part perhaps (7) Prise (5) Pulls with a rope Poison —, Eurasian plant that contains the alkaloid coniine Precious metal Painful Post Period of time Plate Particle Pointed tool Policeman promises to pay in full Put into words (6) Proverbially dead birds (5) Promoter travels by ship, it's said, to island (8) Past attempt to one's heart's desire (1,4) Prepare to put out with the turn of the tide (4) Picture house (6) Pare (4) Pen part (3) Phantom, visitant Portent Projection at the front of the neck Pegboard Poisonous snake such as the Banded — or Common — Partner’s painting Pity has affected me Pamper island group Price upset Scot Pronoun Play for laughs, cracking my code? Pungent red pepper (7) Pronto (2,4) Pole dancing doctor lubed after rotation? (5) Poles securing trained part of plant (6) Profligate deserted (9) Part of a gun to hole the fortification, we hear (6) Provoked to employ a staff all round (7) Public transport almost broke! (3) Peerless description of a bachelor (9) Property man is a spy associated with eastern country (6,5) Plaything (3) Post off (5) Parody Perch-shaped fish of a dark olive green colour Port in SW Scotland housing the Wallace Tower Post ends off Pay to get comfortable Point stew out Panic, finding line on neck Part of speech idealists rebuke Place to lie low (7) Profligate deserted (9) Part of a gun to hole the fortification, we hear (6) Provoked to employ a staff all round (7) Public transport almost broke! (3) Peerless description of a bachelor (9) Property man is a spy associated with eastern country (6,5) Plaything (3) Post off (5) Pledge of marriage Pop flavour Port in N Morocco on the Strait of Gibraltar Perform in Clacton Pleased with relaxation Pam struggled in the current Party animal Piece of material Panic Poet embracing one TV pioneer Praise for a cook is not rare Precious metal for Long John Plant mould (6) Profligate deserted (9) Part of a gun to hole the fortification, we hear (6) Provoked to employ a staff all round (7) Public transport almost broke! (3) Peerless description of a bachelor (9) Property man is a spy associated with eastern country (6,5) Plaything (3) Post off (5) Prohibit Pimento Phyllis —, actress whose roles have included Lady Jane Felsham in BBC TV series Lovejoy Plant of the daisy family; the national emblem of Scotland Pass out of recollection Possibly resign as a musician Picture one prisoner Payment Public school Prima donna Practise boxing Perfect! (4,3,6) Pretend not to notice (4,1,5,3) Prosecute — Vulcan is to be an informer (7) Poet penniless on drug reportedly; this might mask the smell (9) Persevere to maintain a bird as pet (4,2,2) Play time (5) Point wrongly claimed (7) Panatella, for example (5) Paper quantity Put money in Precious metal Pinafore Phil —, 1984 Olympic slalom skiing gold medallist Public school Pointed tool Put in prison, we hear, one after the other People — music genre (4) Penny's annoyed by design originally being copied without permission (7) Pisa can't be rebuilt by leaders (8) Promising young actors allowed among the big names (8) Perform in concerts in Germany (4) Put a label on pillow-filling reduced in price (6,4) Perspires (6) Percussion instrument (4) Plucked musical instrument Purchaser Pelvis Pat —, US golfer who won the 2009 Bob Hope Classic Pete —, 2002 US Open singles tennis champion Part of Far East Part sounds like a problem Party animal Point stew out Payment Pictures youngsters keep at home? Period leading up to Christmas (6) Prince's saying more protection (7) Physical coming-together? Duke is accepting restraint on movement (10) Presumably a handbook will give instructions about this (8) Properly assimilate something that's been potted (6) Pirate flag (5,5) Proportion (5) Pencil rubber Pleased with relaxation Presenter shot off Put off animal, with time Portable gas Portals Peruse Pry Precision in current clergyman's office Perfect old instrument with a brass casing on top Point that decides between success and total disaster (4-2-5) Polish yearly statement acknowledging a lack of alternative options? (6) Point of no return for champion (3) Places to dock for the rest of the voyage (6) Parcel (6) Precipitation (3) Playthings Part of meal on salver, say Precious Pitch Practised Pick up little devil and travel Put on light that's off Poet with bad sonnet about New York Police in action taking fifty years? Without question! Prosecutors holding everyone in a Texas city Precious (8) Present a fight around that time (10) Perhaps a cockney chicken: we hear one shouting (6) Plant left one at the close to seal a victory (8) Place for shipping wine (4) Piece (3) Planet (7) Protection for the head (6) Pursue relentlessly (5) Pleasant smell Past tense