Clues Starting With v Viral internet item Vote of opposition Vogue Voice Vehicle engine cover half made of such steel? (6) Volume of whispers picked up (4) Viral internet item Vote of opposition Very happy (6) Varity of gypsum Venetian magistrate Very small Vase (3) Very fat (5) Very profitable Viper Very appetising (informal) (7) Very large indefinite number (informal) (7) Valley Vanish Vermin control that’s screwed some rat up? Veg party (6) Veracity Vent, aperture Voice, for example Very excited about whisky Vegetable Vessel whose cargo is targeted by soldiers? Vintage stockings (6) Violent anger (4) Venue Venerate View Veto about to stick! (5) Victor gets an embrace and nothing more (4) Very light rain Vinaigrette, for example (5,8) Vehicle (3) Very keen Various (7) Voice Village and fishing port in Highland, Scotland on Loch Broom Vigil (4) Verge (4) Virginia has first prospect View Vicar with ale brewed for royalist supporter (8) Vague Very small amount or margin View Vapour from hot water (5) Vehicle (3) Very funny Vegetables Vinyl disc Very much liked to make a fuss with Communist following (6) Viper Verbal Very good fans, nothing less - fans of 10? Vegetable convention, perhaps, held around Southern French city Vacuous Val takes it to be important Voice Vegetable rot Very bad (8) Verdant (5) Very deep chasm Volume Varied people who take the plunge and go east (7) Vulnerable, sensitive (6) Venetian magistrate Victoria’s spirit that’s pure 14 View from a theatre seat, say (9) Vigour, informally (3) Vestige (5) Venom bound to stuff a bunny (8) Very hard, inert element; symbol Ir Vessel to contain storm? Vagrants Vileness, putrid, spreading in a day Vacuous compassion I expressed after the writer tumbled over Variety of wheat with a high gluten content used to make pasta Velocities Ventilate Vagrant Venice? (anag) (6) Very lazy Violent anger Very thin and bony Verboten (9) Vanquished (9) Vessel containing one last bit of pale amber liquid (5) Voice, for example Very steep Virginia —, Secretary of State for Health from 1992-95 Ventilated (5) Vessel shows skill Vulgar supporter upset female Venomous snake (5) Vivid red (7) Vegetable Vertical pillar or support Valley in N Argolis, ancient Greece; site of a biennial athletic competition Volunteers lied about being followed Verify Viktor —, 1935 World Table Tennis Championships men's singles, doubles, mixed doubles and men's team gold medallist Veranda Vote in Visage Viewpoint right for sportsman Viewpoint right for sportsman Vacation (7) Virtuoso rounds lake and medium whirlpool Valley area underneath emptied into rivers (4) Volte-face, mentally speaking (6,2,4) Venomous snake (3) View or glance (6) Vehicle to leave its load Vehicle to leave its load Very bad indeed (7) Vehicle I’d taken round river, upset female figure View or glance (6) Very active Vaulted recess in a church Voice, for example Voice, for example View or glance (6) Vulnerable or unprotected part Variety of wheat with pale red kernels cultivated as grain for horses Very old crack found in strongbox by freak Value; earn (5) Vehicle (3) Very shortly going to Very unlikely (6) Variety of China tea flavoured with oil of bergamot Variety of long-grain Indian rice used for savoury dishes Viscous substance used in road-making (3) Very corrupt senior type (7) Value puts pressure on crop Voila! (5) Very fashionable (2-5) Vex (5) Victory? Sore loser back in touch is claiming one … (7) Vino (4) Vehicle Vino (4) Vipers Verbal Vino (4) Vehicle has one that’s useless Very small Vicky —, Best Actress BAFTA TV Award winner for 2010 drama This Is England '86 Victor, after food, becomes provider Venus becomes celebrity after dusk Verdant (5) Very ugly (7) Viper Viper Vegetable (8) Vigour (3) Vehicle type Variety of lettuce with a long slender head Vegetable (8) Vigour (3) Versus Voice, for example Victor gets western part of target Vessel used when making soup (8) Vegetable (8) Vigour (3) Variety of chalcedony with alternating black and white parallel bands Very short skirt worn by a ballerina Village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland; birthplace of explorer David Livingstone