| AALIYAH | Singer of "Try Again" and "More Than a Woman" |
| REMORSE | Compunction felt again and more, about the wee son (7) |
| POWERFUL | Superman is faster than a speeding bullet and more ... than a locomotive |
| HOLLY | Girl is green and more than a little prickly (5) |
| STRESSED | Worried and more than a trifle upset |
| NOISOME | Unwholesome number one and more than a couple (7) |
| GARISH | Tasteless and more than a little vulgar, is Henry (6) |
| MULTIPLE | Reportedly consider drink, and more than a few! |
| PARR | Young salmon up to two years of age, between the stages of try and smolt (4) |
| REALITYTV | A new sort of try at live broadcast with members of the public in tricky situations (7,2) |
| SNIFF | Take a ___ of; try to smell |
| TRACT | Piece of land for the players behind two sevenths of try-line (5) |
| ETC | And so on: Abbr. Online subscriptions: Today's puzzle and more than 7,000 past puzzles, nytimes.com/crosswords ($39.95 a year). Read about and comment on each puzzle: nytimes.com/wordplay. |
| EOS | Sister of Helios Online subscriptions: Today's puzzle and more than 7,000 past puzzles, nytimes.com/crosswords ($39.95 a year). Read about and comment on each puzzle: nytimes.com/wordplay. |
| IBERIA | Spain and Portugal and more than half of Russia is leaderless (6) |
| PROPRIETY | Decorum shown by pack member that is seen during conversion of try |
| STEER | ___ clear of (try to avoid) |
| BEARING | Like scorer of try, one going round to keep things moving (4-7) |
| BALL | Like scorer of try, one going round to keep things moving (4-7) |
| PROTEST | The demo in favour of, try to join (7) |