of take Proverbially busy flier Pantomime character is hot stuff Pleasant Playing card Passageway Parasitic insect (4) Place for shipping wine (4) Piece (3) Planet (7) Protection for the head (6) Pursue relentlessly (5) Prosecution-free period Port in Seine-Maritime, France, with a ferry link to Newhaven, East Sussex Prisoner has left silver Point to the Spanish swimmer Predatory sea creatures Precise former spouse has to do something Praise (4) Place for shipping wine (4) Piece (3) Planet (7) Protection for the head (6) Pursue relentlessly (5) Prying or inquisitive Passage of music played at a moderately slow tempo Part of ammunition Pursue trimness, concealing fat Pivot and throw a six Pure form of land Picture one prisoner Priest disturbed band Planet Protection against cats and dogs? Platform for rum sort, perhaps Pass over pages on English or French port Paintings put up around grand Irish town Part of core curriculum to come up again (5) Present opportunities are in store here (4,4) Payment demanded for stored electricity? (6) Pinch (3) Public outburst (6) Premium (5) Prophets (5) Prevalent Period of 30 minutes Paolo —, Florentine painter whose works include The Battle of San Romano, 1432 Point duet out – a piece of music Permit Periodical (8) Poplar or pine? (4) Philanthropist abandons half the Hebridean islands (4) Parson from 7 (6) Pen sounds more correct (6) Produce eggs (3) Presents (5) Pals out on strike Plead to exchange bicycle part Portable two-way radio (6-6) Pay — our men earn it (anag) (12) Perpetually angry people irritating to barmen (4-1-3) Proper charge (3) Pleasure, merriment (3) Playthings (4) Plant (4) Perceive (5) Procession Public speaker Precipitation form Phase pets out Primate gets kiss at summit Poems Pace Peak Prosciutto, eg Peers settle heartless quarrels Pitch the tent on American university ground (6) Points a gun (4) Partial or total darkness (5) Price (4) Pig pen (3) Painful Personnel Provide with something needed Purpose of camping? Pessimist Plunder Pony carriage (4) Praise highly (5) Part of a shoe (5) Pick up good meat suitable for Jack Sprat Popular pot plant (8) Platform for disembarking (7,5) Proof of purchase (7) Pull with a rope (3) Permits, tolerates (7) Prises (6) Pig sound (5) Prosecute (3) Prosecute Prickly plants Particles of cut wood Place in the earth of hinterlands Phones for sculptures Puzzled Perhaps cur upset old thief Praise — honour (5) Person fleeing war Proverb Permission to go Pace rated incorrectly Pam struggled in the current Performs part of the bible Passageways Previous day Period of fasting Pronoun Plural of is Proof of purchase (7) Pull with a rope (3) Permits, tolerates (7) Prises (6) Pig sound (5) Prosecute (3) Pole forced to walk Prudence got coarse Positive ruse would work Praise pet that's chewed a tasty morsel (9) Publicise artistic activity in flyers (8) Pleasure after a sort of bath is sweet (7,7) Post-lunch get a paper, nobody around to hamper reading (9) Pulsate Promise to be quiet on sill Pairs cavort for Trojan prince Picture one game differently Pensioners’ card gives liberty to overtake Pressure to get a French joke Play on words Panic Provoked within view, caught by day (7) Perhaps Bell and Edison's financial backers have change of heart (9) Physicist's hesitation with car following reality (bonnet's missing) (10) Polish guards caught old thieves lobbying leaders in country (8) Pioneer surrenders ring to one supplying capital (6) Phylum of invertebrates that includes the sponges Phone feature to increase in value Pass on (5) Planned beforehand Process of collecting together Poke Precious Playing cards Phrase translated into Nepalese Puzzle solver's goal (8) Place where coats can be left Pass by like time Port and second largest city in Namibia Pain of hypochondriac heightened Philip goes east on tube Possessive pronoun Period of time Pharaoh using force to restrain leaders of Hebrew exodus Provide an autograph (4) Period in prison (7) Perhaps fin or tail of whiting are broken at the end (5) Place trap for fish around regions close to the Nile Delta? (4,4) Pullovers (8) Permits (6) Potatoes (5) Playground item (6) Put on (3) Permit fine crash to be averted Pry Passionate Pictures depicting clouds Pastime Plump, rotund Piece of cake (informal) (6) Put upon (6) Picturegoer gutted about some current spoiler? (8) Pounds given to one with potential for debt (9) Port on the River Vistula; capital of Poland from 1038 to 1569 Piece of music composed for three people Pot maker in production Personal assistant left an ally Permit Pronunciation Pace Period of instruction Pimple Painful (4) Particle of matter (4) Peace bird Pleasantly cold Paradise Plant in Greek mythology whose fruit