Very happy with story that's upset editor Vestibule Vile stapler somehow given expensive veneer Vagabond guards range Virtuous Vision (5) Varnish — he calls (anag) (7) Vital to carry card with name to donate this? (6) Vehicle (3) Very hot without right current Virginia finds cover official Very anxious (1,3,2,6) Vegetable Voucher Volume Variety of eating apple with a pale green skin Very well and appropriate baffle, as if playing inside (3,2,1,6) Very excited about whisky Viking Vincent —, director, co-writer and star of 1998 comedy-drama film Buffalo '66 Very gregarious type (5,6) Very small amount of insect in tin (7) Vehicle turning up to meet plane containing Canada's foremost citizen (7) Verge (4) Very old Vidkun —, minister-president of Norway from 1942-45 Virginia finds cover acceptable View potential customer Violent outcome from Recife (6) Verified what could be measured (4,4) Vicious act Vexed (7) Value, price Variety of wheat with a high gluten content used to make pasta Vegetables Vertical pillar or support (6) Very hard inert element; symbol Ir V S —, winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Literature Vertical pillar or support (6) Vera’s time Vote Voice Vital organs Volume of maps Vertical pillar or support (6) Vehicle turns round Very short hairstyle worn by women such as Josephine Baker in the 1920s Vigour Vehicle accessories — OK for cars (anag) (4,5) Vijay —, Indian tennis player who acted in the films Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home and Octopussy Vegetable (3) Very small (4) Vigour, force, etc. (6) Villainous ensign in the William Shakespeare play Othello Very early, having time Vehicle with five doors and a lot of space (6,3) Vet's mask (6) V C —, West Indies Test cricketer who took 5-93 against Australia at Georgetown in 2003 VIP's report? (3,5) Very good stars showing blemishes (7) Violent confusion Verbal Veracity Variety of tangerine originally grown in Japan Verges (5) Vases (4) Vote Very fit — also dim (5) Very bad (5) Ventilate (3) Venomous snake that reputedly caused the death of Cleopatra Vehicle Vegetable Valuable things (6) Very important Valuable metal Variety of liquorice (3,5) Very productive Violation of the rules in football Very particular (5) Vends (5) Valentino —, winner of the 2008 and 2009 MotoGP World Championship Vijay —, winner of the PGA Championship in 1998 and 2004 Victory sign changes View from another wing, beneath the lower part (6,7) Vends (5) Value (6) Vessel (expensive to buy and maintain!) (5) Vital organ (5) Vindictiveness (5) Vessel said to have grounded on Mount Ararat (5,3) Venetian boat Very light wood Volume Very little Brahms and Liszt? (6) Vigour (3) Vestibule Very large narrow-necked bottle, often with a wicker cover (8) Ventilates (4) Vipers Variety of basalt found in Victoria, Australia, used as a building stone Vestige (5) Vacate it, using trigger Vestige (5) Very keen Void described by bard Vestige (5) Virtuous (4) Vote in V-shaped stripe Vegetable Vase Vapour from hot water (5) Vegetables (5) View or glance (6) Very bad article in French account of past events Vanity Fair author (9) Variety of turnip (5) Venerate (6) Vigour Very cold poles for birds Vagrants (6) Vacancy for launch Verify the rebuff (5) Vie Verify the rebuff (5) Volcanic island in Indonesia partially destroyed in 1883 Very excited about whisky Verify the rebuff (5) Very enthusiastic study in painting (6) Victor —, Belgian architect considered to be the originator of Art Nouveau Vegetable Very Liberal women labouring to secure victory promise (6,3) Very extrovert principal wearing fancy shirt with flourishes (7) Vic —, comedian who married model Nancy Sorrell in 2003 Visitors speculate about time Violent disorder (7) Variety of gypsum Volume measurement Valuable commodity (5) Vessels brought back for game Vital gas Vanquished (6) Viral disease affecting children also called infectious parotitis Vassal Very keen (to go?) (6) Vest (7) Vessel built by Noah in the Old Testament Vow Vulnerable, sensitive (6) Vicious person (9) Value new sceptre VIP on panel is a dish Vino (4) Vase (3) Vehement or widespread protest Virgin