A VERTICAL LINE BEFORE THE ACCENTED BEAT MARKING THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN MUSICAL BARS
A VERTICAL PIPE
A VERTICAL PIPE IN A BUILDING
A vertical pipe that conducts smoke and gases up from a fire or furnace
A VERTICAL SPAR FOR SUPPORTING SAILS
A vertical stair
A VERTICAL STRUCTURAL MEMBER AS A POST OR STAKE
A VERTICAL WELL AROUND WHICH THERE IS A STAIRWAY
A VERY ATTRACTIVE OR SEDUCTIVE LOOKING WOMAN
A VERY BRIEF MOMENT
A VERY CLOSE AND TRUSTED FRIEND WHO SEEMS ALMOST A PART OF YOURSELF
A very complicated situation
A VERY DARK GREY COLOR
A VERY DARK SWEET ALE BREWED FROM ROASTED UNMALTED BARLEY
a very deep hole in the ground
a very egotistical person
A VERY EVIL MAN
A very famous entertainer or sports player
a very fertile soil of sub-humid steppe
A VERY GETATABLE MAN
A VERY GOOD MAN ___ I ROCK!
A very good pair
A very great amount
A very great number or amount
A VERY HARD ALLOY OF COBALT AND CHROMIUM WITH COBALT AS THE PRINCIPAL INGREDIENT
A very high narrow heel on women's shoe
A very high price to pay for maturity, per Stoppard
A very high price to pay for maturity, per Tom Stoppard
a very high-speed type of centrifuge
A very intelligent person
a very intense and uncontrolled fire
A very large American vulture
A very large common Japanese carp
a very large expanse or quantity
a very large hole in the ground caused by impact or explosion
a very large indefinite number
A VERY LARGE JET PLANE
A very large number
A very large ocean wave produced by earthquake
A very large person or thing
A VERY LARGE POT THAT IS USED FOR BOILING
A VERY LARGE PROFIT
A very large sea
A very large self-serving shop
a very large store often offering a wide variety of merchandise for sale
A VERY LARGE TUB FILLED WITH HOT WATER
A VERY LARGE URBAN COMPLEX
A VERY LARGE WINE BOTTLE HOLDING THE EQUIVALENT OF 20 NORMAL BOTTLES OF WINE
A very late time
A very light brown
A VERY LIGHT COLORLESS ELEMENT THAT IS ONE OF THE SIX INERT GASSES
a very light white
A very long difficult word
A very long period of time
A very long time
A very long time ... or a hint to the starts of the answers to the five starred clues
A VERY LONG TIME AGO
A very long time back
A very long way away
A VERY LONG WORD
a very long-necked extinct marine reptile, a type of plesiosaur
A very low measurement
a very low-ranking celebrity
A very nice pair
A VERY OLD PERSON
a very old-fashioned or conservative person
A very old-fashioned person
a very poisonous alkaloid obtained from the seeds of the nux vomica plant
a very poisonous glucoside found in the seeds of the plant Strophanthus
a very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms
A very poor person
A VERY POWERFUL BLOW WITH THE FIST
A VERY PRETTY GIRL WHO WORKS AS A PHOTOGRAPHER'S MODEL
a very rich person
A VERY RICH PERSON WHOSE MATERIAL WEALTH IS VALUED AT MORE THAN A BILLION DOLLARS
A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME
A very short skirt
a very short sleep
A VERY SHORT SPEECH
A very short time
A VERY SLEEPY STATE
a very slender type of pasta
A VERY SLENDER WAIST
A very slow pacer
a very small component
A VERY SMALL DISTANCE OR SPACE
a very small fossil
A VERY SMALL PERSON
A very small quantity
A VERY SMALL SPOT
a very small unit of time
a very stable genus
A very steep slope
A very still and calm stretch of water
A very strong desire to set fire to things
A VERY STRONG THICK ROPE MADE OF TWISTED HEMP OR STEEL WIRE
A very strong wind
A VERY STUDIOUS AND ACADEMIC PERSON
a very successful song or play
A very suspicious type arriving in bearer of gifts: no 26 - this with 26?
a very tall building
A VERY TALL BUILDING WITH MANY STORIES
A VERY THICK CENTER CUT OF BEEF TENDERLOIN
A VERY THOROUGH SEARCH OF A PERSON OR A PLACE
a very timid, unassertive person
a very unpleasant and prolonged experience
a very unpleasant and prolonged or trying expereince
a very unpleasant and prolonged or trying experience
a very unpleasant or prolonged or trying experience
A very unpleasant person or thing
A very unpleasant place
a very warm jacket
A VERY WEALTHY MAN
A VERY WEALTHY OR POWERFUL BUSINESSMAN
A VERY YOUNG LAMB
A VERY YOUNG MAMMAL
A very, very long time
A very, very long time (Var.)
A VESSEL ASSIGNED TO PATROL AN AREA
a vessel containing, or intended to contain, tears
A vessel for boiling water
A VESSEL FOR FISHING
A VESSEL IN WHICH BLOOD CIRCULATES
A VESSEL IN WHICH CREAM IS AGITATED TO SEPARATE BUTTERFAT FROM BUTTERMILK
A VESSEL IN WHICH THE CONSECRATED HOST IS EXPOSED FOR ADORATION
A VESSEL INTENDED FOR DRINKING
a vessel made of material that does not melt easily
a vessel that holds water for washing the hands
A VESSEL WHERE SUBSTANCES ARE DISTILLED OR DECOMPOSED BY HEAT
A VEST CAPABLE OF RESISTING THE IMPACT OF A BULLET
a vestment like an alb worn by Orthodox priests
a vestry
A VETERAN OFFICER
A VHF channel
A VICEROY WHO GOVERNED A LARGE PROVINCE IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE
A VICIOUS ANGRY GROWL
a vicious, strangling, or stultifying control
A victim of desert thirst might give a .... plea for water before slumping in his rescuer’s arms.
