| DOTMATRIX | Such a grid's pointed to mad, mad cruciverbalist, ultimately: man of farce (3,6) |
| TSARITSA | Cruciverbalist ultimately lifted up as 'royal' (8) |
| INSTINCTIVELY | Ultimately, man in troubled City isn't evil, just following natural impulses |
| MARDIGRAS | Ruin a grid's layout for carnival (5,4) |
| DIAGRAMS | They illustrate how a grid's made up around the forenoon (8) |
| TRAVERSAL | Crossing a line in pursuit of writer of farces |
| SIDCAESAR | "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" co-star |
| SIDCAESER | Comic actor who starred in 1963 film It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (3,6) |
| ODDMANOUT | Possible clue to mad don being a misfit |
| AHAMOMENT | A sign of the swine being completed by cruciverbalist, finally - eureka! (3,6) |
| TOOKAHINT | Occupied by answer to clue? It's what every successful cruciverbalist did, advisedly! (4,1,4) |
| INDICATED | Pointed to |
| INNERCITY | Urban? A cruciverbalist might see it! (5-4) |
| EYEOPENER | Revelation providing an E for the cruciverbalist? (3-6) |
| WOLVERINE | Gluttonous beast, cruciverbalist after missing starter opens booze (9) |
| WORDSMITH | Cruciverbalist, e.g. |
| COLLECTOR | General word for an antiquary, arctophile, bibliophile, cruciverbalist or deltiologist who accrues antiques, teddy bears, books, crosswords or postcards, for example (9) |
| LUCRATIVE | Successful cruciverbalist anagrammed without fancy cribs (9) |
| MATRIX | Like a sort of finish with performer of farce in bed (6) |
| FAR | A bit of farce goes a long way (3) |
