Covert ___ ___ chi Classical theater Curry of the NBA Clumsy sorts Condiment tray (5) Calm and dignified (6) Cause of a hangover (7) Classification (6) Croaky cry Cut, carve Cut some tax (excise) (3) Closely cover moorland in the Home Counties (7) Cry when light fitting the wrong way (4) Cheery bishop bending with ease Colour of object choked by seaweed Conscious of a conflict over energy Centre; courage Catch mate briefly on the way up Contents of menu binder covered by German improvements Cutty's type of sea Carbon ____ Collaborator with an occupying enemy Con Concealed, as a bride may be Cut and separate a few lines Cabbage unit Citric beverage Concerning Curved line Compound such as a fat, oil or wax Consume too much Court fool Campus areas Caravan creature Chimp, for one Clock reading Collection Composer Satie Crib occupant Charm of time with wild animals Cure found in extreme dysfunction Course army unit won't complete Corporate number cruncher who might be interested in the ends of 17-, 26-, 37- and 47-Across? Camera type, for short Cute, cutesily Chess announcement Capricorn's animal Coke, to Pepsi Comedian Philips Capote's nickname Consider to be Concise in wording Coral reef island Columbus campus: Abbr. Cauliflower unit Cover story Cow's mouthful Candy heart word Computer operators Colored parts of eyes Campus URL ending Close-up map section Clove hitch or butterfly loop Consume noodles noisily Coppa Italia champions in 2023 Corned beef ___ ___-cotta _Colman, Oscar-winning actress (6) - - - cordifolia, herbaceous perennial known as flowering sea kale (6) City between Tampa and Jacksonville Conciliatory gifts Congress’s Alexandria ___-Cortez Confident way to solve a Sudoku Considered (7) Celebratory procession (6) Consents to keeping engineers in a long time (6) Cast are able to add more information Children maintained no uniform is demanded Clock spring ultimately slack and set to lose time Current inside fuse is regular? Challenges "Chandelier" singer Cabbage salads Couple Cutting tool Carbuncle or stye? Claim: précis extract in part is inaccurate Clever office worker Ed initially embarrassed is easily riled Coach and cleaner going to a bar by college Computer key Citrus fruit Computer programming CO ordered men — and one cox — on board Central characters in farce bow Continuous line on map's almost identical on rocky peak Cartoon genre CEO's deg Ceremony Coarse files Colombia's capital Concert bonus Cruise stop Condescend when initially falling for daughter's act Curiously subtler and almost of lower status Clever as Biblical victim said to be Cello-playing involves one dog Chillier setting for a new kitchen vessel Change in US prison essential after evacuation Chum Compendium Chase (in) Castor & Pollux Competent Caterpillar, e.g. Croft of the "Tomb Raider" franchise Cause to malfunction Creation (and rhyme) of 48-Across Constellation whose mane and shoulders are known as "the Sickle" Candle-lighting occasion, in brief Chop into small pieces Cocktail cooler CPR expert Chairs a meeting Conspirators Cries of discovery Chowder morsel Container that whiskey is aged in Cotton-tipped stick "Cross my heart!" Congresswoman Ilhan Camera brand Consumed Currency in the board game Viticulture *CU soon Canine of "Garfield" comics Close, as a dialog box Cold drink with a "Mermaid" variety Complementary color of green Culminating creation "C'mon, would I do that?!" Call number after half term to help out (9) Call to stop (3) "Can I get ___ the joke?" Can-can choreography includes nautical feature (6) Can drone revolutionise weaponry? (8) Can hot and cold bananas become popular? (5,2) Can spare a moment Canadian coin with a bird on one side Canine musterers Canvasser finds therein one treated like a slave (4) Capitol gains? Cardamom-infused brew Careless teen upset someone taking more than their fair share of attention (5-7) Carolina ____ (state bird of South Carolina) Cartoon detective, Dick ... Cast aspersions, briefly, but swallowed it to keep cold at bay Cases include new garden features Castle actor who plays Officer John Nolan on The Rookie: 2 wds. Catches out parents (7) Cattle drive actions (UNDO SPUR anagram) (8) Changed clothes to dive with tide turning (6) Charlie ..... , 2011-14 Bath Rugby prop (5) Charming word game? (8,3) Chat___ (AI bot that uses a language model) Check if Santa has a fresh musical arrangement (8) "Chestnuts roasting on an open fire; Jack frost nipping at your nose," sang Diana ... Chinese-style dish originating in the US whose name derives from the phrase mixed bits (4,4) Chopped, or discontinued Christian .... , 2012-19 Ghana and 2017-21 Newcastle midfielder (4) Christmas Tree was sung by Lady ... Cites endless data as part of rigorous examination (4,4) Claiming it is urgent to be including old French (10) Classic demonstration, and a way to describe the relationship between each starred clue and its answer Classic shade tree Classical garb (4) Claude ........ , former France, Chelsea and Paris Saint-germain midfielder (8) Claude who painted "Impression, Sunrise" and "Water Lilies" Clean west area of city (9) Clearing in a woods Clerical goof Clinic (or law office) apprentice (6) Coastline curve Cobbler pan Cod liver oil amts. Cold War program nicknamed Star Wars: Abbr. Collected Colossal entanglement Colour of moleskin (5) Colson Smith plays _ Tinker in Coronation Street (5) Come across note with extraordinary art to celebrate (11) "Come no further" Comedy with broad satire and improbable situations (5) Comes into a trust fund Common garden flower; tuna pie (anag.) (7) Common name for cerumen - a bodily secretion used historically in pigment, therapeutically, and to stop threads fraying (6) Common name of the Magi from the Gospel of Matthew (3,5,4,3) Common one-word photo caption Communal ride-sharing option Company beginning to forego fee for drink (6) Compete in a potato sack race, say Complain of temperature during route (5) Concert milieu Conclusion reached on board - school of whales is in terrible need (7) Congress's Alexandria ___-Cortez Console, comfort (A CLOSE anagram) (6) Contrast liken to Convenience store proprietor on The Simpsons Convivial occasions (7) Cope with reality (4,5) Cord-free Internet access Cosmetics company known for direct sales Country north of Israel (7) Country where reassembled Hillman Hunters were sold as the Paykan (4) Country whose capital is Jerusalem: Abbr. Crane operators Create friction around mother country, formerly (5) Creating graphics movement on screen (9) Credit master with thesis about seasonal growth (9,5) Cricketers get dismissed for it (3) Cries of derision Criminal outraged, ban not repealed in court (11) Crude old boy takes part in film (7) Cut curve around English street (4,3) Cut it fine, boiling pasta (9) _ Calendar, iconic New Zealand rural series (7) ___ condor (bird found in a South American range) "Coffee __ my cup of tea": Samuel Goldwyn Capone henchman played by Will Sasso in "Drunk History" Card game created in New Orleans from the French game "poque" Cheese that can be wrapped in puff pastry and baked (highly recommend!) Comedian Kasher of "Problematic" Contents of La Seine Contributed to the mix Corners in Yankee Stadium Carrying out Chap is working for a blessing (7) Choose part of helicopter (3) Conceiving Coupon holder managed to hold it up with old reserve (6,4) Capable of living (9) Cross-country running by compass (12) Crawling insects (4) Cease (4) Creature associated with an apiary Communicate over the net Chilli ___ carne, spicy meal Central position of two old pennies in the distance (6) Canadian comedian and actor, - Levy (pictured) (6) Christopher - played Count Dooku in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (3)