induced forgetfulness Pacific island; the world's smallest republic Panes smashed by tree Proverb from Lovelace and Georgia Preserved dent in formation Previously used in poetry? Put down Plural ‘to be’? Permit Poplar Pokes Projecting end of a piece of wood that is formed to fit into a mortise in another piece Parish in Perth and Kinross, Scotland; former site of the Pictish capital Policeman in his element Public school Plant ovule Prohibited Promptly noted, hot rocks Port in Algeria gets no time for fruit Papal legate (6) Prophetic text in final letter going into East European port (7) Progressing like a rail passenger? (2,5) Parking in beginning in front of garage— it's an offence (8) Person in familiar sense, say, associated with a wine shop (6) Play featuring titled figure generally marginalised by holy books (4,4) Portly (5) Public transport vehicle (3) Pistol case (7) Physically fit or strong Perch Particle of matter Process of learning Pile Point seat out Plaything Poles in characteristic movement Prominent news feature — about power cut Part of a pneumatic tyre (5,4) Plant — airy malls (anag) (9) Pre-1939 name for Thailand (4) Pub extended primarily behind region of vestibule (5,3) Pound secures extravagant type of cheese (7) Public toilets, just half serving men, one gathers (8) Press going through borders work together (4,6) Pure substance dissolved in addition to salt (8) Playwright's brother with genuine following in his own country (6) Preparing gifts before the holiday? (7) Partly burn a fuel that draws well (8) Pathetic (7) Partake of food (3) Plant type Perfume Pictures mentally Proper to go to church for Bible excerpt Plead to exchange bicycle part Possibly airs a garment Picture one prisoner Parts in a theatre (5) Possible aim of epidural containing last of ethanol, solvent (2,3,5) Pen witticism, funny phrase I love? (8) Potter actor underwater? (4,6) Parting couple at the dentist's? (4) Play a part in 100 getting no back tax (10) Prisons (5) Period of instruction (6) People watching a performance Pantry Period of 24 hours Plug, bung Pleasant Person in a book or film Part of the Far East Point to the Spanish swimmer Pale sort of spring Prohibition a student finds trite Pace rated incorrectly Parent gripping black snake Police officer at end of case examining body Preliminary form of conscription Plus plenty more (3,4,4) Prepare to sail (5,6) Pigmeat (5) Provoke to fury (6) Pick-me-up Pasta in the form of narrow tubes Point in its orbit when a planet is at its greatest distance from the sun Party time for Dorothy Permit to hire Pasta or jam Plus, Dad is confused Pause Phone yet to be reconnected for beginner Painting and design for a lower court Publicity, we hear, for a tool Paths laid out over a large pitch Proverbial madman on tail of nervous wreck (7) Produces a secret arrangement (7) Perfume (5) Prepare to pray (5) Party, slang (4) Pull with a rope Peruse writing Planet’s path Province in the central Philippines which includes the island of Mactan Poles are setting trap Poison Projectile Plan and direct a course (8) Produces a secret arrangement (7) Perfume (5) Prepare to pray (5) Party, slang (4) Port in Ukraine on the Black Sea Partner’s painting Place peg on couch Painful affliction Partisan could be one with ambition Policeman starts to search extremely small wood Public house gets a single call Produces a secret arrangement (7) Perfume (5) Prepare to pray (5) Party, slang (4) Protection for the head Promise a victory to old wife Put pressure on contract, if you don’t mind Press club Pronoun Previous day Pledge Play dishonestly Pictures — one million — taking long time Puritans resolved to avoid one hot spot Poles with stake in French city Perfect starter in fabulous meal Pot (7) Prohibition of public activity during certain times (6) Personal teacher (5) Partiality (4) Pelvic floor exercises for footballers (9,1,1) Passion of Dior ultimately found within vintage Vogue covers (5) Pick up hot dog (5) Pleasure craft (6) Put away (4) Planetoid Precise Place where cars are on display Progression Pungent Pear-shaped fruit with a leathery green or blackish skin Placido —, Spanish tenor and conductor whose New York singing debut was in 1965 Perfume was posted, we hear Pronoun Phone left in shady place Pirates assembling store of beer Part of opera Callas initially rejected Prepare for some future role (5) Pointy-nosed furry creature said to live in London on Wimbledon Common (6) Persons on horseback (6) Put down what is correct, we hear (5) Pakistani city (6) Plant disease (6) Permit (3) Pressed (6) Pulsate (5) Performed (4) Places apart Paradise Part of Sheffield — or a don's fabulous city Possibly start with profile for this sort of