TNT's "Rizzoli and _____" Take control initially for governor (5) Takes out from the paper Tank's protective exterior Taxicabs' competitors Tea tin Teachers having no head make bloomers Ten cent pieces The south wind heading east looks serious Toby anyway accepts nothing as plunder (5) ___ Tin Tin (classic TV dog) Touch-related ___ the Terrible Troubles "That's so unfair!" ... or a hint to 17-, 25- and 43-Across, in three other senses "That wasn't a joke!" The center of our solar system THEME WORD (5) TV series that may have high costume budgets Throw a fight and have sleepless night? Tom and Jerry and Thelma and Louise TV nanny -- Drescher 24th and 31st December for ladies (4) Tanks and what are aimed at them (5) The Rookie: Feds network Things going downhill fast (4) Tiforpa could make money? (6,1,6) TV's The Marvelous ___Maisel ended (3) TV host & comedian Drew ___ turned 65 (5) TV host ___ Springer died at age 79 in April (5) Tahiti or Santorini or Gilligan's (6) Take me to South Australia on a flat-top Ted ___ got Emmy nomination for best comedy, again (5) Ted and I scrap - it's done habitually! Tee off, mister and I'll measure it Telecommunications co. _ _ & _ (3) Tesla billionaire challenged Mark Zuckerberg to cage match (4,4) Tesla recalled its self-driving ___ (3) Texas ___ captured the World Series (7) Texting abbr. for That Makes Sense (3) Texting abbr. for killing time (2) Texting shorthand for 'I guess' (2) Texting shorthand for good night (2) The 15th of March The Barber of Seville and The Marriage of Figaro (6) The Curiosity rover marked 4,000 days on this planet (4) The Latin word for gold (5) The Ocean State; abbr. (2) The Prime Minister in Ireland turns to the widespreading dominion! The University of California or Cincinnati; abbr. (2) The White ___ was a Golden Globe winner (5) The ___ Bachelor debuted, focused on older adults (6) The ___ longus is an orangespotted goby fish (3) The action of pausing before doing or saying something (10) The calendar era before the birth of Christ (2) The department that keeps computers running (2) The fifth and sixth letters of our alphabet (2) The hiring and firing department (2) The man in the museum keeps a dog on a hill The middle of a peach (3) The natural way of the universe, in Chinese philosophy (3) The number of times a weight is lifted (3) The second-largest Great Lake (5) The situation is under control (2,4) The upper edge of a glass (3) The world of universities and research (8) There's 16 ounces in this; abbr. (2) There's an ___ for that (3) These grasshoppers devastated crops in Afghanistan (7) They double for actors in dangerous scenes (8) This Jackson 5 member collaborated on new music (4) This Material Girl started her 12th concert tour (7) This atomic-bomb film was a big summer hit (11) This belongs in a light socket (4) This boy band celebrated its 30th anniversary; abbr. (3) This natural satellite of earth is older than originally thought (4) This prince released his memoir; also lost a royal title (5) This stratospheric layer improved slightly (5) This year marked ___ Pitt's 60th birthday (4) Three's Company ___ Somers died the day before her 77th birthday (7) Three dresses owned by this late princess brought in big auction bucks (2) Three of these make one Tbsp. (3) Time After Time singer turned 70 (5,6) Tiny drops of water that form on plants (3) To be victorious (3) To begin with, 4 down is about an addition To go on (8) To knock someone unconscious; abbr. (2) To persuade someone to do something via deception (3) To put up a picture (4) To ride a wave (4) To stop by and spend time somewhere (5) To take a business into the private sector (9) To talk about something, again and again (6) Trevor ___ hosted the Grammys (4) Tribal influences in a holiday resort Tried, tasted (7) Turned up the earth in a field, before sowing (6) Type of radio used by truckers (2) Thanks to Frenchman with one large tongue "The ...", 1938 novel by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (8) Toledo unfortunately got sacked Triangle turned out to be fundamental Trident found in the road 4th-highest mountain in the world Take on, as a tenant Tall prickly plants with spiny purple flowers Tangerine's color Tel ___ (second-largest city in Israel) Texter's Are you serious?! The Revenant Oscar nominee Hardy This is troublesome!: Hyph. Throws snowballs at say To be: Ger. Training ___ (Denzel Washington movie) Triangular slice of cheesecake say Trick that's pulled on an April fool Twinflowers, technically Twinkler in a constellation Twitch streamer's accessory Type of Persian textile (var.) Type of grain sometimes