A victim of ridicule
A VICTORY
A victory may break one
A VICTORY SECURE
A VICTORY THAT IS WON BY INCURRING TERRIBLE LOSSES
A vicuña is on its coat of arms
A VIDEO RECORDING MADE ON MAGNETIC TAPE
A Vienna sausage or pol. McKenna
A View From The Bridge protagonist
A view from the bridge, perhaps
a view of a river
A VIEW OF THE SEA
A View to a ___ (Bond film)
a view Voice above tenor
A VIEW VOICE ABOVE TENOR
A VIEWER WHO ENJOYS SEEING THE SEX ACTS OR SEX ORGANS OF OTHERS
A VIEWER WHO GAZES FIXEDLY
a viewer who gives a flirtatious or lewd look at another person
A VIGIL HELD OVER A CORPSE THE NIGHT BEFORE BURIAL
A VIGOROUS AND UNRESTRAINED RESPONSE
a vigorous or determined attempt
A vigorous reprimand (with 'the')
A VIGOROUS SCOTTISH REEL
a vigorous, brief manner of expression
A Viking might carry this for defense
A Viking perhaps
A VILLAGE IN EASTERN IRELAND
A VILLAGE IN PALESTINE NEAR THE NORTH END OF THE DEAD SEA
A VILLAGE OF HUTS FOR NATIVE AFRICANS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA
a village or small town
A villain might come to one
A VILLAINOUS PLOT
A Vindication of Natural Society writer, 1756
A VINDICTIVE MAN WILL LOOK FOR OCCASIONS FOR RESENTMENT
A violent attempt to overthrow a government
A violent blowing apart
a violent collision of one vehicle with another
A VIOLENT DISTURBANCE
a violent exchange
A violent mood disorder
A VIOLENT RAINSTORM NEAR THE TIME OF AN EQUINOX
a violent rotating windstorm
a violent shaking
a violent storm with extremely high winds and rain
A violent storm with strong winds
A VIOLENT THROW
A violent upheaval
A violent uprising against authority
A VIOLENTLY FAST STREAM OF WATER
A violinist might use one or take one
A violinist uses one and takes one
A VIP
a viral disease of cats marked by a deficiency of white blood cells
a virgate plant and animal pathogen
A Virgin Island
A VIRTUE UNLOOKED-FOR IN PEOPLE SO FULL OF ENERGY
a virus belonging to a subgroup thought to be responsible for the common cold
a virus causing polio
a virus disease of the spinal cord, often causing paralysis; infantile paralysis
A virus may cause one
A VIRUS OR OTHER AGENT THAT IS USED TO DELIVER DNA TO A CELL
a virus small enough to pass through the finest filter
a virus, antibody or other agent causing haemagglutination
A VISCOUS LIQUID WITH STRONG OXIDIZING PROPERTIES
A VISIBLE DISPLAY
A VISIBLE MANIFESTATION OF A DEITY TO A HUMAN PERSON
A visible mark left by a person or animal
A VISIBLE SUSPENSION IN THE AIR OF PARTICLES OF SOME SUBSTANCE
A VISIBLE SYMBOL REPRESENTING AN ABSTRACT IDEA
A VISIT BY THE BISHOP OF AN ANGLICAN DIOCESE THAT OCCURS EVERY THREE YEARS
A Visit from St. Nicholas opener
A Visit from St. Nicholas poet
A Visit from St. Nicholas poet Clement Clarke ___
A Visit From St. Nicholas writer
A Visit From St. Nicholas, e.g.
A Visit From the ___ Squad
A Visit From the Goon Squad author Jennifer
A Visit From the Goon Squad novelist Jennifer
A Visit From the Goon Squad Pulitzer winner
A Visit From the Goon Squad Pulitzer winner Jennifer
A Visit From the Goon Squad Pulitzer-winning novelist Jennifer
A visitor from Edinburgh, say, in Berkshire town
a visitor of a city boulevard
A visitor sleeper agent on "V"
A VISITOR TO WHOM HOSPITALITY IS EXTENDED
A VISUAL DISPLAY OF INFORMATION
A VISUAL IMAGE
A visual presentation of an object or scene
A VISUAL RECEPTOR CELL THAT IS SENSITIVE TO DIM LIGHT
a visual record made by echocardiography
a visual representation of an object or scene or person produced on a surface
a visual representation of something
a visual representation that is used make some subject more pleasing or easier to understand
A VITAL PART THAT IS VULNERABLE TO ATTACK
A vital sign
A vital statistic
A VITAL URGE TO ABANDON PARTY, MAKING EXCUSE
a vitreous form of basalt, aka tachylite
A VIVACIOUS ELDERLY MAN
A VIVID BLUE TO PURPLE-BLUE COLOR
A vivid purplish-red colour
a vivid red colour
A VOCAL ASSEMBLY
A vocal male equine
A VOCAL PASSAGE OF NARRATIVE TEXT THAT A SINGER DELIVERS WITH NATURAL RHYTHMS OF SPEECH
A vocal vote
A VOCIFEROUS MOB
A voice vote
A voiced vote
A void to avoid
A VOLATILE FLAMMABLE MIXTURE OF HYDROCARBONS DERIVED FROM PETROLEUM
A VOLATILE FRAGRANT OIL OBTAINED FROM FRESH ROSES BY STEAM DISTILLATION