painting? Petty fit (4) Pasta parcels (7) Percussionist hero accompanying Romeo (5) Poor outcome of a press mix-up (6) Paltry rag by leg (8) Partly claim pell-mell drive was necessary (5) Person's private book (5) Paying guests (7) Perpendicular (5) Perceive sound (4) Pub singing entertainment Peter —, Labour MP for Neath from 1991-2015; Secretary of State for Wales from 2002-08 Poisonous evergreen shrub also called rosebay Peter —, actor who played Chris Tate in ITV soap Emmerdale from 1989-2003 Pale sort of spring Private eye has good hog Pierce Put forward Project generating a safe steady return (4,3) Parent (sometimes with long legs or sugar) (5) PC? Priti Patel’s flapping around getting interviewed, for example (4,10) Poke with end of sharp stick (4) Polish almost off new shoe (4-2) Pantry is apparently not yet full (5,4) Peruse writing (4) Powerful businessman (5) Perennial plant Pressure is about English tarts Pause to look at timer Pitch Pastry items Precipitation Purify (6) Prepare to sail vessel, cape appearing in hour at sea (2-6) Propose a trip round capital of Vietnam (7) Prospects vis-a-vis tastes in part (6) Plunges (5) Pace (4) Putrefy, spoil (2,3) Pig-pen (3) Primate Penny, eg Prima donna Perfect sitter Permissible to run away! Present during the recording Push to shut out the French Pattern Put Pretence with intent to deceive (5) Purchaser (5) Plumber's friend? (7) Prospects vis-a-vis tastes in part (6) Plunges (5) Pace (4) Putrefy, spoil (2,3) Pig-pen (3) Precious metal Plant of the mint family whose leaves are used as a pot-herb Pat —, 1987 Wimbledon men's singles tennis champion Pronoun Posterior Primate left behind church where worshippers may gather Permit required for Gaelic ensemble Polite numbers: 101, 6, 50 Prince only eating one sort of fish Plan (6) Prospects vis-a-vis tastes in part (6) Plunges (5) Pace (4) Putrefy, spoil (2,3) Pig-pen (3) Permit Painful redness or swelling Pakistan Test cricketer who took 7-55 against England in Dubai in 2012 Pale sort of request Pitcher Prose narrative Pretend to have influence Prince, so we hear, getting booster Peevishly irritable, but Clark not heartless (8) Planet Earth's last wetland (5) Parasite found in genitals (3) Proceeds with instruction to enter after part exchange (6) Providing assurance on the way to protect northern tree (10) Permission to proceed (3,5) Part of speech (4) Precocious girl (5) Previous (5) Public speaker (6) Purchase (3) Prison rooms (5) Prohibit Prison room Perceive sounds Procured in Ealing, otherwise Pronounce vaguely Poor Tom is damp Practices found in a more industrious age, seemingly (6) Photographs used by whisky producers (6) Prying person, informally (4,6) Personal pride (3) Paper size Point to the Spanish swimmer Plead to exchange bicycle part Perfumed items have to change Police officer brought back tough duck Powerful petty officer gets mobile home Pleasingly fat (6) Parliament, one about to give a long account (5) Period for buying at reduced prices (4) Pleasure felt following the event (9) Prince Henry taken into vehicle by aliens, oddly vanishing (7) Prepared to interpret symbols by youth leader (5) Perhaps clothes for going abroad last longer (7) Part of the panel within the ship (7) Place to sleep (3) Perspire Purchase small beer Phase pets out Pal up around English skip Pierce Pace Put down drink and newspapers Police officers assigned to princess? Pampas cowboy (6) Peace in Jerusalem? (6) Plodding type (9) Priest oversaw church parade (6) Put one's oar in to reach sporting podium, they say (6) Picture house (6) Provide food (5) Pen part (3) Provincial Predatory fish Port in NW Uruguay; second largest city in the country Pair of short cloth gaiters covering the instep and ankle Performance in carriage Paradoxical odds? Possibly arming at the border Pry Peer with noble qualities? Not entirely Prepared to grab film star Procrastinates (6) Prize draw (7) Phone somewhere in 5 (6) Play on words (3) Particle of sand (5) Puts up (6) Peter —, Best Director Oscar winner for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Pantomime character is hot stuff! Prisoner has inclination to get mountaineering gear Pray do perform satire Printing that treason hasn’t started Princess with instrument lacking concentration? Play on words (3) Particle of sand (5) Puts up (6) Plastic bullet P D —, author of the novels Original Sin and A Mind to Murder Pallet on the right shows damage Pears used as a weapon Plot is involving firearm Plot article on singer Chris Primate in tapestry Pale Poem Perspiration Pass on grand slips or bloomers Possibly agree with ten or one less than twenty Playing leapfrog, female avoided garden feature Player who pulls out all the