Animosity from rotten family Airborne toy with a tail Attached with Elmer's After-bath garments __ Angeles, CA As St Paul's finally said: march up Affluent central London neighbourhood Act as salesman with grudge After taking ecstasy she appeared strangely bottom heavy Applauds quality in ball of ice Artist going to crappy hotel gets squalid room Assumes America excited about king getting success at last 1979-84 Arsenal midfielder; 2009-13 and 2015-16 Reading manager (5) 1979-84 Arsenal midfielder; 2009-13 and 2015-16 Reading manager (9) Addiction clinic? Athletics race with baton exchanges (5) ___ allegro (tempo direction) Angle that is neither obtuse nor right (5) Anthony, British ballet dancer born in 1943 (6) Asked for the rent and what a fuss! What a storm! (7) Alleviates Assists in a crime Actress Watson Anna's "Frozen" sister Author Umberto Attorney follower A piece of chocolate roll? Not now thanks As fast as you can go? (5,5) "At Seventeen" singer Janis with a namesake character in Mean Girls "___ Are You" (2021 Anthony Hopkins thriller) Action after "copy" Afternoon snooze Apparel A CHOC A bishop features overdue debts A black-leg could be suffering from a skin disease (4) A few backing me with song that's an angelic salutation (3,5) A few words could be fine (8) A girl had little hesitation to tackle a steep cliff (5) A plane going up or coming down About to get code organised having shown deep regret (7) Adds to the poker pot Admitting no doubt Affliction for some war vets After annual test, provided one with a logo (5) Allergic outbursts American 'sweets' (5) Announces on X Attractive ace to drive away (10) A calm broadcast in the course 0f battle gets praise (11) A team award for widely accepted pimple (5) Abed in Paris in the dark (5) (and 18 Across, 17 Across, 26 Down) Restructuring helped things afoot beyond human control (2,3,3,2,3,4) (and 27 Across) Relaxed alone prior to meeting with leader of supposed inferiors (4,9) (and 4 Across) Disseminate information about powdered trash (6,3,4) Abundance Attack, as a bear would Awe-inspiring hero? Animated feline with the catchphrase "Heavens to Murgatroyd!" A Star Is Born actor who plays Leonard Bernstein in Maestro: 2 wds. A sense of duty (14) Accumulated objects American ecological watchdog group: Abbr. & 26A Secretary-General of the UN from 1997-2006 (4,5) A lion in its den after tea looks so lazy Adds it up for the little ones Administrative centre of Cumbria Ali and Pat go to Los Angeles in search of a bigger and better house At fifty, that little devil is drooping "A tone of some world far from ___": Shelley A patterned woven fabric A whole bunch (of) "All I Really Want" singer's name Anderson of "Baywatch" fame Anne who wrote "The Vampire Lestat" and "Prince Lestat" "As the World ___" (soap opera that ran for 54 years) "__ Along, Little Dogies" Andrews & Carvey Alikeness Alder or ash Annoying insect Asian desert As straight __ arrow Actor Pitt As hungry __ bear Actor DeLuise “A Bell for ___” (Hersey novel) Area of fruit trees Area in a house Add up & 17A 1980 sci-fi film starring William Hurt and Blair Brown (7,6) 2004 action-comedy film starring Queen Latifah and Jimmy Fallon Altered Aussie cricketer, - - - McGrath Area of fruit trees Area in a house (& 11-across) Divination of Shazam's purpose? (7-7) 10 and 11 across line-judge? (4,6) Always supporting heart amid excitement (7) ...and so wise to get gas back from the East ultimately (4) A sore feeling for each in turn (4) A useless match? (5) Ah, North and South had one desperate battle after another there in 1864 (10) Asleep? Disturb, if you will (6) Away from stage to audience... said 'e about left or right.. (5) Away from stage to audience... said 'e about left or right... (5) Alternatives to Nikes Auto debut of 1957 'As long as a word remains _, you are its master': Solomon Ibn Gabriol (8) '_ are always neat and good-looking, but knees are nearly always not": Dwight D. Eisenhower (6) A brown or dark red blotch on the skin (9) A padre switched show off (6) A plait of braided hair, especially as worn by 18th and 19th century sailors (7) A type of order that is really tough under any circumstances (2,3) Actress Dennings of Wanda-vision Acts popular in many ways (8) Animal eating extremely rowdy animal (4) Annual address presented by the President of the United States (5,2,3,5) Annual flowering plant whose seeds are used as a spice; also a British food writer and cook (7) Approve of hairy animal with round back (4) Auditor involved in split hit back (4-3) Authoritarian king killed for money in bazaar (8) Appreciative (8) At the