| THEDREAMOFGERONTIUS | At the end of this choral work's autograph score, Elgar quoted words of Ruskin, starting "This is the best of me" |
| KASAULI | Yet another hill station and the birth place of Ruskin Bond |
| ROLE | Carol expects to have this choral part to play (4) |
| SAYINGS | Oft-quoted words |
| LADDIEBOY | This Airedale terrier was U.S. President Warren G. Harding's dog while he was in the White House. Newspapers often reported about the dog tagging along to golf outings and cabinet meetings. What is th |
| THORIUM | Soft silvery-white element whose symbol is Th (7) |
| SIC | (Of quoted word) exactly so |
| VERBATIM | 'Interns never bat', I'm quoted word for word (8) |
| FISHINGTACKLE | Is this how snapper is trying to get the ball? You'd expect a catch at the end of this (7,6) |
| GLASTONBURY | Somerset town, the thorn of which is Crataegus monogyna 'Biflora', will become world famous at the end of this month! (11) |
| KOREANWAR | Apparently Russia and China were also taken by surprise when northern forces crossed the 38th parallel in 1950, starting this conflict, the ... (6,3) |
| POTOFPAINT | One of the most celebrated trials in the history of art centered on a libel suit brought by artist James McNeill Whistler against art critic John Ruskin for using this phrase to describe Whistler's pa |
| GREENAWAY | Illustrator of "toy books", including Marigold Garden, Mother Goose and Under the Window, who was the daughter of an engraver and a milliner, and a friend of John Ruskin (9) |
| ASHTON | At the end of this month, our son is moving to a place near Breage (6) |
| HODSON | Soon, at the end of this month, my daughter is moving to a place near Swindon (6) |
| RUSSIAN | The abdication of Nicholas II on March 15, 1917, marked the end of this empire and its ruling Romanov dynasty. (7) |
| NOVEMBER | Short work of fiction gets British award right at the end of this month |
| TENNIS | Where the ball might end up when returned before the end of this game (6) |
| FIRSTAMENDMENT | Source of the freedoms found at the ends of this puzzle's four other longest answers |
| SATS | Tests that, in the U.S., will be administered digitally starting this year |
