| 2017 mystery film drama starring Jennifer Lawrence and Javier Bardem (6) |
Mirror Quiz |
18 Sep 2025 |
| Female parent (6) |
Mirror Classic |
11 Aug 2025 |
| Maternal parent |
The Times Concise |
21 Jul 2025 |
| Old source of nursery rhymes and fairy-tales (6,5) |
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| Sibling not right to worry (6) |
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| Hilary Swank thriller I Am ___ |
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| Dam on motorway is something different (6) |
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| Annual test facing woman's parent (6) |
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| Doctor with the redhead who has given birth (6) |
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| One thing to be when you pour the tea (6) |
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| Mom, formally |
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| "How I Met Your ___" |
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| Loving maternal figure who might be called in different ways such as 33a, 49a, 59a, 7d, 29d, and 43d |
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| How I Met Your _, amusing US show with a disappointing conclusion (6) |
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| Freudian song title used by Lennon, Pink Floyd, The Police (6) |
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| She may have to bring up the issue (6) |
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| In memo there was mention of she who pours the tea (6) |
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| - -of-pearl, iridescent substance in box D (6) |
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| Our star's movie: - And Child |
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| One couldn't be without her (6) |
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| Gives her all to her Tom (6) |
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| ____ wit, common sense or ability to cope with daily things (6) |
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| Chronicles Ted Mosby's search for Ms. Right (How I Met Your ______) |
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| Feminine parent |
Newsday |
20 Jan 2025 |
| Medical officer getting the right parent |
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| Sarah Palin, to Bristol |
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| She has children ___ 1000 not the same! (6) |
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| Insect queen |
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| She wants a thousand different (6) |
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| She may have to raise the issue (6) |
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| Relationship of Commonwealth 10.000m winner Liz McColgan to 500m runner Eilish McColgan (6) |
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| 1000 different children she has (6) |
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| _ Teresa |
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| Morticia Addams, for one |
TV |
06 Oct 2024 |
| Doctor article by redhead parent |
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| Male brought up by a female member of the family (6) |
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| Female parent |
Mirror Classic |
29 Jul 2024 |
| "_ Night" 1961 Vonnegut novel (6) |
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| One honored in May |
Commuter |
06 Jul 2024 |
| Tom turns to her, naturally! (6) |
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| Loving maternal figure who might be called in different ways such as 33a, 49a, 59a, 7d, 29d, and 43d |
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| How she spoils her Tom! |
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| See 19 Down |
The Guardian Cryptic |
18 Apr 2024 |
| Parent |
Mirror Tea Time |
04 Apr 2024 |
| Male different from female parent |
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| One of relative concern in thermometer manufacture (6) |
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| Doctor ___ the right sort of woman (6) |
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| Parent getting insect with hesitation |
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| Beyonce, to Blue Ivy |
Eugene Sheffer |
28 Feb 2024 |
| 'The ___', 1930 book by Sholem Asch (6) |
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| "Old ___ Hubbard ..." |
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| "Whistler's ___" (Painting by James McNeill Whistler) (6) |
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| Female parent |
The Times Concise |
02 Jan 2024 |
| 15 22 - and its lead character (6,5) |
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| 15 22 - and its lead character |
The Guardian Weekend |
23 Dec 2023 |
| ____ hen, one who clucks and fusses over others (6) |
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| Behave protectively towards different male leads |
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| Meghan's opening Spare for old lady |
The Guardian Cryptic |
15 Nov 2023 |
| "___ Knows Best," song performed by the villainous Gothel in Disney's "Tangled" |
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| Ma |
The Telegraph Quick |
05 Nov 2023 |
| See 23 |
The Guardian Cryptic |
20 Oct 2023 |
| With 37-Across, native language |
New York Times |
12 Jun 2023 |
| May honoree |
Thomas Joseph |
11 May 2023 |
| Insect queen and what one is to drones? |
The Times Cryptic |
05 Dec 2022 |
| Nature personified |
Newsday |
02 Sep 2022 |
| May honoree |
LA Times Daily |
31 Jul 2022 |
| Delivery person? |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Feb 2022 |
| Malice, more formally |
New York Times |
26 Dec 2021 |
| ___ Ginger, character who hides the Polichinelles under her skirt in 11a |
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| She gives birth |
Irish Times Simplex |
07 Jul 2021 |
| More anxious about the short bear |
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| Parent |
The Telegraph Quick |
01 Jan 2021 |
| Nobel laureate ___ Teresa |
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| May honoree |
Newsday |
29 Sep 2020 |