goddess of the hunt and the moon in Greek mythology Very numb (4) Verges Vigour Vow Vicious dog (3) Vulgar Vehicle part worn round waist Very poorly fed (4-7) Victory on a river promises to be different Vagrant we held in capital Vamoose! (4,2) Very dry Village in Vaxholm, Sweden; site of a quarry noted for its rare earth minerals Vehicle Verges (5) Visualise limousine with daughter, perhaps the Queen of Hearts (7,4) Volcano starts to erupt terribly near Africa (4) Vital cover one must leave (4,6) Very (4) Vengeful group that is wrapped in winter clothing (6) Very little time (6) Viktor —, 1935 World Table Tennis Championships men's singles, doubles, mixed doubles and team gold medallist Vehicle in traffic, initially following another Volley of shots from widely spread team (9) Vulgar (5) Voice Vocalist Volley of shots from widely spread team (9) Vulgar (5) Very small freshwater fish (6) Volley of shots from widely spread team (9) Vulgar (5) Verbal Venomous snake (3) Very lazy V S —, winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Literature Vladimir —, author of the novels Lolita and The Real Life of Sebastian Knight Vapour Vase Vehicle Valet shows where cash is delivered during prohibition (6) Vicious (6) Very hot or stifling place Vegetable also called Chinese cabbage Virginia to allow servant Vehicle Vegetable last seen in larder — a beauty! VIP (3,4) Very small gnat with top of tail showing (6) Vehicles (4) Very typical example Vacation Vehicle test for roofless car Very hot place to be confined in — so tax web (anag) (8) Vigour, force, etc. (6) Value puts pressure on crop Verdant (5) Virginity somewhere in Berkshire Ventilates Versatile eccentric pulls a rope Vocalist Very old boxer turning up — there you are! Vigilant dealer taking part Vessel that returns blood from the head (7,4) Viewed Venue Very happy (6) Vegetable (8) Vessel shows ability Vehicle Very hot without right current Vexing article about ginger Violinist Voice Ventilate (3) Visage (4) Victory was doubly his (7,6) Ventilate (3) Visage (4) Vegetable Victory was doubly his (7,6) Ventilate (3) Visage (4) Verbal Vegetable Vegetable brought back in bottom of boat Vessel too short for waterways Vivacity of Bizet and Rossini in operatic overtures Value for money (4-9) Verona production featuring Romeo went on for too long (7) Very strong person (5) Very — large — epic (informal) (4) Very strong person (5) Venomous American chess player opening with sacrifice of knight (5,5) Vastness, enormity Vicious person Virginia finds cover acceptable Vigour Valley Volatile (9) Visibly astonished (4-7) Volume turned up after seabird bites head of injured auk (9) Volunteer to remove top from box Very hurt (3,2,3,5) Vespers (8) Variety Vindictive (8) Visitor numbers (8) Verse from Roderick Vehicle Viper Vexed about YMCA moving tree Very small amount of money Villain appears day after day in tree Very happy upholding story by journalist (6) Village hospital has charm but not suitable for everyone (6) Verge (4) Votes in (6) Very long or tiresome Very hot without right current Very fat Very legitimate request (7) Very small annual with white flowers having a mainly coastal distribution within the British Isles Vestibule Vigour Vends (5) Vessel for flowers Vikram —, author of the novels The Golden Gate and An Equal Music Vessel set in motion Vilify a number of Romans breaking ceasefire Volunteers and politician forming compact (4) Vegetable product used in food manufacturing, beauty products, and as biofuel. (4,3) Verbally, one suddenly attacking country (6) Voyage (7) Vehicle (3) Violeta —, president of Nicaragua from 1990-97 Very early, having time Vocalist Voyage (7) Vehicle (3) Venetian prince Voyage (7) Vehicle (3) Very happy (8) Vigilant dancing in Swan Lake? (2,4,4) Very brave Victor pursues money, being an earner Venting of emotion (8) Viking raid — no help is secured by hooter (5) Vapour Voice Vital organ (5) Vegetable — drink (6) Viewer more adventurous — what's being screened? (8) Viewer's screen's made of metal with authentic coating (7) Venerate (6) Valley in N Argolis, ancient Greece; site of a biennial athletic competition