| SAVING | A very suspicious type arriving in bearer of gifts: no 26 - this with 26? (6,7,4) |
| RYAN | A very suspicious type arriving in bearer of gifts: no 26 - this with 26? (6,7,4) |
| PRIVATE | A very suspicious type arriving in bearer of gifts: no 26 - this with 26? (6,7,4) |
| NOBID | Suspicious type of contract |
| PRESENTS | Gifts no good in the future? (8) |
| SANTIAGO | Endless bearer of gifts demanding Shakespearean villain's capital (8) |
| SANDINISTA | Bearer of gifts controlling racket is an old revolutionary (10) |
| FEELFREE | Gift - no charge - be my guest (4,4) |
| DONATETO | Gift no problems to date (6,2) |
| PARANOID | Very suspicious solider with no means of identification (8) |
| BIGAMIST | This with 26? A film criminal (8) |
| GUMP | Saying something dense, common sense half gone, this with 26? (7,4) |
| FORREST | Saying something dense, common sense half gone, this with 26? (7,4) |
| ZEE | No. 26 of 26 |
| IMAGINARY | Fancied being in a line, receiving bearers of gifts |
| THEMAGI | Anthem a girl used to keep bearers of gifts (3,4) |
| LESADIEUX | Name given to Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 26 in E flat major, Op. 81a |
| CASTAWAY | Stage empty, this with 26? (4,4) |
| SPLASH | Sensation, this with 26? (6) |
| THESUMOF | 1 is 25D 26 this, as 2-7's associates together confirm (3,3,2,3,5) |
