| ANTHERS | Each of them is a bit of a bloomer |
| COWARDS | Each of them is "one who, in a perilous emergency, thinks with his legs": Bierce |
| TEDIOUSBRIEF | In 5.1, Theseus is given the choice of performances that will happen during the nuptials. One of them is "A ___ ___ scene of young Pyramus And his love Thisbe, very tragical mirth." |
| BABOONS | A group of them is called a troop (7) |
| FOXES | A group of them is a skulk |
| EMOJI | One of them is a smiling pile of poo |
| GEESE | A group of them is a gaggle |
| ISLANDS | One of them is Easter, another is Christmas (7) |
| READABLE | Novel instrument and music - each of them is this (8) |
| ENDS | Burning the candle at both of them is a metaphor for overextending yourself |
| CONVICT | Fraud linked to half a dozen goes to court - one of them is put away (7) |
| POMFRET | In 3.3, what is the name of the prison to which three "nobles" are brought to be killed? (One of them is named Vaughn.) |
| SUNDAYS | a month of them is very long |
| TATTIES | Potatoes, one of them is inferior (7) |
| HIDEINPLAINSIGHT | What words concealed by the other four longest Across answers do ... and also, what each of them is |
| ATISSUE | ... one of them is under discussion (2,5) |
| IMACS | Each of them comes with a Mighty Mouse |
| ATOMS | Each of them contains a nucleus (5) |
| AEOLIANHARPS | Playing them is a breeze with Russell, Oscar and Spike knocking back a few beers (7,5) |
| FLORIDAMAN | Figure often in bizarre news stories ... and what our theme entries' initials make each of them, in a way |