Value new site with friend Vehicle about to appear on right Venerate (6) Very dry, or boring Virginia has first look Very excited about whisky View Venerate (6) Vocalist Valuable things (6) Vestiges (6) Variety of plum (9) Vicious dog (3) Village near Wells, Somerset, noted for a nearby limestone cave Vicar's assistant (6) Vicar obliged to hold tree (5) Voucher (5) Very tall building Virginia has Nero moving city Vulgar (5) Viking vessel (8) Verdure (8) Vulgar (5) Volcano in SW Italy on the Bay of Naples Voice, for example Victor misses top of target Very excited about whisky Vase Very extensive garden's first seen in shade Vulgar (5) Veracious (8) Vessel with wine is shaken (6) Victims of ridicule making objections audible (5) Victor —, rugby union prop whose 1992 England Test debut was against Canada Vendor Vague family member with hard heart Valuable bit of information (6) Very surprised to find publicity about labyrinth (6) Villainous ensign in the William Shakespeare play Othello Viper Virginia's batting on both sides — to no avail Ventilate (3) Venetian boat Vehicle that's hit, but not at first Voice box Visible (2,5) Vagrant (5) Views from master with time to go into particulars (9) Very keen pupil pulls up Vocalist (6) Variety of lettuce with a long slender head Vulgar Very foolish (4-7) Very pleasing, delicious Vow Visage Vegetable (6) Vow Victory sign under construction in old battle Venetian boat (7) Voltaire exuding anger could become a sort of green (5) Victor —, actor who played the male lead in 1949 film drama Samson and Delilah Valeria —, third wife of Roman emperor Claudius I Voluntary decision not to act Venomous snake (5) Visibly, it's where drinkers are left in charge (2,6) V V S —, India Test cricketer who hit 281 against Australia at Kolkata in 2001 Ving —, actor who played Marsellus Wallace in 1994 crime drama film Pulp Fiction Vase to get by merit, we hear Vase Voice Virginia —, winner of the 1989 Badminton Horse Trials Valiant (6) Very excited about whisky Vessels of the Royal Navy in America (4) Viper Valved brass musical instrument with a penetrating tone Venue Vicious dog (3) Vessel contained by vessel! (4,2,1,6) Very hard inert element; symbol Ir Very drunk Very quietly putting beer around fruit Vigour Verse Vegetable Void (7) V-shaped cut (5) Vegetable served up by inn outside Northern Ireland retreat (9) Very hot situation: cubicle door finally blown (8) Vestibule Vocation Very antiquated — invalidate UN (anag) (12) Very hot without right current Veils to conceal flowers Venice trips to see show (6) Violent confusion (6) Very warm Very English trebles, song surprisingly Italian (8) Venezuela's capital (7) Vincent —, director, co-writer and star of 1998 comedy-drama film Buffalo '66 Variation of chess involving two players, three boards and a referee Venezuela's capital (7) Voice, for example Vera managed to dance Verse Venezuela's capital (7) Very much depressed, man's time in game (4,5) Volkswagen buzzer let loose (6) Vicious act (9) Very new child Vote in (5) Vague (7) Very dry Verbal Village tragedy (6) Versus (7) Vapour from hot water (5) Varied selection (5) Venerate (6) Venerate (6) Venerate (6) Venue Viper Viral disease of dogs (9) Vigilance (12) Vegetable that's cold and tough Vehicle taking lad to get a large container Villain who tricked Othello into murdering Desdemona (4) Visitors to Sicily should see it before coming back (4) Vegetable; main ingredient of the soup borscht Venomous sort of chatterbox losing face (7) Venomous language (7) Verb and noun together hide a preposition (4) Vote to return to the dance (6) Ventilate (3) View obstructed at first? Hold tight! Vehicle (3) Volatile or lively Version of soccer Vivid — acute (7) Vessel for cut flowers Vegetable Voice, for example Viewing organs Very old Vehicle not transporting box Voice Vapour Very hungry bird with mouse, rejecting head and tail Very strong person (5) Very excited about whisky Very happy (6) Vow to put pressure on sill View Vitally important (9) View, glance (6) Variety of gypsum Visual Vegetarian's showpiece Vigour Very slow girl eats up single calorie (7) Virile politician gets