Clues Starting With

v

Viral internet item

Vote of opposition

Vehicle engine cover half made of such steel? (6)

Volume of whispers picked up (4)

Viral internet item

Vote of opposition

Varity of gypsum

Venetian magistrate

Very profitable

Very appetising (informal) (7)

Very large indefinite number (informal) (7)

Vermin control that’s screwed some rat up?

Voice, for example

Very excited about whisky

Vessel whose cargo is targeted by soldiers?

Vintage stockings (6)

Violent anger (4)

Veto about to stick! (5)

Victor gets an embrace and nothing more (4)

Very light rain

Vinaigrette, for example (5,8)

Village and fishing port in Highland, Scotland on Loch Broom

Virginia has first prospect

Vicar with ale brewed for royalist supporter (8)

Very small amount or margin

Vapour from hot water (5)

Very much liked to make a fuss with Communist following (6)

Very good fans, nothing less - fans of 10?

Vegetable convention, perhaps, held around Southern French city

Val takes it to be important

Very deep chasm

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)

Venom bound to stuff a bunny (8)

Very hard, inert element; symbol Ir

Vessel to contain storm?

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

Venice? (anag) (6)

Very thin and bony

Vessel containing one last bit of pale amber liquid (5)

Voice, for example

Virginia —, Secretary of State for Health from 1992-95

Vessel shows skill

Vulgar supporter upset female

Venomous snake (5)

Vertical pillar or support

Valley in N Argolis, ancient Greece; site of a biennial athletic competition

Volunteers lied about being followed

Viktor —, 1935 World Table Tennis Championships men's singles, doubles, mixed doubles and men's team gold medallist

Viewpoint right for sportsman

Viewpoint right for sportsman

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)

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)

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

Very fashionable (2-5)

Victory? Sore loser back in touch is claiming one … (7)

Vehicle has one that’s useless

Vicky —, Best Actress BAFTA TV Award winner for 2010 drama This Is England '86

Victor, after food, becomes provider

Venus becomes celebrity after dusk

Variety of lettuce with a long slender head

Voice, for example

Victor gets western part of target

Vessel used when making soup (8)

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

Vile stapler somehow given expensive veneer

Vagabond guards range

Varnish — he calls (anag) (7)

Vital to carry card with name to donate this? (6)

Very hot without right current

Virginia finds cover official

Very anxious (1,3,2,6)

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

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)

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)

Variety of wheat with a high gluten content used to make pasta

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)

Vertical pillar or support (6)

Vehicle turns round

Very short hairstyle worn by women such as Josephine Baker in the 1920s

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

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)

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

Variety of tangerine originally grown in Japan

Very fit — also dim (5)

Venomous snake that reputedly caused the death of Cleopatra

Valuable things (6)

Variety of liquorice (3,5)

Very productive

Violation of the rules in football

Very particular (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)

Vessel (expensive to buy and maintain!) (5)

Vital organ (5)

Vindictiveness (5)

Vessel said to have grounded on Mount Ararat (5,3)

Very light wood

Very little Brahms and Liszt? (6)

Very large narrow-necked bottle, often with a wicker cover (8)

Variety of basalt found in Victoria, Australia, used as a building stone

Vacate it, using trigger

Void described by bard

V-shaped stripe

Vapour from hot water (5)

View or glance (6)

Very bad article in French account of past events

Vanity Fair author (9)

Variety of turnip (5)

Very cold poles for birds

Vacancy for launch

Verify the rebuff (5)

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

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

Viral disease affecting children also called infectious parotitis

Very keen (to go?) (6)

Vessel built by Noah in the Old Testament

Vulnerable, sensitive (6)

Vicious person (9)

Value new sceptre

VIP on panel is a dish

Vehement or widespread protest

Virgin goddess of the hunt and the moon in Greek mythology

Vicious dog (3)

Vehicle part worn round waist

Very poorly fed (4-7)

Victory on a river promises to be different

Vagrant we held in capital

Village in Vaxholm, Sweden; site of a quarry noted for its rare earth minerals

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)

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)

Volley of shots from widely spread team (9)

Very small freshwater fish (6)

Volley of shots from widely spread team (9)

Venomous snake (3)

V S —, winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Literature

Vladimir —, author of the novels Lolita and The Real Life of Sebastian Knight

Valet shows where cash is delivered during prohibition (6)

Very hot or stifling place

Vegetable also called Chinese cabbage

Virginia to allow servant

Vegetable last seen in larder — a beauty!

Very small gnat with top of tail showing (6)

Very typical example

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

Virginity somewhere in Berkshire

Versatile eccentric pulls a rope

Very old boxer turning up — there you are!

Vigilant dealer taking part

Vessel that returns blood from the head (7,4)

Vessel shows ability

Very hot without right current

Vexing article about ginger

Victory was doubly his (7,6)

Victory was doubly his (7,6)

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

Virginia finds cover acceptable

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)

Visitor numbers (8)

Verse from Roderick

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)

Very long or tiresome

Very hot without right current

Very legitimate request (7)

Very small annual with white flowers having a mainly coastal distribution within the British Isles

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)

Violeta —, president of Nicaragua from 1990-97

Very early, having time

Venetian prince

Vigilant dancing in Swan Lake? (2,4,4)

Victor pursues money, being an earner

Venting of emotion (8)

Viking raid — no help is secured by hooter (5)

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)

Valley in N Argolis, ancient Greece; site of a biennial athletic competition

Value new site with friend

Vehicle about to appear on right

Very dry, or boring

Virginia has first look

Very excited about whisky

Valuable things (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)

Very tall building

Virginia has Nero moving city

Viking vessel (8)

Volcano in SW Italy on the Bay of Naples

Voice, for example

Victor misses top of target

Very excited about whisky

Very extensive garden's first seen in shade

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

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

Virginia's batting on both sides — to no avail

Vehicle that's hit, but not at first

Views from master with time to go into particulars (9)

Very keen pupil pulls up

Variety of lettuce with a long slender head

Very foolish (4-7)

Very pleasing, delicious

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

Virginia —, winner of the 1989 Badminton Horse Trials

Very excited about whisky

Vessels of the Royal Navy in America (4)

Valved brass musical instrument with a penetrating tone

Vicious dog (3)

Vessel contained by vessel! (4,2,1,6)

Very hard inert element; symbol Ir

Very quietly putting beer around fruit

V-shaped cut (5)

Vegetable served up by inn outside Northern Ireland retreat (9)

Very hot situation: cubicle door finally blown (8)

Very antiquated — invalidate UN (anag) (12)

Very hot without right current

Veils to conceal flowers