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mad hatter | Eccentric that appears in strange dream (3,6) |
prepubescent | Parking on local trail around Everest's starting point is not fully developed (12) |
malt whisky | Drunken kilty whams a dram ... (4,6) |
from the heart | When moved, mother and father may talk thus (4,3,5) |
urinal | Convenient place for men to spout? (6) |
overshot | Went too far, getting excited on parts of test (8) |
ageing | An egg I scrambled, obviously not new-laid (6) |
general election | Going to the country? Let Greenline coach drop companion off (7,8) |
paragon | Ideal excuse when changing penny for silver (7) |
shoe laces | Pair of cords to go with brogues, perhaps (4,5) |
terrors | Tesla faults annoying children? (7) |
etude | Duet arranged before or after English piece of music (5) |
ramsay | Memory, for example, of MacDonald (6) |
ransacked | Plundered and did a bunk before getting dismissed (9) |
diversification | Those submerging one story with a variation (15) |
mesmerist | Head doctor immerses wound on time (9) |
re elected | Returned again and was shocked to receive shocks (2,7) |
queened | Man so promoted required sex change? (7) |
alligators | They'll snap a measure of alcohol up during preparation of roast (10) |
thorn | Spike Milligan ultimately following God (5) |
graduate | Mark regularly argued, snarling about heartless agent (8) |
hold your horses | Wait a minute: have you a big enough stable to do it? (4,4,6) |
stack | Shuffle the cards dishonestly and make a pile (5) |
trento | State capital, mostly Italian city (6) |
repair kit | Dad, to irritate, gets into row about mending equipment (6,3) |
exiled | English side won away from home (6) |
preview | Advance screening of power survey (7) |
sperm cell | Second wave hits little room that has reproductive function (5,4) |
twists | Silly types, swallowing small mixed drinks (6) |
great malvern | Town where Elgar meant very little, right? Wrong! (5,7) |
discard | Drop mark, having cheated to secure it (7) |
sommeliers | Battleground stories about the king's men of Cork? (10) |
truelove | Sweetheart unhappy over lute (8) |
tons | Mucus is brought up in large quantities (4) |
appear | A paper's letters are published (6) |
summery | Warm brief statement is broadcast (7) |
quadragesima | A sad quagmire to engineer for a Sunday (12) |
philomela | Nothing male about a boy first raped by Tereus (9) |
archness | Head gets most important lead, showing cunning (8) |
bikini | British eyes reportedly all over Klass - girl's out wearing this? (6) |
cast off | Broken arm having mended, do some knitting? (4,3) |
apostates | A reversal of work conditions for the unfaithful (9) |
beijing | It's a capital living, admits one leading jockey (7) |
daft | Touched, dead astern (4) |
djibouti | Sail out to support daughter, one in African capital (8) |
enrobes | Clothes from Home Counties transported to the west (7) |
withers | Part of horse's back becomes dry and shrivelled (7) |
to wit | Maybe two take it as an example (2,3) |
return key | Press to give new line about bird taking in the Head of News (6,3) |
hotline | Special link for mobile in hotel (7) |
went to pieces | Didn't remain wholly calm (4,2,6) |
photofit | Wanted picture developed this way? (8) |
squelches | What French game, ending at the start, proceeds noisily through the mud? (9) |
hellcat | Spiteful person - he will shortly act badly (7) |
sumo | All round sport! (4) |
stints | Is meagre with use of colour on board (6) |
evacuation | Leaving Earth on holiday? Take in Uranus at the beginning (10) |
slapstick | Make-up's second comedy device (9) |
brief | Initially quoted coppers for a barrister - in this? (5) |
asquint | Crooked looking prime minister not quite shutting up last of opposition (7) |
lascar | Rascal upset the seaman (6) |
ice bound | Heading for the frozen wastes - or stuck in them (3,5) |
tenacious | Persistent cautions and police finally move (9) |
other ranks | J. Arthur's family, or in short (5,5) |
peacemaker | One blessed with implant, imbued with energy (10) |
monochromatic | Plain idle and amorous, lifting top of nightie (13) |
trossachs | Type up poet in Scotland (9) |
twiddle | Time to take a wee twirl (7) |
firefly | Glower in sack race (7) |
bob minor | Haircut on kid is one way to ring the changes (3,5) |
lucille | Rock 鈥檔' roll classic clue stuffed with wicked content (7) |
fancied | Cool before dice shaken, as expected to win (7) |
asphyxiation | Why, say, a setter here is disturbed about a Spanish uncle - it鈥檚 enough to take one鈥檚 breath away (12) |
bilingual | Fluent in double-talk? (9) |
mandoline | Cutter heading to Malta with all on board P&O liner (9) |
airlock | Bell with tresses topped and tailed (7) |
danger sign | Warning as gardening's gone wrong (6,4) |
on the house | He outshone in a fashion, at someone else's expense (2,3,5) |
agra | Granada's offbeat and retiring as a city (4) |
situate | Place for baroque statue Bernini finally accepted (7) |
erudite | Learned English and Italian, in short (7) |
cross eyed | Inward-looking (5,4) |
manticore | Fabulous creature married fairytale creation (9) |
domestic | Benedictine cites unruly servant (8) |
sideboard | Party yawning loudly, part of the furniture (9) |
polite | Courteous staff accept it (6) |
eventide | Regular flow at the end of the day (8) |
foumart | Farm out wild polecat (7) |
kofi annan | Unofficial thumping for most of party in Ireland (Northern) (4,5) |
pre existence | In earlier life, former partner one's caught in act (3,9) |
eggshell | Food container originally produced in layers (8) |
arrowroot | Thickening agent for vegetable with no top and bottom (9) |
sign on | Government's wrong about working - you're not, if you have to do this (4,2) |
upriver | Away from the estuary, excited motorist loses lead (7) |
hard pad | Sign of distemper being difficult to apply to one's room (4,3) |
sears | Burns house - arson, essentially (5) |
embalmed | Mummy is admitting this compiler to bedlam (mad) (8) |
ecstasy | Blissful state of cats? Yes, if groomed (7) |
expensive | Swans I see in river requiring a lot of bread (9) |
reticules | Bags of vicious cruelties (9) |