cannabis? (4) Very hard worker under the first 10 (7) Very nearly Ventures — quips (7) Vase-like vessels Veins around creepers Vases Volume of maps Very bad lad Freud cured Vehicle Vessel with graduates aboard Vera organised dance party Vow to put pressure on sill Venue Vegetable Verbal exams Vehicle Vegetable Very like (4) Varied stars rejected food around old city (10) Very keen to make a comeback as a singer (4) Vehicle Verse from Epsom? Very dirty (6) Violent criminal (7) Vagrant — fishing boat (7) Victors Vigour Vapour from hot water Ventilates sari, perhaps Visual aid gets royal person (not king) backing doctrine (5-3) Virtuous V —, cricketer whose 2012 West Indies Test debut was against Bangladesh at Mirpur Viking taking part in invasion or settlement Volunteer no longer liking queen? Vain prisoner in the chair, so to speak Viewpoint right for sportsman Viper (5) Vase (3) Vigour, force, etc. (6) Vote with workers in messy situations — their constituents are diverse (8) View or glance Vacation in alcove Vehicle (3) Volume of maps Violent local windstorm (7) Vital organ (5) Visiting many places in Canadian province for us (2,4) Victims of wars less involved with negotiator about end to confrontation (4,11) Vegetable Vocalists (7) Veer around after Catholic pupil: smart Vets manage with small underwear Viper Vessel taking care of flower Very good marks, for example, in test Verified fact (5) Very excited about whisky Vie Vocal organ (6) Vladimir Nabokov's novel about Humbert Humbert's obsession with a young girl (6) Vessel off course? (7) Viewpoint Vegetable left in coach for insect Very unusual (13) Vicious dog Virginia finds cap acceptable Vehicle (3) Very inferior (informal) (6) Very tall person (5) Viewing organ (3) Venetian boat Very tall person (5) Viewing organ (3) Void (5) Very tall person (5) Viewing organ (3) Variety of lettuce with a long slender head Val —, author of the novels Blue Genes and The Distant Echo Vow Vital fluid Very bad (5) Vessel for small fruit Volley of gunfire Volcanic island in Indonesia partially destroyed in 1883 Verdant (5) Visit registered prophet Vividly shocking (5) Vets idea for concocting a tranquilliser (8) Very deep chasm Vehicle length Very loud (10) Vice perhaps affected inspiring student (5) Vehicle (3) Vladimir —, 1956 Olympic 5,000m and 10,000m gold medallist Veneer Vehicle (3) Variety of chalcedony with alternating black and white parallel bands Vase Vehicle (3) Vote Vegetable, we hear, that's scorched Very hot yet was composed (6) Verse has singular beat unknown by leading academic (6) Viper (5) Very light wood Vigorously, deviously or subtly Vegetable of the brassica family with purplish leaves (3,7) Vegetable (3) Very keen Venetian blind part Vulgar Victor learned to extract uranium for green stones (7) View of the set perhaps (7) Vehicles (4) Vote in (5) Variety of wheat with a high gluten content used to make pasta Very dark (4) Very good speed for a very bad sailor (6) Volcano crater Very good speed for a very bad sailor (6) Vegetable Very good speed for a very bad sailor (6) Violent behaviour (5) Value fools to a point (6) Visual (7) Verges (5) Very bad (5) Voiced Virginia Woolf novel — Kathleen Hale's Marmalade Cat (7) Very small nocturnal fox inhabiting deserts of Arabia and N Africa Vehicle for hire (7) Virginia has cover that's legally effective (5) Very large lorry (10) Vigour, force, etc. (6) Vertical Viper Very busy legal expert initially ditched one doing filing? (10) Vassal fed, swallowing tablet after pork pie (8) Very large lorry (10) Vigour, force, etc. (6) Versus Verge Village in South Ayrshire, Scotland; birthplace of poet Robert Burns Velocity Very large lorry (10) Vigour, force, etc. (6) Vigorous campaign (7) Vigorous, I shake the talc around (8) Vision (5) Very strong person (5) Vegetable Ventilate (3) Vegetable is raw, needing seasoning (5,6) Visible understanding? (7) Venuste —, 1996 Olympic men's 5,000m gold medallist Very early, having time Version of prose tale that's a bit of a bloomer! (4,5) Vocalist (6) Veracity Vagrant Vestibule Vitamin deficiency Vase Vladimir —, president of Russia from 2000-08 and since 2012 