Old woman in a cowl One in school with coat before start of lesson One professionally managing issue? Opening strike recalled by colleague Old man coming in to rest is providing sweets Odd cat in auditorium causing a stir Occasional inverted commas primarily seen after full stop Overweight old drone, say, eating seconds Old buck: in other words a disreputable fellow Old-style footwear shone when reconditioned One on a zebra, not so good-tempered? One heading left or right, we hear, for strong drink (beware second!) One sailing before noon in lake Occasionally switch positions Opposition intended to support end to wind energy Opposing party lines Old bloke seized by desire to be feminine Operating without losing initial energy Old courtyard protected by King Arthur Original letters from First Girl I Loved, now involved in brief affair Official service covers times gone by Opera in a borstal extremely unusual Old singer saves half of soup for dog Outside shopping centre, deal in weak drink One supports high-class pub with more senior following Oddball to attend on officer Old American edition One's in some Asian country or another Of this 24 essentially get out One convinced of evil involved in drink One may put his suit in a case, or vice versa One required to complete the score One reflected on expression of disgust – basta! One has a habit that might be irksome, but not I Old Testament character's describing New Testament incidents Oath finally made, go in search of pleasure One fishing in lake consumed by exasperation One new sample of tea perhaps needs identification – flavourless Open pie cooked with last of ginger and spicy sausage One scam succeeded showing pictures linked to apps One suggesting expert puzzle? Obscene king anticipates piece of cake One holding a silver buckle for completeness Old artist in collection ultimately kept by loaded magnate October alas misjudged for popular form of retail? Opening home with key, not against letting one in One clocks second best whisky at church Old woman on island plumps for insects Oil trader? One taking the place of an old swinger in prison long ago Old coin, something initally missing inscription of king or queen Occupant is fashionable partner Odd bits of statue missing in counterfeit? That's absent- mindedness One seen on cavalry horse – could be a hack, we hear? Other ranks in service giving ground Orchestra member rarely is after a drink (sounded drunk) Odd chatter to progress steadily One's inclined to be emphatic Odd characters also found among CIA brides Oscar role in picture that dazzles the eye Opened in opposition to being excluded from work One element of 15 could be 50 of the other … 18 or 19 ____? One dispensing deodorant to rear of malodorous priest? Old man gets textual reference to operatic 2 Old brown cat found inside seat Observe as tanker maintains direction Officer and boss of detective 2 Old king seen randomly poking behind craft Occupying soldiers follow sailor's original point Opponent created stagnation One guts flounders, having caught river fish One's following priest around Italian town One who carried out a suspended sentence? Outspoken, all the actors in show Opening of number covered by funky trio? Ornamental moulding: mine also rancho adapted Old German dancer much employed Old records from a Roman centre of industry Old pointer adopted subservient posture, we hear? One wine knocked back, then another oddly? That's the reality! One driven off to break senior pilot One's tied up in Oxford Old agricultural workers taking in Liberal leader's inconsequential remark Outline of small boat Out-of-date food I lend has gone rotten Offensive lout hangs around Oil refiner backed race in Yorkshire market town Oil painting of first and last halves of islands and Basque city One surrounded by cheers, sun god in crown Opponent disrupting last broadcast in lost land One transferring a southern Italian chap Object to following piano here One expressing grief half-heartedly, judge-like? Old poet loses rare watch Orange-scented product in miscellany carried by liner at sea Obtaining material, staff head missed tea break One's naughty spirit as an individual One gets no thanks for this small item One at sea with a mounting collection of charts Old lady tiring of dog Old king rejected communist's command Once more appear sure about farce, perhaps Oddly, crowd goes last to cheer the old man Onlooker's dodgy candy, best not served in private One directly affected by USSR in a crisis Outline, V-shaped, with rolled edges One detects people bearing gifts? Close Yorkshire's borders! Obsolete medicine getting praise with an expression of uncertainty One who holds match records Old singer and players, one singing before 24 across One smouldering vocalist who goes to the 24 across One leaves string of invectives with rotten type of compromise Old Lib Dem leader keeps attending congress One African country or another loses excellent backing Originally meant to hang, free old highwayman One in a billion, vegetable that produces blood cells Order soldier to move unbriefed? Oral exam headed by teacher one gets through One old tatty ribbon One little creature's lacking head and feet One lyric number in a ballet (not English) played, with which flute or violin opens Off-colour anagrams emerge thus One gazes at enthroned king and queen? Oscar Wilde's best mate? Our Ben's terribly drunk One fever a type of drug initially eliminated One on the front line in