stops? (8) Person with an older and more experienced mentor (7) Play on words (3) Particle of sand (5) Puts up (6) Petty quarrel Pagan Pachyderm Pam’s struggling with amount of electricity Proper to put notes next to coin Pleased with relaxation Point stew out Primarily, a lovable rogue Purely random choice (5,3) Perfectly happy (8) Protection for the patella (4,3) Political refugee (6,6) Paul ___ , US bass singer and outspoken political activist, d. 1976 (7) Part of film featuring the French soldiers (7) Posh agent spread viruses? (9) Pilot found in area by hill (7) Push domestic newspapers as far as possible? (5,4) Post off (5) Paradise (4) Produce (8) Pointed beard (6) Prophet (4) Pancreatic hormone (7) Pantomime character (4) Prodded (5) Prayer ending (4) Plant ovule (4) Police spy or informer Purchases Port in SW Iceland housing an international airport Pull Painting support Poor butcher with no time for angel Puddings rising under pressure Present the main points concisely (3,2) Pop's executors? (5) Pleasantly cold (4) Place of learning (6) Petty Period of 10 years Patron Pair of performers Paul —, author of the novels The Mosquito Coast and Doctor Slaughter Part of lethal force Present in the recording Put off being freed indefinitely Phobia Pigment Postpone Putting off daily exercise leads to agitation Park official called Queen Place Franco-German articles in sack (7) Parnassian location's key character there (6) Print made from a design carved in relief into a block (7) Prejudice runs (anag) — study of law and its principles (13) Pinched (6) Posh bloke in rowing venue's content to get honour (7) Praise brief review journalist penned (6) Poly associate admits 'I hated that'!Not exactly (7) Player's first game (5) Percussion instrument Pistol case Pricey Perceives Pressure to get a French joke Press club Primary sea Professor alternatively joins sponsor Precious metal Pastime Play on words Pleased Principal Predict Part of an hour Promise to participate Professionals have it on toast Piece of software for a mobile phone, say (3) Place between one thing and another (9) Poetically frequent (3) Put out present in elevated position (2,5) Produces a toll for personal jewellery (5) Place of safety (5) Put money in (6) Petty quarrels (5) Plant ovule Pinafore Prepared Particle of matter President of Egypt from 1970-81 Position-finding device used in underwater navigation Port in Puglia, SE Italy, on the Adriatic coast Port in Israel on the Bay of Acre Part of the Far East People from Tiber, perhaps Pronoun Pack taken from highlands to waterside Players from Baltimore and Rhode Island in loose formation Part of a blind (4) Parcel lost at the centre unit (4) Peer right inside large foreign hollowed-out entity (4,4) Party's full of large Liberal dummies! (5) Performance of Silence that's painful (4) Percussion instrument made out of our meat-bin! (10) Provincial (5) Petty lie (3) Planet (7) Proportion (5) Pinch (3) Plaything (3) Pursuit Part of a cereal plant containing the seeds Province and largest island of Thailand Pale sort of request Planted geraniums around border Poem in quarto: delightful Paddle boat Poem Post People in authority have taken back prize money Paul goes mad about border flower Proposes (8) Partly close one's eyes (as when suddenly hit by bright light) (6) Percussion instrument made out of our meat-bin! (10) Provincial (5) Petty lie (3) Planet (7) Proportion (5) Pinch (3) Plaything (3) Pleasant Performer’s unusual traits Panes smashed at ski resort Pitch Pinafore Painter Poplar Pole on a yacht Prison agitation Pet's routine badly affected Postpone (7) Percussion instrument made out of our meat-bin! (10) Provincial (5) Petty lie (3) Planet (7) Proportion (5) Pinch (3) Plaything (3) Pinch sharply Philippe —, actor whose roles included Monsieur Lucoville in 1969 adventure film The Assassination Bureau Presenter shot off People’s event Public school Poet Primate going round southern part of church Piece of furniture one removed from Bulgarian capital Pop the question (7) Project (8) Potential (8) Profound (4) Pest flying low round contemptible person (8) Pop in here? (8) Piece of wood: heavy weight that floats in the sea (8) Party underling in ascendancy (8) Prizes will produce conflict in advertisements (6) Provide a newspaper account of the explosion (6) Propriety (7) Portly (5) Party, slang (5) Pull out the feathers of Put money in Parminder —, actress who played Dr Neela Rasgotra in US television series ER Pam —, poet whose volumes include Thoughts of a Late-Night Knitter and Surgically Enhanced Police operation is a pain Plead for three keys Prefect turned out to be ideal Pooh’s friend to get lip fixed Picture one game differently Procure