Magpies every so often by tip (4) Make tedious progress Marine mammal and mammoth, perhaps close up (8,4) Mathematical formulation used in cricket to calculate the target score for the team batting second in a match interrupted by weather, renamed to its current title in 2014 Meaning "cherry", a type of morello eau de vie, enjoyed as an aperitif, as a flavouring in Black Forest gateau or in the centres of chocolate liqueurs (6) Meat from Buffalo a Serbian packs in a roll (8) Medic, doctor (9) Merman-like sea god symbolised by a conch; the trumpet shell itself; a figurative sailor/ship; or, a newt (6) Metal skull losing crown crested by bird (8) Mode of transport of an acrobat, clown, eccentric hobbyist, juggler, street performer or velocipedist (8) Moved to another country Mug from New York hotel is breaking Mum, not married, sensible apart from that (9) Mythical river to the underworld Mr. Mineo Mutilate Major airline Mixed together Misplace Microwave Margin Missive Magic Mike and Step Up star, Channing ----- (5) Make a fuss about right lover (6) Musical event: it's closed in when dancing (6,5) Musical work a player's taken back to the beginning? (2,4) "Mm-hmm" Mint ___ (cocktail) Montenegro's neighbor to the south Maybe I'm _____, 1970 Paul McCartney song 1992 movie starring Tilda Swinton, based on a book by Virginia Woolf Martial art based on the use of bamboo swords Molly __, documentary film-maker who made her name with The Ark (1993) about London Zoo _ Murray, played Seamus in the Harry Potter films (5) Made up of two parts Method of prioritising patients Mike Hammer actor, Stacy ----- (5) Mens __ Modest reply to a compliment Many a Monet Major component of body paint, as you can hear Make a friend in the manner prescribed (8) Make defensive move as learner in class Make parts so that all that is necessary is to assemble them (12) Makes progress with certain communists (5) Makes sane for a change by calling them this way (9) Male underpants (1-6) Many college homecoming attendees "Mars Attacks!" ships May you be (sing. subj.) Medical pros (Abbr.) Members of particular ethnic groups (7) Men, man's (2nd m.), of a poison (2nd n.) Mi ____: my eyes, hypocorisma for your lover Minos lays waste to the shore: populatur, vide Ovid Met. 8.6 Mixture of soot held by certain Indians to be a preservative (8) Money that Phil Mitchell and Sharon Watts paid for Albie's return in EastEnders (6) More than normal or expected Most sacred Oscars can't be transferred (10) My! I see there's ten ways of showing hostility Mad, colloquially (4) Maintains persistently (7) "Man With ___" (Millet painting) Musician or painter Mustard sauce (10) "Mudbound" director Rees Macadamias, say (4) Managing many players with a choice on cabinet allocation (13) Matt and Luke _, aka Bros (4) Means of identifying a microbe? It may be (9) Member of any of several aboriginal peoples of southern Africa (7) Midge _, musician and former Ultravox member (3) Mineral spot Mingled with Minimized the significance Mirage enticement Model Wek who was appointed a goodwill ambassador for UNHCR in 2013 Moped kin More confident inside where Russians come up (5) Mosques' mihrabs, e.g. Motion-sensing Xbox peripherals Music producer, club DJ and railway enthusiast, Pete _ (8) "Modern Family" dad Make sense Morning-after pill brand Made a social call Magic Mike and True Blood actor, Joe ___ Make tighter, like shoelaces Mark of distinction awarded to Reg struggling in river (6) Medical drama series, ___ Anatomy Melissa Joan ___ of Melissa & Joey Member of Scott's Antarctic expedition (5) Member of an extraterrestrial race in the Star Trek universe (7) Michelle's role in Fast and Furious movies Michelle dated co-star Vin ___ Model solar system Monarch's time Most serious individual found in cemetery (10) Move 3 (7) Musical film, The Phantom of the ___ Mythic Paul Martian, perhaps, to tell fibs in article (5) Men ___ Badly, 1990s sitcom (8) Meteors, informally (8,5) Method of calculating nautical position (4,9) Mountains that go on for miles Mr Hately, ex-Gers star (4) Muscle car's supercharger _McManus, singer (8) -- Mex cuisine McBride in "Gone in 60 Seconds" MLB