| LAUGHIN | Uh . . . Ali G messed up new sketch show that aptly describes five of this puzzle's clues (5-2) |
| FLASHINTHEPAN | One-off success of supporter taking help, perhaps, grasping one's clue (5, 2, 3, 3) |
| BASSET | A short-legged hound whose name, from French for "rather low", aptly describes its short squat stature (6) |
| RELATIONS | A way you could describe Five Children and It? |
| CSI | CBS show that aptly fills in the blanks of "forensi_ _c_ence" |
| HORSECHESTNUT | Tree that could aptly describe the animal's colour (5,8) |
| HITOFF | Aptly describe upper class type after greeting |
| EXTRACT | Remove, or, if you put a space after the fifth letter, a feature of five of this puzzle's Across answers |
| FINGERS | Digits found in five of this puzzle's squares |
| REDRAFT | Produce a new sketch of revolutionary vessel (7) |
| OFAKIND | see 41dn, 1980s BBC comedy sketch show that starred Tracey Ullman, Lenny Henry and David Copperfield |
| OUTLINE | Dismissed story, including new sketch |
| SELECTA | Bo' -------!, old C4 sketch show that starred comic Leigh Francis (7) |
| BENTOUT | With 86-Down, very upset ... like the answers to five of this puzzle's clues? |
| DRINKUP | Bar exhortation ... and a hint to how to answer five puzzle clues |
| DONTLOOKATME | "I had nothing to do with it!" . . . or how to make sense of twelve of this puzzle's clues |
| INTERNET | Site of sites, and a hint to a three-letter bit of five of this puzzle's Across answers |
| DOWN | Like this half of this puzzle's clues |
| THE | Article that doesn't appear in any of this puzzle's clues |
| DIRECTION | "Apt" geographical element needed to complete the answers to 10 of this puzzle's clues |