from strange tradesman Play Pondered Publication needing copy to fill page, right? Pheasant, say, shot in Ambridge Prince, idiot to break down (5) Put out a smiling shot (8) Put up with animal (4) Pitch (3) Pig sound Pith helmet Profitable Pimples Percussion instrument Pleased with simplicity Pass out of recollection Position affects space and time Previous day Part of a carpentry join Promise Principal holds right bird Put into quarantine (7) Penchant (for) — decrepit lino (anag) (12) Provides commentary for girl leading seaman round gallery (9) Penny-pinching firm (5) Pass to another owner - who will replace workers? (6,5) Progressive permission to proceed (2-5) Profession one may rush into? (6) Proof (8) Picture within another (5) Photo book Painful Piece of music composed for eight singers Primate gets kiss at summit Pastime Pull Perry ingredient Peak Piece of corn Pained expression covered by reporters showing skill Pulsating pain (5) Perhaps Washington Post journalist took drugs (4) Provide excessively favourable conditions down under? (7-3) Perhaps 3 in 1,000? (3) Put away (4) Providential (6-4) Perish (3) Pen fluid (3) Pistachio, for example (3) Pointed summit of a mountain Percy —, inventor of the Cat’s eye road stud Pull two forcibly Pale sort of request Points out the nose Presses school club first Provided with food Purloined item from furrier? Passage from India is leisurely Per person (4) Prefabricated building with a corrugated iron roof, first produced in WWI (6,3) Point, or points, one repeated (4) Pass by like time (6) Pavement edge (4) Pottery firing oven Perform on stage Picturesque Police informer Permissible to run away Place Posterior Part of spur moved lower Prohibited (7) Polite request (6) Place for looking at engines, say, under trying conditions? (4,3) Pass by like time (6) Pavement edge (4) Prior to Put off Port on the Gulf of Bothnia and capital of Finland in 1918 Partner’s painting Proverbially busy flier Placed Poem Permit Prima donna eager to make a comeback Performs with female deer Printer's instruction to ignore amendment (4) Pass by like time (6) Pavement edge (4) Pacify Practice run Poised for use or action Precipitation form Patrick —, New Zealand-born North Wales Crusaders rugby league player previously with Widnes Vikings Part of community Partner’s painting Picture of one prisoner Prima donna Poster put out quickly for musicians Phone bill initially reduced Puzzle (7) Periodical devoted to a particular subject (7) Plan had name (9) Prepared (5) Plunge into liquid (7) Poetry (5) Pallid Poker stake Poisonous Mediterranean plant that yields the drug hyoscyamine Purpose of camping? Push the vessel Point to the Spanish swimmer Perspiration Public school Playing card Polish picture that depicts decisive crossing Painter, perhaps, with English entertainer People going to Silver Lake for animal collection Plural pronoun, now also used as a gender-neutral substitute for 'she' or 'he' (4) Plug in the night before escape (5) Prepare to protect Queen and Country (7) Poem about Spanish gentleman abroad is unlike any other (3,3,3) Put forward a matter for arbitration but yielded (9) Put into print (7) Prose composition (5) Post off (5) Pig meat Port in Denmark on Funen Island Port in Tunisia in the Gulf of Gabes Posted nets off Promise Punishment in school rules Politician getting alliance to occupy half of Serbia Puzzle about vehicle Power for empty crate Perspires (6) Paradise (4) Possess, own (4) Province of SE Pakistan whose capital is Karachi Pick-me-up Phobia Plant Place where cargo is removed last Pirate, 90, suffering a long time in here? (12) Promote development of giant site (9) Presumably he knows a way to sell (6,6) Perplex (6) Produce near copies of (5) Proportion Purchaser Piece of music composed for three people Pleased with contract Prohibition includes English food Pour Pulse Puzzle — UK's duo (anag) (6) Part of a snooker table (7) Prestige (6) Perhaps have received ideal offer at first (7,7) Painter of unusual traits (6) Private coaches? (6) Personal pride (3) Pleasant (4) Pose a question (3) Pig pen (3) Put on Produces eggs Place where bread is sold Previous Present during the recording Pets turn out to be vermin Provide food Pausing Pressing metal in Greek capital Painter of unusual traits (6) Private coaches? (6) Personal pride (3) Pleasant (4) Pose a question (3) Pig pen (3) Parking at home – that’s sharp Pass out, seeing snakes Part of the theatre? Plate shaped like flower part Pronoun Profound Put Plural of is Pollen producer Pleasantly clement (5) Pragmatic (4-2-5) Painter of unusual traits (6) Private coaches? (6) Personal pride (3) Pleasant (4) Pose a question (3) Pig pen (3) Public sale Perfect Plaything