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fusus | Group of gasteropods force us to repeat (5) |
make do | Manage to assemble a party (4,2) |
xantippe | Scold gets cross, opposed to Modern Greats (8) |
mock | Satirise musical overdoing carnal knowledge, for starters (4) |
ipso facto | Thereby extracted from clips of actors (4,5) |
narrows | Channel indicator stuck between numerous limits (7) |
repartee | Riposte with sword, retaining skill with right opening (8) |
pressurised | Forced to eat apple, not entirely taken aback, as coerced (11) |
feather boa | Fashion accessory that's sorted out before a hat (7,3) |
tinderbox | One might go off chest dating site put at top (9) |
erosion | Cupid, in encompassing love, can be wearing (7) |
subsistent | Loans 鈥檌s temporary accommodation? Managing to survive! (10) |
fatal accident | Unforeseen encounter which made someone late? (5,8) |
riot act | Brazilian diplomacy used in dispersal order (4,3) |
trialists | Indian river ignored by powerful businessmen who hope to become major players (9) |
ironsmith | Forger makes this minor change (9) |
driving licences | Identification means Conservative discerning veil, controversially (7,8) |
xenophobia | Vote for Albion left out, hope mistakenly, though might this be the reason? (10) |
kirkcudbright | Sparkling wine drink to avoid when climbing above Scots town (13) |
tiepolo | Artist to draw game (7) |
gloaming | Look into what happens in casinos at twilight (8) |
dogfight | Engagement in the air? (8) |
stands by | Is supportive but fails to intervene (6,2) |
alcott | Writer's account, one side claimed, not at all measured (6) |
strut | Rod Stewart's gutted with track (5) |
revocable | Turning over message not cast in stone? (9) |
brandy snap | Health food gets extremely dry - picture a biscuit (6,4) |
abscess | Swelling brass section awful without randomly placed intro (7) |
excrement | Waste old money securing rock group (9) |
orang | Primate called round to begin with (5) |
ben nevis | Left-winger with energy and power achieves prominence in Scotland (3,5) |
stationer | Queen Victoria perhaps first seen in shop (9) |
ostracod | Crustacean, a sort to swim alongside fish (8) |
carotene | Switch involves mechanical routine for source of vitamin A (8) |
skydive | Sportingly go down the Blue Shady Club (7) |
black light | UV or IR deficiency - something bad for plants around (5,5) |
spear | Weapon for a childless listener (5) |
gargantua | Character featuring largely in book by Rabelais (9) |
reviled | Verbally attacked by man of God over shoplifting (7) |
quatrefoil | Four leaflets for it, equal after distribution (10) |
transposition | Key change? Soprano isn't prepared to accept it (13) |
archaeological | A cool glacier has almost melted, as remains to be studied (14) |
whacked | Gave a caning - exhausted! (7) |
ovenware | On view, cooking without one, are pots etc (8) |
feedstock | Use cattle cake, perhaps, as raw material (9) |
bougie | Virus that is pierced by old medical instrument (6) |
aristocrat | Noble at holding title back, fantastic actor (10) |
gaza | Strip city of Philistines (4) |
off pitch | Cricket side and ground not in harmony (3,5) |
boracic | Gold, auric edges in pen containing a metalloid (7) |
absolve | Forgive sailor's answer (7) |
dudgeon | Beginner taken off shift, fuelling fellow's resentment (7) |
akin | It's like baking without gas (4) |
da gama | Confession of a gadabout and globetrotter? (2,4) |
on the menu | What's available is getting better, but not quite fit for all kids? (2,3,4) |
grigri | Charm Hanoverian king repeatedly (6) |
resonated | Doctor read notes and responded sympathetically (9) |
reheel | Work at last for engineers on list (6) |
rendezvous | Maybe nervous about the last letter turning up with date and place (10) |
helix | Spiral out of control, lie at the heart of hard times (5) |
pennines | Trees covering space by northern English hills (8) |
gust | Tugs put out in a squall (4) |
observing | Died in employment while celebrating (9) |
impenitent | Defiant assertion of my remorse? (10) |
arthurian | Two chaps like some medieval legends (9) |
lake district | Like ad broadcast at precisely defined tourist area (4,8) |
grapevine | Even a prig could be a passer-on of gossip (9) |
the blues | Music of the Depression? (3,5) |
thrush | Bird infection (6) |
cistern | Head for lavatory - is tension breaking into location of hadron collider? (7) |
flotant | Fine fortune worker shows up in the air on coat of arms (7) |
sienna miller | Actress in capital gaining point for victory over teller of tale (6,6) |
this night | Later today, that man's name covered up by drunk (4,5) |
kohlrabi | Vegetable with potassium? Cooks boil hard leaves off end (8) |
meanness | Ill temper of old queen in trouble (8) |
prima donna | Britney Spears? Publicity stunt with international megastar (5,5) |
ice cream | Came with rice to provide dessert? (3,5) |
working majority | What a government needs is most people off the dole (7,8) |
groma | Instrument for surveying Roman parts? (5) |
secretaries | Office workers sign in invisible ink, perhaps? (11) |
bucketful | Without opening blue KFC tub, in pieces how much chicken's there? (9) |
grasses | Gutless gangster mugs shoppers (7) |
haunter | The woman's relation entering as ghost, maybe (7) |
dog biscuit | A snack for a boxer? (3,7) |
bijou | In this cab I journey in comfort, being small and elegant (5) |
murderer | Criminal on horseback? (8) |
ardennes | Red shift within British queen's range (8) |
std code | Ted's sick eating fish - there's a number to get through (3,4) |
boxcar | Spooner's lifts, rail transport for hobos? (6) |
the whole shebang | Old rockers on about female outlaw's full-blown affair (3,5,7) |
hattersley | Illegal settler disturbing fodder for Guardian politico (10) |
pharaohs | Their resting places have their points (8) |
egg box | Storage for six loaded shells? (3,3) |
wedded | Joined a day late? No answer (6) |
top end | Be inclined to keep work of the highest quality (3,3) |
toothpaste | The potato's dug out - a tuber? (10) |
jillian | Girl, sick one in a winter month (7) |
boniness | Manager protects a number showing emaciation (8) |
lira | A month back, penniless in old money (4) |
tundra | Bleak prospect, one difficult to crack, heading off heavenwards (6) |