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whitewashed | Walls may be beaten thoroughly (11) |
gettysburg | Historic American address (10) |
exasperation | Tree found to be out of proportion after formerly having temper ruffled (12) |
binge drinking | Throw out smile enveloping journalist and monarch with social problem (5,8) |
rosy lee | Employers, ignoring one member, brewed a cuppa (4,3) |
bhutan | Basic accommodation in Black Country (6) |
heaven | Joy needs to pull a man (6) |
turn of phrase | Expression doctor hears up front (4,2,6) |
top of the pops | Making physical education photo soft porn's first bestseller (3,2,3,4) |
sergeants mess | New greatness of service catering establishment (9,4) |
cling film | Cold fish skin used for wrapping (5,4) |
sea breeze | Wind caused by Spooner's French cheese grab (3,6) |
ironies | They provide the subtle humour that is found in clubs (7) |
pentastyle | Write a succulent article in French with a number of columns (10) |
overset | Disturbed by short section in the OT (7) |
aramis | Arabian novelist's fictional soldier (6) |
hobbinoll | Spenserian rustic, fantastic creature without tail and head (9) |
elevenses | Reg leaving new version of Greensleeves for a cup of tea mid-morning? (9) |
slam dance | Twirling medals can result in deliberate collisions on the floor (4,5) |
yucky | Allegedly too wise to keep Charlie here - disgusting! (5) |
store detective | A stock Guardian figure? (5,9) |
kisser | Mug takes stupid risks injecting drug (6) |
enslavement | Kinky man with ten elves in bondage (11) |
apparition | Phantom pair in a top review (10) |
imps | One member's naughty children (4) |
amalgam | A number in Malaga out to form a union (7) |
dog kennel | In which a boxer may drop his guard? (3,6) |
ritualism | Union engaged in similar outlandish adherence to form (9) |
iguana | Reptile's one yard from country (6) |
systems | Second year stops logical processes (7) |
crack of dawn | Very early form of cocaine belonging to French? (5,2,4) |
masked | Not easy to identify, childishly made to go round the bend (6) |
teasingly | Drink alone, with intent to annoy (9) |
stakeholders | New Labour's vampire hunters? (12) |
staircases | Domestic flights (10) |
optimalise | Make the best of one African country in tight spot over energy (10) |
pellucid | LP I clued poorly, that's very clear (8) |
get down | Duck or swallow? (3,4) |
hedge | Hard border, by the way (5) |
stilts | High stakes: Sophie's head over heels (6) |
caribou | Company turn over a joint of venison (7) |
reseed | Look into bloodstained sow again (6) |
last | Persevere with inexpert driver when on tee (4) |
ex parte | One-sided celebration, say, for divorc茅es (2,5) |
pashmina | Former governor securing little time to make shawl (8) |
thyself | Time for your first incarnation when up for you once (7) |
meat roll | Monster after Boatman: a flesh-eater's snack? (4,4) |
camp | Theatrical party (4) |
pester | Aristocrat tours street for badger (6) |
abacuses | They reckon a bad copper enters section (8) |
nursemaid | Nanny gets surname wrong on ID (9) |
avalon | A lack of facilities set back Glastonbury, some say (6) |
second wind | Renewed vigour making back bend (6,4) |
recognise | Identify and approve (9) |
still life | Yet what's said to reflect art is art! (5,4) |
litterbug | Spooner's resentful listener is an antisocial character (9) |
nutrition | Navy tour in it at sea? Goodness! (9) |
grand piano | Concert item with constant organ improvisation going round (5,5) |
squint | Member of large family in the way gets a funny look (6) |
heirs | The Inheritors takes on empire鈥檚 leader, moving to the left (5) |
all black | Want to go after a fifty-pound kiwi (3,5) |
bone marrow | One in a billion, vegetable that produces blood cells (4,6) |
brahms | Composer of many variations has cultural snobs dropping in (6) |
grass widow | Has her man been turfed out? (5,5) |
absconds | Goes without saying? (8) |
foot pound second | Imperial units to confound dopes badly mustered (4,5,6) |
elate | Yarn about the Euro to raise the spirits (5) |
bloodshot | Red Book's dosh distributed, when dividing swag (9) |
larynx | Wild cat with a rat's head stuck in windpipe (6) |
cradle song | Early form of rock music? (6,4) |
oriole | Bird finds oil spread in seaweed (6) |
harry | What cross-country runners do to a boy? (5) |
cricketer | Bat, maybe, showing hesitation to pursue insect (9) |
pseudonym | George Eliot's one novel mused on extremes of parsimony (9) |
spidery | Thin and angular, as Arachne became (7) |
uplighter | Increase open cargo boat's atmospheric illumination? (9) |
drawing pin | Way back, flying coppers in with security equipment (7,3) |
eleventh | Accommodated in hotel even though it's after ten (8) |
parenthood | Generative state with a lot of brackets: do nothing in retirement (10) |
staggers | Equine disease is astonishing (8) |
belabour | Join the party or thrash (8) |
fairground | Clear floor to provide area for entertainment (10) |
numdah | On the ground, it's felt a number had retreated (6) |
voile | Oscar's dipping into sordid material (5) |
true worth | Electronic bank withdrawal - in reality, it might not be fully reflected in the cost (4,5) |
munro | Mourn lost mountaineer (5) |
telephony | System in which one calls plastic polythene (9) |
meat tin | Singular church service including point for Sunday dinner? (4,3) |
good cause | Valid reason for giving to charity (4,5) |
exeats | Passes out at college (6) |
draws up | Plans a football pool's entry that's a winner (5,2) |
on a roll | Having continuous luck playing craps? (2,1,4) |
self starter | Being no crank, I need no one else to get me going (4,7) |
hercule | Detective - the man with right key to mystery, but confused inside (7) |
jerez | Town in Andalusia straddling river? Strewth! (5) |
tom cruise | Mercutio's wandering star (3,6) |
cassock | Hats (not soft) and footwear worn in ministry (7) |
dobbin | Tip of writer, man backing horse (6) |
laddered | Drunk lost head and made a run (8) |
eurythmics | Duo (English) playing intro to Miley Cyrus hit (10) |