Press club Pleased with simplicity Pelt Place of worship Pleasant beer brewed with algae? Pestilence (6) Plato's mentor (8) Pet, what are you in after nine gear changes? (6) Places seethe with excitement for this race (12) Pilot needs this to be highly accurate (9) Part of entrance security vital to flat (6) Pinkish-red growths turn up on Chuck, maybe (10) Perhaps to many a branch of medicine (7) Primary source (6) Provoke to fury (6) Presses clothes (5) Perceive (5) Perfume People looking for someone Permit Prepared Primate Promise solemnly to use bad language Paper money? (4) Progeny (9) President — genuine fellow but spurned English (6) Pope found in English river — a kind of fish (7) Piggy is middle character of three in game (6) Potential sentence material? (7) Praised for hopelessness (7) Promise on oath (5) Provincial (5) Place of embarkation Pirate Possibly arming at the border Purpose of oven door Press club Pause Plant ovule Precious Paradise Probabilities (7) Part of a church running parallel to the nave (5) Propel a canoe (6) Per person (6) Point of view established (4) Press for a bit more fervour generally (4) Possesses (3) Photographer (7) Polite, courteous (5) Pronounce indistinctly (4) Plan of travel Pleasantly smooth or soft Pasta type Put off animal with time Poor little chap captured by French marshal Prior: clergyman in devout environment Playing cards Pitch Protest Precious metal Pledge Post Presumably there is yet hope for art study (5,4) Pitiably lacking money (4) Private evening party (6) Particle of sand (5) Pamper Programme on TV and radio Plant supports Provocative article about something that's boring Placed side by side — pea pods (anag) (7) Performer's nervousness (5,6) Parvenu (7) Powered vehicle of stone bound to lose its rear (3,3) Poet has no right to internalise American apprehension (8) Pit workers abandoned short race? (9) Pointed window essential in theatre (6) Pretentious school clothing's in the van (6) Pure description of one recovered from measles (8) Pleasant neckwear will reveal refinements (8) Proportion (5) Perish (3) Place inside Pop group who starred in the films A Hard Day's Night and Help! Peter —, Scottish painter whose works include White Canoe and Orange Sunshine Person skilled in the Japanese martial art of ninjutsu Put up with capless pen after most of tea was gobbled Previously used in poetry Produced edam variety Part of the nameless protective coat Pure description of one recovered from measles (8) Pleasant neckwear will reveal refinements (8) Proportion (5) Perish (3) Punctuation mark Privy to Patricia —, Best Actress Oscar-winner for Hud Piedmont town famous for its sparkling wine Provide rickety crate Permit to hire Playing card Part of a week Pays attention Projecting strip of stage (5) Pale brown earthy pigment (5) Pure description of one recovered from measles (8) Pleasant neckwear will reveal refinements (8) Proportion (5) Perish (3) Partial or total darkness Percy —, Australian pianist and composer who died in 1961 Part of the Near East Princess sheltered by guardian angel Powerful? Very! Pious Ed, strangely complex character Permission to depart Principle unaffected by revolution PM about to persist in being workshy, say (9) Point won, having received ball supply (5) Poetically add venom to poems no one trashed (8) Provide more gear as compensation (7) Public pool (4) Pierce with horns (4) Precipitation (3) Purchase (3) Postal system Pulls Americans Possibly powerful with one friend Perhaps in the future Part of a carpentry joint Piece of furniture for surgeon's assistant Put up beams, by the sound of it Proverb about ending in jail for murder Protective panel behind sink or cooker (10) Paving stone — mend shoes (6) Piano (rhyming slang) (6) Playing duo that is in a way most unpleasant (7) Petition befitting love, bearing ring (6,2) Pointing right back? Rubbish! (3) Public outburst (6) Pinch (3) Punctuation mark (5) Plaything (3) Plate shaped like part of flower Pets turn out to be vermin Paying passenger Panegyric (6) Public road (12) Pottery ovens (5) Poet, for example, among fifth-rate celebrities (7) Public vase missing from 13 (5) Part of a car's water system? (7) Pill (6) Plume (7) Place where vehicles are cleaned Pen name of essayist Charles Lamb Parts for confused loser Peer at real form Posts Pleased Public school Passenger ship Period regularly covering individual's recollections, primarily in this? (5) Pulled one out of weird crash (4) Precious little company inside for the prematurely forward (10) Party drink (5) Previous (5) Parlance (5) Pupil’s item Protect Pasta in the form of narrow tubes Period of continuous play in the game of polo Pull Principle Part of corset replaced