Bit of music or language (6) Bitter at 27 time? This might help Black panther who befriends Mowgli in The Jungle Book Blanket-loving Peanuts character Bloodsucking mammal Blunder by scientist ultimately creating a monster Body fluid means odd polymaths having to cut out oats (5) Border over German fences (5) Bore with complaint on way back Brawls; causes friction (5) Burritos, say (5) Business supplier noticed opening crew member created, reportedly "Back __ Future" (2 wds.) Back end of chestnut horse given stroke Banjo-playing Fleck Bath, notably Be quiet about debatable flat (6) Begin's successor, Yitzhak ___ (6) Below, in contracts Blogger's dread Book-page size (OVA COT anagram) (6) Boxed, posh goods carried by sleigh Brando's Parisian dance that requires two to do it (5) Brief contact with fox's tail Brightness and passion shown by engineers British dribble alcohol (5) Buyer of an electrical fan? Bone __; heel woe Bob Hope's frequent costar Brooch Blouse or halter Bold Bear in Kazakhstan desert Barrage balloon Badminton court feature Birds known for their songs Books bound in decorated iron strip (6) Builder of big boats Barbie and Raggedy Ann Baby's portable enclosure Boring routine Bouquet holder Baby cow Bushy hairdos Banish Brought up, as children Based on fact Brawl Beyond compare Barn topper 'Buckeye State' of the Midwestern US, on the southern shore of Lake Erie (4) Brief ejection of hot dense gas from the outer layer (chromosphere) of the Sun, able to reach heights of up to 6000 miles (7) ___ Bernardino (city in California) Brooklyn’s NBA team Bills with Lincoln’s portrait ___ borealis (colorful sky display) Bill with Washington’s portrait -- blue is strong-tasting white cheese with blue veins (6) Bill with Washington's portrait Bills with Lincoln's portrait Bite pass (anag) (8) Bite-size goodies in Gijon Boris, Russian president 1991-99 (7) Brine-cured Canadian cheese named after its place of manufacture (3) "Brooklyn Nine-Nine," e.g. (paloma + cider) Black cat, to some Bullring cheer Bikes without pedaling ___ & Buster's Brimmed hat Birds in a gaggle Back of the Balcony cry from Juliet Be achy & feverish Bieber who co-hosted "Drop the Mic" Blockhead had only one long strip of pasta (6) Bluish form of oxygen Boba Fett captured him Boots up again Bulbs controlled with phone apps Baptist from Sweden isn't, American can (5,4) Basic introductions to easing load experienced in the mind (9) Be careful! It's said to be booby-trapped (5) Be prepared for battle with a little girl, in the main (6) Betrayal with attempt to restrict contact with Spain (9) Bit of fish in flan Trev cooked (7,3) Building split into flats, common in Edinburgh and Glasgow (8) Blackpool's seafront lighting (13) Bronzed girl taken in by Irish politician (6) Beef cut that's tender Biblical twin with the hair Body part you can poke out Braid, perhaps Bristlecone ___ (long-lived species) 'Beowulf' and 'The Iliad,' for example Biblical sch. Boyfriend cooks eel and cod with meat (4,4) Bore about having cot delivered in 31 days British tree production has a cap Bust, like a criminal Burn balm Biscotti flavoring British granny “Building Stories” graphic novelist Chris Bryn ___ (Seven Sisters college) Bad breath is so bad, stop taking interest first (9) "Barbie" actress Greenblatt Bender's term for a human, on Futurama Bills that pass "Blank ___" (Taylor Swift song) Bring over from abroad Beardless (5-6) ___ balls, pungent sweets (7) Boot is restyled for musician (6) Best man, never skint, worked for big financial institutions (10,7) Beans go-with Brazilian city Big party Ballot marks Bid Behaviour Brook Blood constituent Bee's dwelling Book’s name Beginning to like receiving tuition Bird is soaring above hide Barrel Brawls; causes friction Bloodsucking mammal Bitter at 27 time? This might help Back of room, one in school? Bad habit cad used to clean up Badger or horse? Be mad, angry, or furious Beastly. to lie here, liar being put out (4) Beautiful out (8) Beef perhaps because side switched ends Beginning of sale — writing material to fall in price? Ben, cricketing all-rounder born in Christchurch in New Zealand in 1991 (6) Billy ___, aka William Michael Albert Broad (4) Bothering to get rid of a tedious article (3) Bow out when involved in modest fraud Brain perhaps working- there's logic to this (7) Brave husband goes in quickly Building's facade; for agent (anag.) (8) Building American shed for garden (3) BB King's genre Back of this vehicle is hit (6) Banks the extra money (4) Bars Be only partially successful? Charming! (7) Beastly noises all right outside home? Start to scream (5) Beginning by turning the key (7) Being obese, most of all, is lethal (5) Bit of stuff on tree that is sticky (5) Booming aircraft of old (abbr.) Buys by the case Back in a moment Bouquet Bad-mouths Bishop's accessory Birthplace of 7 presidents Be pouring sauce on, on account of (7) Bear out the relations have had a burglary (5-2) Because entered before, rub out (5) Biased views on banks (6) Big for the tottery Leo to carry: too big (5) Bird furious when you put a ring on it (8) Black birds having a game (5) Board it - or come off it! (3,2) Brazen unapologetic Bright forms of energy Bring on board (4,2) _ born is a term for an illegitimate child (4) Border Brother of Moses Batch of laundry Beautiful out Building American shed for garden *Barriers that slide in and out of a wall - - - Biel, actress wife of 14 Across Batman's partner runs over trash can Beetle sacred in ancient Egypt Bobby ------- , EastEnders actor and Strictly 2023 star Bodily wasting (7) Bootleg spirits (5) Bristolian McLaren F1 driver (5) Bristolian McLaren F1 driver (6) Bungee cables, for example Bibliography list Bordeaux beau Bacall’s love, informally Bean type Body of lawyers fighting waterway polluters (*sigh, fella) (4,5) Body of water in Spalding, Lincs. (*OK lasers) (4,4) Bounds together in lockets perhaps (5-4) Bars having no meetingplace (8) Beef, pork etc Being sexist ingeniously to a certain extent (8) "Blue ___ Shoes"; Elvis song Book featuring stereograms (optical illusions in which 2D images appear to be 3D) British comedian ___ Syal "Building Stories" graphic novelist Chris ___ best friend (dog) Bender's term for a human, on "Futurama" Bae Big name in cooking spray Bollywood strings Be skeptical Big star Broadband option "Baba is ___" (puzzle game) Bar, empty room (6) Baths with Become a milk producer (7) Bottom-of-the-drink add-ins Brings to light but barely shows Bunny's "Better luck -- time" Bit of concert equipment Boatload Before news time, has to hurry (6) Backstories, in video-game parlance Bad excuse Bags that are often branded "Better Off ___" (2020 episode of "The Simpsons") Batteries in a Simon Says toy Bold lip? Baddie trains evil snails Bitter alkaloid Brought air force back first? That's improbable Big, big mouth ... belief that exists amongst them (6) Blotchy container located in animal enclosure (6) Branch of the clan burning coal in time (9) 1975 Bad Company song "Beaches" star Bette Beer that comes in "double" and "hazy" varieties Big British beauty brand, with "The" Binge, as a TV show British bank with deep ties to East Asia Bacardi logo animal Bedrock mom Bills in tills Bond holdings? Baltic capital Band with the 1977 album "Rumours" Bitter, aromatic roadside plant (5) Boy is at the front of winding line around last bunker in one time walled city in Europe (6)