| STRINGQUARTET | 3, 16 down and two 5's compose it, as have 4, 20 and others here (6,7) |
| COMPASSIONATE | Compose it as an alternative understanding (13) |
| NEVER | 4, 20 and 25 1983 action film starring Sean Connery and Klaus Maria Brandauer (5,3,5,5) |
| TIES | 20-20 and others |
| TIEGAMES | 20-20 and others |
| SEPTETS | Beethoven's Opus 20 and others |
| OCTETS | Mendelssohn's Opus 20 and others |
| NELSONSCOLUMN | New and funny no less, opinion piece is a capital feature (among six others here) (7,6) |
| MOUNTAINBIKES | Two-wheelers for such as have lofty aspirations (8,5) |
| LEFTHANDDRIVE | Like continental estate, perhaps, bequeathed to present doctor I have (4-4,5) |
| ITDAWNEDONHIM | How Dracula realized that he stayed out a little later than he should have :4 wds |
| ABOVEONESHEAD | Incomprehensible, like 1 down, 3, 16 across, 25 and other answers (5,4,4) |
| DAORKCIRBWOLLEY | 25 bloke excitedly touring Rhode Island; for him, and four others here, a fantastic route, but uphil |
| WARNERBROS | Owners of smart rabbit warren tidied up burrows regularly (also half a dozen others here) (6,4) |
| SATIRICAL | Word to describe shows such as Have I Got News For You and Mock The Week (9) |
| COMPILE | Come and give lip service while I compose it (7) |
| OHMS | First signs of others here measuring some units of resistance (4) |
| REGIONALIST | 3 16 22 being this slippery soil and granite (11) |
| IRFANPATHAN | All-rounder who was Man of the Match in the final, for his 3-16 (5,6) |
| BOMBED | Drunk (as have been London, Dresden and Baghdad?) (6) |