Russia? One having broken legs, that might make you cry? One kicked off premises by Smollett's upwardly-mobile clog! One casting movie director's unfinished Romeo One fleeing Iraq, perhaps after regime change One getting time with PA behind schedule to think Origin of unit to be expressed? Old age: millions kept in we shut up in fencing One's getting to be so in the old place! Occupied living has this union leader accepted by Labour, say Outer limit for spacecraft, one lap somehow including turn? Old PM takes last slice of soda bread Oddballs undress under cover of bed spread Opera house's heart breaking rapidly One going across wasted hours and hours getting food Officer, also P Old man, character without right range One with reserve retiring amid strain, delaying procedure One's taken to court and released One needs the wine abroad for a little fish Order shop sent to stock cover of Elton's Rocket Man One wet area turned into somewhere drier One ringing to warn you of danger? One looking for scraps may show it Open return to southern country One's given a chair for female – terribly sore, clutching bottom in distress Obscure ideas as coterie designed One who makes one cross with his choice One of them to a cell is the norm among monks Old British pines assume specific shapes Object to wealth in Greece? Not entirely One wearing long coat One ending spell governing country: one Conservative finally ousted One to kill 17 acrosses around 4am? Tiger, with no hesitation Old carrier left to absorb another one in bad faith Oxymoron born in 18: 26 1916 Offers made by very resolute rebels about noon Oddly ingenious PM's working to engage crime-fighting assistant One put in lucrative order Officer's story on truck supported by northern worker On the rise, make special mention of school One Mexican speciality or another company polished off before sickness One to hustle and back up politician getting in Old Green in Strasbourg easily seen? Operation to accept mobile phones in non-unionised place One often taking part in unfinished housework – Philip Seymour, perhaps One carried by Sinbad the Sailor – Caspian's father, perhaps? One offering pork pies around bar One caught after leading question Old city leader in sadistic dictator given gold stars Offer of accommodation fine mostly, holiday in capital lacking luxury, initially Old man‘s unfinished title Overcook fish daily One made to take blame in a case got badly broken by pressure Old, upset, taken in by trick producing negative balance One thinks about lives one harms One struts around in terrible film? Rubbish One moving smoothly back to Vegas appearing on top show One left European Union — member which might help form motion? Old man showing a lot of bottle One who enters the services One whose existence depends on dripping Only the French would stand for it Old boiler worth a penny Orchestra leader co-ordinates knowledge of gas Old king with hint of narcissism gets put on occasionally Occurring occasionally when meaning to accept an end to it Overcome and almost certain to need support One with responsibility for bridge incident is testing spans One getting up there's Irish hosts, when climbing One can't focus any closer than this part in one's play Old movie idol opposed to drink and to inn, oddly Oatmeal cake, to considerable extent, left Organisation helping forces put Underground staff out of terminal One picks this east of Durban and west of Johannesburg, to some extent On the whole exhausted before melodrama's last lines Occasionally negative, therefore receiving stick One who's affected by moving prose Old lady's eating a lolly that's served with curry One fixes pop-up sketch above One who is often up for trial Out-of-the-ordinary Aberdonian shot legendary Kenyan Opened a bottle, put out nuts, old Johnny's turned up! Open-air sex at assembly causes annoyance One doctor brought ice back, the French fool 'Old King Cole' artist's covered Officer warlike in speech One of those bloomers in our beds, possibly Overcome death nearly with heart of iron Old pile passed on and acquired easily Old poet's writing, say, after seeing two churches lined with gold Old fogeys walk unsteadily, wearing blazers inside out One looks for meaning here in City Road bustle Off colour, or bunged up and extremely pasty Obstinacy of writer putting last name first One to be found in cabin shortly? Officer wasted hysterical reaction to fear One's about to shaft hard Conservative official, in short ‘Operation Back Tories' failed to get Republican arse One among the lesser folk in feudal times O Valentine! Organised relay in good time Old coppers found bike One politician finished his career bankrupt Old piece about King and Queen in spaceship Opening, small and round, in which university's fitted a satellite Open lurid assortment that's stolen One has faith in investments Observes the intrusion and is furious One who volunteers to fight, but he's not a boxer Ordered select eastern instrument One supplies eiderdown? Misshapen lumps arise Ordinary contralto accompanied by Rubinstein? Old pains beginning to nag with little support around Old pop group avoiding the spotlight here? One short, beneath stream, makes gesture Old person from Riga features odious 21 One understanding perfection Opportunity arises in high-lying country Old tray I renovated with skill Oarsman returned in vessel, showing distress One who profits from workers' activity? One that's taken on a range of Lancashire lingerie