Valuable copier ordered by American Vital component of an internal combustion engine (10) Verse of a poem (6) Voice changes a lot Vocalist Vow Victor —, Danish pianist and comedian who died in 2000 Vagrant has the French stamp Very top (4) Very positive man serving from the East in hotels (4) Very bad criminal hid silver with no end of liquor (8) Vase concealed by furniture (3) Vital gas (6) Volcanic island; second largest of the Hawaiian Islands Viewed part of the act, say Very old university — get irritated about ending of generous grant (9) Venetian baroque composer, died in Vienna 1741 (7) Valley (of which there are many in Yorkshire) (4) Vet raised broken plug Volume of maps Visit father at home V, X or C? (5,7) Violent confusion Village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland; formerly a centre for runaway marriages Visitor had an idea, we hear Violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground Very shortly going to Villainous ensign in the William Shakespeare play Othello Very keen (4) Very nearly (6) Veg giving little brother dreadful colic Verdant (5) Vicious act Vessel with greenish fluid in hand on top of palm (9,4) Valuable thing (5) Venetian boat (7) Voice box Volume Very bad doctor attached to feudal arrangement Volunteers to get poet a jacket Very important person (5) Valiant (anag) — European (7) Very soon (3,6,3) Vegetable Vacillate (5) Vision aids (7,6) Vehicle (3) Very hot curry Village north-west of Cambridge to which a women's college, established in 1869, moved in 1872 Very poor baby, small but avoiding extremes Votes in Very happy Voice Vintage Valiant baritone's last seen in mixed choir Vent (6) Very happy once with taxi worker (9) Venue for sporting events (7) Vessel, one that suddenly goes up and down? (7) Vegetables from parks (6) Venetian painter — shade of red (6) Vegetables from parks (6) Vote Vegetables from parks (6) Volume Vote in (5) Vocalist (6) Vegetable Viper Vegetable (8) Very happy (6) Virginia has first look Vehicle Verbal View Vehicle parts left amid tools Very upset (informal) (3,2) Vacuous Carry On Henry's opening is carefree (7) Vigour, force, etc. (6) Very tall building Volunteers fast to get gift Very small amount of dessert Virginia in a temper to cause devastation (6) Vegetable organism round the East of interest to astronomers (6) Very strong person (5) Vomit (4) Virginia in a temper to cause devastation (6) Vegetable organism round the East of interest to astronomers (6) Very strong person (5) Very brief moment (5,6) Virginia in a temper to cause devastation (6) Vegetable organism round the East of interest to astronomers (6) Very strong person (5) Victoria —, Spanish actress who played Lorraine de la Pena in 1994 comedy-drama film Jimmy Hollywood Vote Vehicle Virginia gets animal to depart quickly Vague family member stripped bark Valetudinarian's drink (3) Vessel after it has lost its cargo? (7) Violet-blue (6) Visage (4) Vanish Virtuoso solo passage near the end of a piece of music Vision of Barney nursing sore wound (9) Valley's width in metric unit (3) Vote in (5) Very deep chasm Vase Variety of lima bean with large pale flat edible seeds Very cold and resentful Vessel found in Zambia or Tanzania Vulnerable, sensitive (6) Very excited about whiskey Very tall (8) Vet's demeanour strangely enterprising (13) Vicar's upset collecting one pound in coins (6) V J —, England cricketer whose 1982 Test debut was against Pakistan at Leeds Viral disease affecting children also called epidemic parotitis Vigorously contest red card, but acknowledge one's error (5,9) Vase-like vessels Very strong person (5) Vehicle’s emergency extra Very sad Vigour (3) Vicente Blasco —, Spanish author of the novels Mare Nostrum and The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse Verbal Very difficult and confused situation (8) Vigour (3) Very edgy about whiskey Viper Volte-face (5-4) Vigour (3) Ventilate Volume Virgin soldiers accepting assistance? Vicissitudes (3,3,5) Vainly free, perhaps (3,7) Vehicle Viewers not starting? That's right Vehicle required for advancement? Velvet-like fabric (6) Voucher (5) View affects space and time