| AGGRO | "I'm not too fussed about - - - , I'm very physical myself," said Courtney Lawes ahead of his first appearance against the Springboks in 2010 (5) |
| TORONTO | City not too fussed about Republican (7) |
| EXERTION | Out of shape, Everton XI eschews very physical activity (8) |
| RIME | With frost about, I'm going inside (4) |
| SCOUTS | Northampton Old - - - , club where Courtney Lawes made his name (6) |
| ELLISGENGE | England's third black or mixed-race captain after Courtney Lawes and Jason Robinson (5,5) |
| CROSS | Monument such as any one of the 12 commissioned by Edward I in memory of his first wife Eleanor of Castile, or one used as the focal point of a market-square (5) |
| RIPTORN | Entertainer whose last name is the past tense of a synonym of his first name |
| LEWISCARROLL | His pen name is the anglicized Latin forms of his first and middle names, transposed |
| EISENHOWER | SEATO was one of the accomplishments of his first term as president (10) |
| SIMON | One of the Twelve Apostles, chosen by Jesus as one of his first disciples (5) |
| EARL | Titled person not quite ahead of his time (4) |
| PHILMAHRE | Skier who won the slalom gold medal at the 1984 Olympics, just ahead of his twin brother, Steve |
| NOAH | Stranger firings star Schnapp spotted in casino, ahead of his time (4) |
| MUFFIN | Cake's smell I'm not too sure about |
| BRADPITT | Actor whose attendance at a pre-Oscar party was one of his first public appearances since his 2016 split with Angelina Jolie: 2 wds. |
| PHAEDRACOMPLEX | Family problem ___ new chap, for example, not initially fussed about daughter (7,7) |
| TOWPATH | What to get fussed about - parking in that track not for cars |
| SPRINGTIME | 1872 painting by Claude Monet of his first wife Camille Doncieux (10) |
| ELBA | Actor who also performs as DJ Big Driis (which contains an anagram of his first name) |