back Alike At first old boys yearn for shape (6) A learner takes wall painting outside (8) Area where one rig constructed (6) A fanciful hope (9) An Indian silk (7) Around (with a date) (5) Abbr. on a phone “Amen!” Autobahn auto Attorney finds politician wet A victory on a river 1994 Australian Open and 1999 US Open men's singles tennis championship runner-up 1986 adventure-comedy film starring Walter Matthau and Cris Campion Agreement About to cry Angled pipe A former PM's climbing out A good thing, only when healthy A nasty threat, deep down Academic American ignored in workshop Ahead, drunk's nervous Although Armed conflict Afresh Attempted, tried Accommodating description of race-track at times A ___ To a Kill, James Bond film (4) A ___ of flesh ("Merchant of Venice") (5) A lighter brandy drunk at breakfast time? (6,3,5) A-lister, star (5) A series showing river in southern England (4) A short, loose shirt-like garment gathered into a waistband (6) A tall aromatic plant of the parsley family with yellowish-green flowers (8) A torch for use at night in illuminations, processions etc. (8) A type of payment made by an employer without any obligation (2,6) Abbreviated term for a muscle in the thigh (4) Abyssinian, Burmese, Persian or Siamese, e.g. (3) Acquire blues record (3,4) Action taken by us to protect large marine mammal (6) Admit car being remodelled is exciting Adult female briefly aroused and consumed with emotion After touching down, take off from here? (7,5) "Age cannot wither her, nor ... stale / Her infinite variety" (Antony and Cleopatra) Agitated or angry (3,2) Aircraft wing support (5) Allow (2 wds.) Altogether popular, Miss Gale's best friend? (2,4) American composer died in prison? (5) Ancient Phoenician city reputedly founded by Dido, its first queen (8) Annoyed by piece of sanitary ware, person in charge becomes inflamed Anticoagulant commonly used to prevent blood clots in the circulatory system (8) Apparently these never forget the planes up in the air (9) Apposite or to the point (8) Approach lacking heart producing destruction (4) Approximation phrase (2 wds.) Aquatic bird; rent (anag.) (4) Archaic word for a fox (3) Archbishop of ____, title of the Primate of All Ireland (6) Artist daubed only in crimson and scarlet? (8) As fake as a three- ___ bill (6) Asleep (anag.); elapse (anag.) (6) At body of water in the midlands, they come together and resurface Attach to a military unit journalist holding award (5) Australian held up by a bloke, huge woman (6) "Aww"-inspiring (YES, CUT anagram) (6) A piano protocol: encore crazy piece featured at a Hoffnung Festival (8,8) Accustom one to runback that is surrounded (5) Achieve extract of score: a chorus (5) Actress and activist Fonda All-Star Mets pitcher Diaz American country singer, --- Rogers (5) Any of various small passerine birds of the family Certhidae, which live in woodlands throughout the Northern hemisphere (11) App with a flash option Archaeology sites Abandoned "__ a Heartache"; Bonnie Tyler song Airplane walkway All hands to mow crop Animal catcher in local association Agile or spry Absolute depths A bit young for socialising (5) A bountiful nature (4) "A crack angler," you say (7) A delightful dessert (5) A depression during the first World War (6) A f-fine thing! (6) A learner, the one and only (5) A light item of news (5) A lot separate, homes break up: it's horrible (9) A range, small, manage with (5) A royal, perhaps, and unhappy (4) A soft drink, lightcoloured (4) A ticking off the foreigner didn't understand? (4,5) A torch I lost in the vehicle (7) Able to take a winding road through, which is lovely (8) Abstract paintings from the art gallery, perhaps (5) Accomplishment that's derided heartlessly (4) Admits a sow is ungainly, on the whole (6) Again one's left alone, it's true (4) Aggravating, but they don't wear everybody out (8) Album Album there's a fight over? (9) Alternate ones all the time (5,6) Alters changes Another name for small inline weight 'flying backlead' (3,4) Another name for young eels, aka elvers (*cables too) (9) Anything to do with transport (5) Appeal to, when you visit (4,2) Arrange from scratch (5) As a description of what the sponge did, was valid (4,5) As opposed to only part of an organ (7) As tight lines are (4) Assimilates the condensed information (6) Attack Al, turning to yell at (4,3) Attempt to back round the bend (4) Awaken ours rattling the key (5) Awful storm on travelling to the US (9) Awfully glad to catch a fish; a slow mover (7) Aristocratic Auto engine Adhesive substance Aladdin's magical pal Ancestry chart Applies frosting to