Viewpoint Viking (8) Very fierce about women using bad language (8) Victim Verbal Voted parrot-fashion? (6) Vegetable protein developed from fungus used in cooking as a meat substitute Vincent —, French composer of the opera Fervaal, which premiered in 1897 Victory over old worry Vast form of barrels Verse Volcano back in Canterbury V-shaped stripe Very warm sheltered place Veers away from some poetry Voice, for example Very warm Voice Variety of tangerine originally grown in Japan Very enticing cooking, fried too (2,3,3) Ventilate (3) Vestibule Vegetable Very keen leader dismissed by king of Israel Vagrant gets a coach Verge (4) Vase (3) Vocally celebrate destiny View Verbal Vote in (5) Various birds on roof of edifice (7) Very dangerous poison (7) Vote in (5) Vote in (5) Vegetables Venerable revolutionary I satisfied in bed (7) Volcano in SW Iceland that last erupted in 2000 Viewers last in queue? Certainly! Valuable things (6) Virtuous Vinegar, say, has right to be strong Venue Viper Vital statistic Verbal Very small piece (of anything) (5) Vessel filled with hock for fathers (6) Very tall person (5) Vegetable Visitors speculate about temperature Vends (5) Verve (4) Very funny sex with a Dolores (6) Vital gas Vends (5) Voice, for example Very excited with whiskey Victorian taxi (6,3) Vends (5) Vagrant Very slow speed Vegetation of a particular region (5) Violent racist reformed by Democrat (7) Vocal piece Vast sea west of Australia Vigilant prince consort ditches bishop (5) Volume finished with old size of paper (6) Vehicle Viewers excited at first? That's right! Very fast job, as the reformation (9) Vacating house before nuclear meltdown is very hard (9) Vessels that liven up parties (3-8) Voucher (5) Viewing organ (3) Voucher Village in France; scene of a 1346 victory by the English in the Hundred Years' War Vestige Vote in Very brave Variety of wheat with pale red kernels cultivated as grain for horses Violet almost changed colour Very French (4) Vacant (5) Ventilates (4) Very young child Views small supplies not starting (7) Vehicles caught leaving concerning crime (5) Verge Vehicle (3) V S —, winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Literature Villainous ensign in the William Shakespeare play Othello Village in Somerset housing an 11th-century castle Vegetable Vessel in felucca or tanker (5) Vessel opening after day (7) Vessels in decay loaded with iron on banks of river (3,7) Vessel in question south of Cuba, originally (4) Visitor to ancient city is first from train Variable stayed constant Vivacity (4) Vehicle ride broke down, getting conveyed (7) Vehicle I got rid of has ceased to exist Vessel that may be put in bin? Vehicle followed by second in French comedy, treat with superficial sweetness (10) Vehicles drawn from a vehicle amongst others (8) Vestige (5) Vases (4) View, finally, that is most extensive Vestige (5) Vases (4) Vagrant wore drab clothes Vestige (5) Vases (4) Viewer's following celebrity astronomer (9) Very tall building (10) Vehicle beginning to cross a river Vanquish (7) Variety of agate with different colours in layers (4) Variable resistance, so threat is disguised (8) Vowels heard in comfort Variable resistance, so threat is disguised (8) Vehicles coming and going in a particular locality (7) Variable resistance, so threat is disguised (8) Vagrant seen before parking vehicle Vanish (9) Volcano in Vietnam Ventilate (3) View or glance (6) Vapour from hot water (5) Visit judge, ever the foppish fellow (8) Very wrong to drink drop of Glenfiddich, a couple of fingers (1-4) Vapour from hot water (5) Verse for the young (7,5) Vapour from hot water (5) Voucher (5) Virtue of Patricia, exceptional niece (8) Violent action: coup leading to control by enemy forces (10) Virtuous type to go on bike or walk? (6) Venture into sordid areas (4) Very fat (5) Viper gives the total? (5) Vase-like item (3) Vino (4) Very strong person (5) Very strong person (5) Very strong person (5) Verge (4) Vessels for baseball players Vessels which, coming up, may be waiting for the wind (6) Vehicles honked, first travelling to the rear (5) Variety show (5) Vends (5) Virginia upset young