___ a living! A hirsute eccentric found in reference books (8) A near ___ card is almost perfect A team that's in financial difficulty may have to slash its ___ Airport force American writer (5) Another name for Big Easy Assigned to another A small-scale portrait painting (9) A trimming of lace one gathers Ancient Egyptian embalmed body Appropriate a room at the tailor's? (and 5 Across) Fade screen out somehow to show B movie (6,7) All about Alter after editing, not now (5) Animal creating alarm with idol (9) Apartment has been razed to the ground (4) Apartment not in tune (4) Author of "Let Us Descend," about Annis, a enslaved girl who is separated from her mother and sold by her white father (October, 2023) Author of "The Fraud," whose plot involves the celebrated nineteenth-century Tichborne case (September, 2023) Author who described her book "Doppelganger" as being about "the horror of the society that flips fascist from within" (September, 2023) Air reserve bound to have numbers (8) Alex of Two Doors Down or Graham but not Ron, in retrospect (6) Amendment regarding enumerated rights Article with both schwa and long-E pronunciations Alternative treatment for a tumbler to cure nut injury (11) An ___ clock wakes you (5) Appropriate dose tonight: a rum cocktail (5,6) & 25A 2000 film comedy starring Robert De Niro and Ben Stiller (4,3,7) 1968 adventure film starring Jane Fonda in the title role A bit strained when camping out? A lad's put out by being given an uncooked meal A sore in the chart to form a large company of musicians Aid scheme has seen ladle being transported Angler fellow is that woman's husband Almost sink, then phone navy base, essentially (9) Appeared happy cooking dinner after golf (7) Arouse restless citizen lacking sleep (6) A large area of dry land (6) A leader of Russia hurt misguided old king (6) Actor's representative worked at the "real" acting (10,5) Among some of the pyramids (4) Artist from Catalonia About half of all deliveries Antipasto bit Alley targets ___ about (approximately) Antlered animal A beauty treatment (6) A circuitous straw path to announce the end of filming (5,1,4) A fantastic pose for a fabulous author? (5) A little bit from India's Officers Training Academy, for starters (4) Aaron Mauger's successor as Moana Pasifika coach (5) Actress Sophia staying in Bangalore nunnery (5) Advantage gained, generally, in the interior (4) Ages of the tennisplaying mother and daughter? (5,7) Agreeing to take on the job of burying people (11) All Blacks halfback/first-five 1991-97 (7) All Blacks sevens debutant 2022, Roderick - (4) Angry speech gives this and others like it (10) Argued about a male offspring with editor (8) Alternatively named (inits)(3) And so on Arrogant newcomer A couple of pennies lifts values (9) Awkwardly mention the first medicinal cream (8) Athletic shoe brand Angelic ring Actress Moore Always Arrange letters for a while A turn previously Animal in glasses About to have nothing but eggs 1990 action-comedy film starring Mel Gibson and Robert Downey, Jr Assist a criminal Acts sullen Ascend Actor without speaking role unusually Activist condemned votes to adopt electric vehicle that's inadequate Award quartet gold book, mostly vulgar Accepted Audio show available on the internet Another name for Calvary __ al-Fitr, Muslim celebration marking the end of Ramadan A book that has been used so much the corners of the pages are turned down or torn (3,5) A day old Turkic ruler heard son’s foreign language A fish of little hope? (3) A in Andalusia? A light or torch, and for poets, eye or daylight A multistorey building may have lots of them (6,4) A rarity seen initially in a Middle Eastern country is one of eight perhaps (7) A standpoint limiting sibling’s aid A woman overwhelmed by offspring’s composition AD C1 epic poem by Silius Italicus Absurd banter about love with a nobleman (7) Accounting term that finally defines how we record time Act uncompromisingly: make another trip round difficult obstacle Adage about workplace productivity (4,2,5) Add salt, e.g. (6) Adj. of tomorrow (m. sing. nom.) Amazing charity arm where Mum rules OK! (10) American on leave earlier (3) An angel is a heavenly one Any small arthropod with six legs and one or two pairs of wings (6) Aphid, about a gram, could produce a camera piece (9) Apply oil or grease As I see it, in textspeak (3) Assault where film actors may be working Audio show available on the internet (7) Answer A dry, unopened, alternative to cider An Aberdonian perhaps in Berkshire location (5) Arrid place? __ al-Fitr, Muslim celebration marking the end of Ramadan (3) ___-A-Mole ___ Attraction, 1980s thriller (5) "____ Abner" (comic strip) aimlessly views social media and 14 across, 21 across, 2 down, 17 down) 1967 Beatles song sung by Ringo Starr 'as' Billy Shears (4) __ around; twirled __ as a beet __ against; opposing __ and cons A large bee surprisingly pleasant Annoyed Accomplish 24 across getting awards (6) A ----- of Honey, film with Rita Tushingham (5) A bike, caravan, open car, phaeton etc, designed for peregrination; or, the journeyer, traveller or wayfarer driving or riding one such vehicle (6) A boarder, ice dancer or roller, gliding on a deck, blades or wheels; or, a pond-skimming water strider (6) A border of colour, dull gold or white as a contrast between a picture and its frame; a tangled mass of hair or weeds; a coaster or small rug; a web of rope yarn; a cover for a tea chest; or, the soli A cabaret; a card marked with the cloverleaf shown in 36 Across; a cosh or cudgel; or, a chapter, circle or clique (4) A dram; a huff; a quarrel; or, a sip (4) A