Painful facial lump or blister (4,4) Place's rising (anag) — Australian town (5,7) Penny ___ (1967 Beatles song) (4) Put out and mostly worried about bloke (7) Practise putting on a glove? (3,4,4,2) Possibly agree ten hasn't yet made a score (8) Person from Denmark (4) Place of safety (5) Put on (3) Pistachio, for example (3) Power (5) Perennial plant Paul —, Swiss artist whose works include 1928's Cat and Bird Port and former capital of Nigeria on the Bight of Benin Powerful tenor voice with a dramatic quality suited to heroic roles in opera Poorly behind small ledge Pips ran out of food Plead to exchange bicycle part Purpose (6) Practise putting on a glove? (3,4,4,2) Possibly agree ten hasn't yet made a score (8) Person from Denmark (4) Place of safety (5) Put on (3) Pistachio, for example (3) Power (5) Premature Paradise Player’s first game Plant whose leafstalks are cooked, sweetened and eaten as a dessert Portable mechanical musical instrument widely used in the Middle Ages Produce small piece Primate in tapestry Proverbially busy flier Part of the Far East Plural of is Pebble Pry Practise putting on a glove? (3,4,4,2) Possibly agree ten hasn't yet made a score (8) Person from Denmark (4) Place of safety (5) Put on (3) Pistachio, for example (3) Power (5) Provocation People’s event Posterior Political group not completely unknown Pressure on one copying exam questions (5) Perhaps Vietnamese food at the back (3,7) Put another appendix on, but not wholesale (6) Pretentious fellow in a higher position to begin with (7) Prisoner's room (4) Predatory feline mammal (4) Plain-spoken (6) Portly (5) Potato (4) Policeman, slang (3) Poke (4) Pig’s nose Plain-spoken Particles thrown at a wedding Paris underground Prisoner gets nurse to compete Poet has English goatee, say Period of time Payment Poets start to drink in pubs Put back material that's extracted from the earth Play boisterously in maelstrom perhaps Part of meal: English course's not first class (6) Put right in print; did press at first? (6,3) Private planes not primarily for flying (8) Pass with extra study (8) Pierce upwards with hole in squash bottle (8) Point of a pen (3) Pig pen (3) Perform on stage (3) Person at a funeral Pale purple colour Pact or agreement Planet’s path Peer in real trouble Possibly dream of bearing weapons Pale sort of ring Pause Prophet Portal Pitcher Provided glass on a mobile (2,4,2) Pitch spread in piles (5) Pound back on hot dog (5) Patient attendants who treat only employees? (5,6) People count on them to send them to sleep (5) Possibly gifted young scholars may be told not to! (6) Permits, tolerates (7) Phase (5) Pungent (5) Push gently (5) Public school Punctuation mark Pig’s foot Piece of furniture Prise Post Poem about fool in Black Sea port Police capturing leader in rebellious group of soldiers Pina colada ingredient (7) Prayer about body half lost in heaven? (5) People in North America (6/4, essentially) (5) Praise returned two-fold (4) Purchaser (5) Poison (7) Puddle (4) Pencil rubber (6) Plunder (7) Planet (5) Punctuation mark (5) Police photo (3,4) Place where trees grow Protection on fences or walls Person’s private book Port on Osaka Bay, Honshu, Japan Professor Package Provoke deity enclosing area Petite and cute (5) Plug and admire new interactive information system (10) Pronoun the writer felt out of place, penning start of sonnet (6) Pleased to be lucky (5) Possibly I retain indolence (7) Part of the tide of lawlessness? (5,4) Pieces (4) Precipitation (5) Paces (5) Passionate enthusiasm (7) Plant part Permission to proceed Primitive, uncivilised Pat —, jockey who rode Derby winners Grundy, Golden Fleece and Quest for Fame Possibly airs garment Print Pry Provide only a buggy? Pleased to be lucky (5) Possibly I retain indolence (7) Part of the tide of lawlessness? (5,4) Pieces (4) Precipitation (5) Paces (5) Passionate enthusiasm (7) Prevalent Pertinent Pen name of H H Munro, author of 1914 short story collection Beasts and Super-Beasts Port in Odisha, India, on the Bay of Bengal housing the Jagannath Temple Pam struggled in the current Previous cleric Painting of them Urals Pals out of range Pull Pen fluid Pastry item Powerful Plural of is Part of ship seen in part of London Play with sword in castle Pampered after Molly cooked eggs Problem (5) Plant of the mallow family (4) Pleased to be lucky (5) Possibly I retain indolence (7) Part of the tide of lawlessness? (5,4) Pieces (4) Precipitation (5) Paces (5) Passionate enthusiasm (7) Play on words Percussion instrument made from a hollow gourd commonly used in Latin American music Proverbially busy flier Pledge out of loathing Picture one prisoner Pastime Paid to repair a red sail Place of abysmal mise