female subordinate Very old, and swimming in Tyne Verse set to music for high fliers? Vends (5) Vends (5) Vessel seen earlier outside church Very good buy (4) Vital organ (5) Vocation (7) Variety the spice of long adventure films? Variable level holds key when reversing fundamental theory (10) Ventilate (3) Visage (4) Violet almost changed colour Ventilate (3) Visage (4) Ventilate (3) Visage (4) Villain of operas Callas appeared in Vigilant, but breaking down later Very light brown (4) Vulgar supporter returns at start of football (4) Vampire actor, he punctured child's skin and drew blood (7) Visions of 500 packets of paper (6) Valiant energy in new choir Very much out of shape Vegetable (8) Vase (3) Valuable commodity (5) Vegetable (8) Vase (3) Valuable commodity (5) Vegetable (8) Vase (3) Valuable commodity (5) Virginia briefly gives vent to hypochondria (7) Vocation (7) Vessel seen in Victoria or Tasmania Vivid (6) Visible location for a tavern, we hear Visit (4) Virgil's first language: poetry Very tall person (5) Volley of gunfire (5) Victim of offhand attempt to abandon centre (8) Vessel for flowers (4) VIP's sea trip producing no reaction Victim of trickery expected to hold power Varnishes Otto's agreed to put on slates (6) Verges (5) Video deception by leaders in dubiously elected executive presidencies fooling all, kindling enmity (8) Very cold — incisive (6) Ventilate (3) Vehicle has all soldiers heading off with speed in upper region (3,5,4) Ventilate (3) Voyeur (7,3) Ventilate (3) Verbiage (7) Vagrant (5) Violent storm (7) Vessels taking sheep over river Vexed in church before reading letters Virginia acted strangely and quit Vehicle's way over left side of carriageway, by a river (9) Voucher (6) Victory (8) Valuable rock for cutting and polishing (8) Very large pair regularly exposed in the Sun (5) Views hole: golf club’s not right to tackle flag (7) Vitriol (5) Virtually (6) Very much the opposite (6) Vertical supporting post (9) Vain image unit is dull (13) Vast expansion of G & T — one tucks in (5) Viewing organs (4) Vase (3) Vehicle taken right across Manchester, initially Violated (anag) (8) Vase (3) Very many of you on the beach? Vase (3) Vogue featuring answer about eclipse (9) Verge (4) Violin bows (12) View or glance (6) Viper (5) Viper (5) Viper (5) Vendetta (4) Victor did, and returns same as 18 (3) Vessel for flowers (4) Very tall person (5) Very busy certainly with head-to-toe treatments Vegetable (3) Very old (7) Very little time to look (5) Vegetable (3) Very old (7) Vegetable baked in its skin (6,6) Vivid railway worker's uniform Very latest (2-2-3-6) Violent person (5) Very much (6) Various actors who lived in Yugoslavia (6) Vivacity (9) Very hot curry (8) Venetian magistrate naked on vacation, showing butt Visual adjustment subject to forcible separation (8) Very hot — or very nippy? (10) Venomous snake (5) Very bad (7) Very small piece of cloth turns into fruitcake in illusion Very keen to do something (7) Viral infection (9) Vend (4) Violent attacks (8) Very keen on acting with coaches and a lorry (5-6) Very fast-moving river current (6) Very keen on acting with coaches and a lorry (5-6) Vice and anger could become a source of resentment Vintage director's filthy material Very keen on acting with coaches and a lorry (5-6) Victorian hiding small crystal Vigour I am contributing to a country (9) Vote in (5) Very brief affair around end of February Vexation, distress (7) Venture to secure unknown amount of money for social enterprise Very distressed copper knocked back plonk Vampire beaten by sides of ricotta with fresh vegetables (9) Votes, official but incomplete, and blunders Venerate (6) Visage (4) View through rose-tinted spectacles — see Iliad (anag) (8) Vagrant went first and got trodden on (8) Visible in the distance (6) Vagrant went first and got trodden on (8) Vagrant went first and got trodden on (8) Vegetable producing sticky stuff in shelter from wind (6) Vacation (7) Vital organ (5) Very bad (7) Vapour of boiling water (5) Voices heard in paper, reportedly? (5) Victoria's position (7) Very much (11) Victoria's position (7) Victoria's position (7)