| Mary Wollstonecraft, to Mary Shelley |
The Washington Post Sunday |
16 Aug 2020 |
| Male, different relative |
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| Female parent |
The Telegraph Quick |
03 Apr 2020 |
| Labor leader? |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Feb 2020 |
| One expecting Bottom here in play |
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| Girl in club's second tango in the dress |
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| Be overprotective and conceal everything but the face |
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| May honoree |
New York Times |
06 Feb 2019 |
| 22 I'm not sure is native |
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| May honoree |
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| Minute remaining, matron! |
The Telegraph Toughie |
23 Nov 2018 |
| . Protect man and more |
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| Marge, to Bart |
USA Today |
21 Aug 2018 |
| Sort of test taken by that female who has given birth? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
08 Jun 2018 |
| Person whose inner child has been released? |
New York Times |
05 Jun 2018 |
| Title for nature |
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| She gives birth |
Irish Times Simplex |
19 Apr 2018 |
| One expecting the right to wear second medal |
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| Person whose inner child has been released? |
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| Marge, to Bart |
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| Female relative — male different |
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| Nature personified |
Newsday |
19 Oct 2017 |
| Female parent |
The Times Concise |
22 Aug 2017 |
| Delivery person? |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Aug 2017 |
| Dam, second in that place, but not the last |
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| The female caregiver |
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| Maternal relates to...? |
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| Hood lead-in |
New York Times |
18 Dec 2016 |
| She's honored in May |
Newsday |
06 Sep 2016 |
| Word before 'ship' or 'tongue' |
The Washington Post |
03 Aug 2016 |
| Bloke is gutted after female stops saying she's pregnant |
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| Again docked across the dam |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
20 Feb 2016 |
| Dam in need of test -- oh dear, it's been regularly neglected |
The Telegraph Toughie |
12 Feb 2016 |
| Thermo-elastic type of nature |
Irish Times Crosaire |
02 Feb 2016 |
| Hood lead-in |
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| She's very many, not all the same |
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| X contributor |
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| Maternal Pink Floyd song off "The Wall" |
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| One may be superior |
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| Title for Nature |
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| Title for Nature |
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| With 51-Across, "The poor people are very great people. They can teach us so many beautiful things." (1979) |
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| Care for in a nurturing manner, and what can precede the last words of 20-, 27-, 44-, and 52-Across |
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| Nature's title |
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| Word that can precede the starts of this puzzle's nine longest answers |
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| May honoree |
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| Postpartum depression sufferer |
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| Child bearer |
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| More of the quote |
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| Child bearer |
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| More of the quote |
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| Earth __ |
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| Coral, to Nemo |
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| Word with earth or lode |
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| "Psycho" figure |
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| May honoree |
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| See 16-Across |
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| One who no's best? |
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| Superior leader |
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| Teresa or Nature |
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| May honoree |
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| Teresa, e.g. |
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| Hood or lode leader |
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| Sarah, to Isaac |
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| She might be superior |
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| Goose or Hubbard |
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| Machree of songdom |
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| V.I.P. in May |
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| Word with goose or hood |
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| Parent of a sort, with 38 Across |
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| Heroine of May 13. |
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| Her day is May 10. |
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| Leading lady of May 8th. |
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| Care for carefully. |
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| ___ country. |
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| ___ Carey's chickens. |
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| Hubbard. |
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| Protect. |
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| ___ Shipton. |
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| "Life with ___." |
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