figure, lick, ostinato, refrain or other repeated phrase forming the basis of a song/groove in jazz /pop; or, a humorous monologue (4) A fowl's forked furcula or "merrythought", named for a custom of two people pulling it apart in blithesome divination as a good luck charm; a divided spar; or, a V-shaped element in a suspension syste A hasty photo; a sudden fast boot of a football; or, a brief glimpse (8) A parrot or a figure of it set up as an archery target; or, alluding to said bird's mimicry and showy plumage, an extravagant, foppish, gaudy, garrulous or peacockish person (8) A river following a meandering route through Yorkshire, passing the ruins of Kirkstall Abbey (4) A set of graphemes, such as those in a Latin system forming English or those replicated in pasta for soup (8) A short valley on a hillside or coastline, especially in Devon (5) A thin muslin fabric used for stiffening ball dresses (8) A tie named after a racecourse (5) A word, imitative of a baby's first syllables/utterance, for "mother" (4) A word for an odd peculiar person; a dipsomaniac, toper or winebibber; or, a card game, such as gin (5) Acclaimed American author. Mark, his pseudonym I want undone! (5) Actor who found fame as Joseph in the 2007 revival of the Lloyd Webber/Rice musical (3,4) Actor who played Diane Court in Say Anything..., Ione ---- (4) Actor whose MI6 character, "Q", supplies 007 with various spy gadgets in 17 of the James Bond films (8) Adjoa -----, stars as Lady Agatha Danbury in Netflix series Bridgerton (5) Aga, kitchener or other stove (5) Alluding to a folkloric figure of superhuman size, a word synonymous with brobdingnagian, gargantuan, herculean, titanic or whopping (8) Alluding to a town selling worthless things in Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress, the world regarded as a place of frivolity, notably in Thackeray's novel of the same name (6,4) An air/landing strip; a catwalk; a log chute; a trail; a stretch of sprint track before a jump or a throw; or, a wild animal's beaten or habitual path (6) An alliance of artists; a division of a symphony; a gesture; motion, as opposed to inertia or stasis; tempo; or, a timepiece's clock/wheelwork (8) An imitative folk name of the green woodpecker aka laughing Betsy (10) Ancient emperor and leaderless revolutionary (9) And --- Was, Talking Heads song from the album Little Creatures (3) Another name for a gunner (11) Asian shadow boxing middleweight to start with (5) Author served up very fine port (7) "Alas!'" Amy who wrote "The Kitchen God's Wife" Attendance bk. notation Ancient salutation Any of 26 in 1959-60 prime time Abbr. for pounds Action of making something smaller (9) African river which flows into the Indian Ocean (7) Altman of OpenAI Ancient meetup sites Approximate calculations (11) "___ are not endorsements" (social media bio phrase) All over the place Absorb Astonished cry Aim high but go too far? (9) Aimlessly write fare included in unemployment benefit (6) An hour in charge of deadly disease (7) And 20 1924 novel by Mary Webb whose central character is Prue Sarn (8,4) Attention-seeker in Bishop's Stortford (4) --- and pans (4) A clergyman's increases A group of people A part in which to make a hit on the road? (5) A prefix meaning "within" - "train" anagram ? (5) A refreshing change from all that sand! (5) A strike in the town would be a catastrophe Adopted canine Agent that induces vomiting (6) Amusing TV series (abbr.) Animals that students might share responsibility for Any of several cetaceans, as a grampus (3) Area at an end of a church Attempt to confirm psychic powers Australia's chief port ___ at the table Anticipate ___ and cheese Ants, to anteaters Anything A bargain (9) A teen's body (6) Already successfully achieved (5,4,4) Attack idiot & feel bad (6) (and 5 Across) Special invitee getting one shot of guru somehow (5,2,6) Afro-brazilian dances with syncopated rhythms All-around decent human being American city where the Liberty Bell resides (12) A Tale of Two Cities: "It was the spring of hope, it was the winter of..." (7) A theatre where films are shown (6) Actor Beery of "The Rockford Files" Alberta village; or, the 'Lake Isle' location in Irish writer W.B. Yeats' poem Alberta... Medicine Hat's nickname, The ___ ___ American song stylist Anita who sang "Honeysuckle Rose" Archery implements About a metrical foot (6) Alan fibs about his friends (6) A Test cricket ground in Birmingham (9) A book of the New Testament (4) A colour ranging from yellow to deep orange or brown (5) A decree in Tsarist Russia (5) A deputy, substitute. etc (9) A form of diarrhoea (8) A greeting in ancient Rome (5) A large seaport city In northern Egypt (pop about 5 million),founded in 331 BC (10) A meeting place in ancient Greece (5) A member of a people inhabiting southern Afghanistan and north-east Pakistan (7) A region of New Zealand (pop 236,000) (5) A river largely in the Falkirk area (19 miles) (4) A summons to appear in court (5) A type of coastal defence (7) An edible mushroom of the boletus family (4) An edible shellfish, the sea ear (7) Agree to validate pass (6) A type of cavy in South America (7) Absorb, as with a paper towel Arrange one's fingers so they resemble a ladder? Australian band whose name is spelled in all caps A French boy accepting one agreement A rich star, so calm, spoiling Dickens story About 51, expert found to be trustworthy Absolutely Fabulous star, ___ Lumley Actress and television personality, ___ O'Donnell Allege mollusc has one Allied and Troy star Arranging a race, I'm from the States Art turning up with the German dealer A host of Alice's tea-party (5,4) A lighter game? (5)