Caulking sealant Coat with sticky substance College kid on vacation Columnist Abigail Van ___ Completely full Fast Comstock ___: Nevada silver deposit Corrupt; immoral Ciders inebriated man picked out Corrupted Spartan queen, by chance Condescends to some Western Europeans I hear (6) Containers stop turning over (4) Corrects. Finish in printer's measure (6) Chicago mayor before Emanuel Country gent Complete filming Curtain holders Check payee, perhaps Certain OPEC minister Composer of 79 Across Cat, in Catalonia Cure-all drinks Customary practice Covers with asphalt Cricket sound Copier powders Crescent tip California prison city Currier partner Chemical ending Camera professionals, wedding ... Cartoon magazine, ... book Castle's underground prison cells Cigar with open ends (7) Co-star of 26 Across, ... Byrne Combined swimming race Commonwealth Scientific And Industrial Research Organisation (initials) Company gets summer shirt for bed (3) Container vessel, cargo ... Cut of beef, ... steak ... Corkery, journalist and broadcaster (3) Call for aid Capreolus capreolus or ... deer (3) Cast ___ for Chain in earlier sailing ship (8) Charge to wrap tips in non-toxic foil (6) "Cherry-pick", for example (5) City and district on the east coast of the North Island (8) Common name of Acacia salicina (5) Consequence of equals making a base abroad (6) Conservative should wear a streak of light blue? (4) Controversial Vladimir Nabokov novel (6) Corn - - - -, bulbous plant of the ixia genus with star-shaped blooms (4) Cruel act made explicit (5-3) Cuckoo flower or lady's - - - - -, country names for Cardamine pratensis (5) Curl container Cut score (4) Casual trouser-and-bib outfit (9) Compact device that can store a full-length movie (inits)(3) Concept, idea (6) Car-top accessory Case for milk bottles Climbs to a hundred in auctions (6) Charley horse, e.g. Crystal ball, e.g. Consumed Clay targets to be shot, informally Chevrolet S.U.V. ___ colada Club for theater lovers Clothes for males Curved letter Chanteuse Edith Conditions Chimney buildup Concludes Composer Porter Corp. boss Car accessory Cutlery item City for cavorting pairs Coach in art management Criticise deity Cover Card game Competitor Croatian men’s tennis player; inaugural Los Cabos Open tournament winner in 2016 Car fuel Chihuahua, for one Christopher of “Superman” Cart pullers Cleveland cagers Cub’s cave Counter on small pool Church recess Clandestine Copying someone else Casual worker starts to unpick really appetising Japanese dish Chances characterising one leader of students Cautious Cavity in the facial bones Clot, congeal Continue despite adversity Carry on adopting Oscar’s ruse Conclusion: pig, frog and bulldog all do it Cut off from place a colleague is holding Capital of the Marches region of Italy from which a chicken of a breed with black-and-white mottled plumage, white earlobes and a single/rose comb originates (6) Case for the defence (5) Casual worker starts to unpick really appetising Japanese dish (7) Cat. in Catalonia Chances characterising one leader of students (4) Change units Charming and stylish; Oxford's word of the year for 2023 (4) Charter, rent Chess computer that was the first to defeat a reigning world champion, in 1996 (4,4) Chilly air in a room Christmas food reportedly banned by Oliver Cromwell to tackle gluttony (5,3) Clear ways to prove you can support yourself Close deal over a drink late on (8) Cocked hat-like 18th-century style of three-horned chapeaus (8) Cocktail is sent over - beloved cabaret's beginning inside (7) Coffee kind (7) Coiner of 'sellyfish' and 'nectacled' Commercial growth? (6,9) Community theatre perhaps traumatic, as dream shattered (7,9) Constance or Victoria? (4) Copying someone else (9) Counter full of beads? Counter on small pool (7) Cricket equipment; crazy (4) Crystal Palace player? (5) Cases of old politician popping into drinks Catalog that may include Comp Sci 101 Certain baton strokes (APE TUBS anagram) (7) City Museum city (Abbr.) Class with instruments Clergyman omitting canticle's conclusion in service is correct (8) Cleveland basketball pro Competitor takes us in with article in French on Nancy's extreme geographical feature (4,6) Container for mangoes Contribution from branch or subdivision gives firm security (7) Court action ruined kebab stall (10) Crew have to abandon second ship Criminal steals trimming Canister Chuckles Complete collection Calcutta dollars Cushion Chow __; Chinese dish Crates Confusion as Charles invests zero Company board corrupt in Spanish location Correspondence from landlords? Conceals or reports story? Component Cunning or guile - - - - - - Chalmers, TV presenter (6) Citizens of Copenhagen Canyon sound Christmas tunes Coffee + hot milk Completed Clergyman's normal offspring (6) Corn discard "Circle of Friends" novelist Binchy "Coming along?" "Caught you!" Cheer up Capital and largest city of Cabo Verde, on the island of Sao Tiago; Portuguese, 'beach' (5) Central city of the Sikh religion, founded in 16th-century Punjab, NW India, by the guru Ram Das (8) Chemical element with the third-highest melting point (3186degreesC) and second-highest boiling (5630degreesC); atomic no. 75 (7) City in India which houses the Taj Mahal (4) Close-fitting iron helmet with a visor and neck guard, a 15th-century successor to the basinet (5) Closest French town to England, near the Cap Gris Nez on the Strait of Dover (6) Concept of life as an ongoing cycle of death and rebirth, central to religions such as Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism (7) County town of Northumberland, named from the Old English for 'murder path' (7) Cylindrical insulated clay oven of India, Pakistan and parts of the Middle East, traditionally used to make flat bread and to cook meat (7) Chauffeur, for one “Crocodile ___” (1986 movie) Comes for a brief visit Came to a close Camera competitor of Canon Careful gentleman's part is brilliant (9) Catacomb components Celebratory garland Chef who turns 59 today Chicken pad ___ Commotion over trivia Couple that recently started dated, casually Criminal removed not nearly new gun barrel (7) "Crocodile ___" (1986 movie) Cunning military mechanic runs oft (8) CEO, e.g. Cheerleaders' moves Canoe or kayak Comic book installment "Carlos" star Edgar Cassette broken may set a precedent Certain support group for adolescents Check of who's present (4,4) Colloquial name for a NZer from a Pacific nation (8) Condition of mental stress Country bordering Bolivia (4) Can't get in at the end formed a long time ago (7) Charges far too much for woollen covers (7) Comes together and learns why (7) Composer, Ludwig ... Beethoven Cantankerous dwarf (6) Cartoon creator Capital of Taiwan Cirrus, e.g CPR pro (Country [?) Med] Cheap dust cloth Capable Cutting remark Common skin affliction for teens Cross inscription: Abbr. Christmas decor on the shelf? Car's parking place Constricting reptile Carve on glass Choreographer's move * ___ circles, design on farms that may have been left by 11a "...cup ___ cone?": 2 wds. Certain salsa ingredient Choices for sommeliers Cameron who's the voice of Princess Fiona in "Shrek" Canoes going all over the seas (6) Catch sight of some agent from the East Comes to a sticky end at the mess in Laos Constrictor snake Coral or Dead, for one Cooking utensil or pizza type Colonial insect Credit's counterpart Cry one's heart out Casino wager Casual top worn with jeans Chairwoman's address Car for hire? Circle segment Column's partner Chili ___ carne Cat's foot? Christmas tree topper, often Coke container Caustic chemical used in soaps Colored eye part Cargo unit