found in multigrain bread Type of wrestling whose highest rank is yokozuna ___ Titans (group of superheroes that includes Cyborg and Raven) Tears for Fears song with the lyric "Let it all out" They bring out old farm machines (10) Triple zero? Shotgun fired! (7) ___ trainer (corset-esque garment) 19th Century playwright whose works include The Doll's House and Hedda Gabler (5) The arm, specifically the upper arm from shoulder to elbow (8) Third wedding anniversary gift (7) "True love is the _ fruit of a lifetime" Alphonse de Lamartine (4) Toot one’s own horn They’re powered by M3 chips Takes care of Tablet download They may be bookmarked Tijuana tabby Tatum’s “Paper Moon” role The hottest thing around? Their job is a grind The other guys Those left hanging on Election Day? The other guys The Darling family’s dog Twisted fastener 17th-century dance Teamed with Marcus Daniell for 2020 Tokyo Olympics tennis medal "first" (5) Tennis or football The Colorado River separates which state from California? (7) The Quechua-speaking people of the Andes are descendants of which people? (4) Thin lining Trail-blazing Kiwi league forward 1970s, Bill - (6) Try adjusting rupee cost (9) Two seconds to stop haemorrhage? That's lucky! (7) Tit for ___ Toyota Land Cruiser or Jeep Grand Cherokee, for one: Abbr. Thumbs-down votes "Things Are Fine in Mount ___" Thread the ___ of the needle "The Good Place" actor ___ Danson The "L" in "SNL" Took first place Train or flight connection word "The Old Man and the ___," novel by Ernest Hemingway Typing speed count: Abbr. Title for Doubtfire or Maisel Term of farewell Threadbare or haggard “This Is — Tap” Told a story Teeny Torture instrument Talented with drink The golfer's conceit Tool wasted money Type of element Tobias —, US author of 1989 memoir This Boy's Life Transmission gap Time left to stop draw in Championship Training cost rose for motorcycles Test French fifteen wasting, initially, nervous energy The muse of history - or a Renault brand The national tree of Lebanon The Russian parliament "'Tis the season to be jolly ___ ___..." 'Troll the ancient Yuletide carol, __' ----- Thompson, Creed and Westworld actor (5) Terrier breed Trattoria dish Talkative Takes an extra base Tendon Traveler's stops "The "The butler __ it" TV programme that has been presented by David Dimbleby, Robin Day and Fiona Bruce (8,4) Ta-Nehisi ......, author of Between the World and Me (6) Ta so much Sheffield for adapting Webster's work! (3,7,2,5) Tackle a quiet, variable, boring time before going to uni? (3,4) Tagged off using this device Take a walk among the brambles Take care of diocese scriptures in retirement (3,2) Takes steps to include official introductions Talent for getting wild deer exhausted (9) Tall building - as found in New York or Chicago etc (10) Taylor Coleridge's sacred river Team's best performance (1,4) Technical term for a cat lover (11) Technique involving carrying a person across the shoulders (8,4) Tell me why ten fish are battered, Sugar? (6) Texan home town of ex-world boxing champion Orlando Canizales That animal kept by Pete and Nola That which inspires Dutch thought The 'Gypsy King' who rules in the ring The , second studio album by Radiohead released in 1995 (5) The ---, U2 guitarist (4) The Blues brother played by Dan Aykroyd (6) The Epsom Derby, for example, is one of these races The Golden ....., approximately 1.618 (5) The January window will soon open for them The artist now known as Ye (5,4) The basic language of this tribe The capital of 20 down (8) The footballing Pilgrims of Plymouth The lady has a point! It's quite smooth The name Muhammad Ali answered to until 1964 The national tree of Lebanon (5) The number of Great Lakes between Canada and the US (4) The official state religion of Brunei (5) The percentages man of football The saint finishes his prayer and takes a powder The saint shows spirit to play so badly The same as before? On the contrary, improved (2,6) The simplest of goals The top League? The use of deception or subterfuge to achieve one's purpose (9) Theatre backdrop packed up in crates, e.g. at storerooms Theatre director who founded the Royal Shakespeare Company (5,4) There's no gore with it but what a state! They dared to splash about and dry up! (9) They owe allegiance to a monarch They play in the NHL at Madison Square Garden They support our having breaks! They used to be at home at the Vetch Field Thick black liquid derived from bitumen (4,3) Thick heads of 1 Across Thieves with craving for ultimately breaking into post offices This Camembert is not too bad (4,6) This morning, you permit it to be worn for luck