scoreboard stat. Mil. rank of 'Ryan' in the 1998 war movie Miss Piggy's beloved Most keen or intense Mr. Ocasek of "You Might Think" band The Cars Mr. Wolfe (Fictional detective) Ms. Bareilles and Ms. Evans of singing Musician Brian, or 61-Across backward My Dinner With ___ (1981 film) Made off with shoulder wrap (5) Mafia bosses hiding in Majorca, possibly (5) Magic act invariably has plants (5) Marketing ideas considering creepy motel's name (7) Middle school subject Mag for fashionistas Meryl Streep's trio Major expense for many blockbusters Merger worthy of front-page coverage Merry sots scan the stuff of nightmares (5,8) Mia's co-star in "The Great Gatsby" (1974) Moat turned up a wee thing (4) Moreno who was the third-ever EGOT winner Mornings, casually "___ my fault?" Managed as a corporation Miss Doolittle in My Fair Lady Metal found by graduate in young horse Musician having liver first Mutiny about first to bring the Spanish feline Mates back-up with a sort of lame 22-down (4-2,4) Members of throng ran a dairy in southern Spain (7) Motor-boat drops a 25-down (5) Meet where to buy chooks from in the Eastend market? (9) Metal pin (5) Mass of water droplets in the sky Motorway charges Material that transfers genetic characteristics Mischievous child has most of seafood (5) Make a fuss to have it placed in an entrance (7) Makes purple as green? Mysterious point I have gone into before (5) Map out Much sketch comedy "Media impressions," "influencer marketing," etc., informally Mainstay of a sci-fi defense system Most serious, in law Metric weight units Month that goes by fast? Made scents? Mark who was the world's highest-paid actor in 2017 Military trainees Mountaintop homes Many a Shiite Male host, agreeable - to some extent (4) Martial art using sticks Marine environment Melodramatic Massey of old movies Madrid’s land, to its natives Mexican meat dishes Modify Morse click MSNBC anchor Cabrera Mud bath site Method: Abbr. __ Marie Saint __ moment; instant of realization "My __ Dads" (1987-90) Many pullover vests Mmes. in Madrid Mountain route Mrs Dalloway writer “Much have I travell’d in the ____ of gold / And many goodly states and kingdoms seen” (Keats) *Marzipan nuts Marketing, in short May I speak? (4) Mild cold I suspect before middle of September (6) Mildly derogatory term for groups of people (6) Milky coffee; let at (anag.) (5) More like Eeyore Multi-talented dancing relatives (9) ___ McLean, former host of "The Vinyl Cafe" --- Mac, Aussie TV host (3) --- McGregor, British actor (4) Male chicken (8) Marco _, historic Venetian explorer (4) Maybe twenty winks before noon, or fewer than that? (4,1,5) Memento of a place or occasion (8) Metaphor comparison (7) Mike garages unmanageable robot transport Minister has this drink, needing loo if bursting (9) Money saved for a rainy day (4.3) Mood, mental state (5,2,4) More corpulent bishop I introduced to King Edward? (7) Move as a liquid does (4) Mrs Dalloway writer Muses, perhaps, during meditation in east (4) Mythical Tolkien creature (3) Mythical giant Marital infidelity Medieval castle's defense Morsel for a well-behaved kitty _ Mitchell, EastEnders character played by Steve McFadden (4) Mon. follower Mollify Manet contemporary Match up Memorable times Musical sense ''Mack the Knife'' singer Morning phenomenon Military or police jacket (5) Miles and meters Mosque leader Most bashful Magician Jillette Ming who is the tallest player in the basketball Hall of Fame Make an unusual choice while making borscht? Mike Brady or Phil Dunphy Mauna __ Movie location Melodramatic fare Min. parts Movesian who co-hosts "Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend" Marty Feldman’s role in “Young Frankenstein” Magistrates Marinade in Mexican cuisine Material displayed by salesperson in church Melodramatic person (5,5) Mil. branch with an academy in New London Miniature pastry that's easy to hold Mushroom or similar organism Mine deposits 1983 Michael Keaton comedy about a domestic-gender-role reversal Many hospital plans Marsupial that thinks it's an actor? Minor in Hollywood Modernises, revamps (7) Monkey business involving second leader beside motorway (8)