| LOSALAMOS | "Site Y," then "The Atomic City" |
| OAK | ___ Ridge Tennessee (The Atomic City) |
| CREEP | The year 2025 is upon us, and the 20th and 25th letters of the alphabet are T and Y, so our theme today is celebs with the initials TY. First up: Radiohead hit sung by Thom Yorke |
| RIVER | Divide by radius to get x or y, so to speak |
| ARIOSO | Atomic City - very good composition (6) |
| MACARENA | Mid-1990s: Hands outstretched, then touching shoulders, then the back of the head, then hips, then backside, then turn |
| TASTERPLAN | First the chardonnay, then the merlot, then the cabernet? |
| NAMES | Then the lead singer said, "Wait, what are the ___ of the bands that did these songs? It would help to know." |
| ENMASSE | “Adam was bored alone [...] Then the population of the world increased, and the peoples were bored ____” (Kierkegaard) |
| UNREST | Initially, the United Nations - then, the remainder show disquiet (6) |
| DIAL | Ring first the girl then the boy (4) |
| PLAYINGBYERA | Listening to music from the '50s, then the '60s, etc.? |
| CONAN | First he was the Barbarian, then the Destroyer (5) |
| PORTER | Drink wine, then the last of the cider (6) |
| TWIDDLE | Idly give the thumbs up then the thumbs down (7) |
| OYSTER | 'Why, then the world's mine ___' (The M W of W) (6) |
| POLTROONS | Orion pilots in trouble - one bails out, and then the other - the cowards! (9) |
| ADULTS | They go through two stages to become ___. The larval stage which lasts about two months then the pupal stage which lasts about three weeks. |
| EATS | Swallows, a treat first in the east and then the south (4) |
| SWANSEACITY | Team supporter's first getting pasty, then the drink and the smoke (7,4) |
