| STERNE | "Tristram Shandy" author (and 23-Across anagram) |
| OSCAR | Most of Across anagrams getting award (5) |
| STRENE | Tristram Shandy author |
| STERNES | "Tristram Shandy" author's family |
| LAURENCESTERNE | Author of The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman and A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy |
| LAURENCE | ___ Sterne, author of Tristram Shandy (8) |
| SMART | Neat extract from Tristram Shandy recalled (5) |
| STERNEVOICE | What the penner of 'Tristram Shandy' spoke with? |
| ABAD | (and 14 across and 19 across and 23 across and 4 down) Proverb suggesting that a person will ascribe a mistake to their equipment rather than admit their own lack of skill (4) |
| ATLANTIC | And 24 Across and 23 Across Atlantic (8, 5, 7) |
| ROYAL | And 1 Across and 23 Across Brunel structure opened by the man after whom it was named (5,6,6) |
| ACLEAR | (and 23 across, 26 across and 3 down) Proverb suggesting that being a good person will help you sleep properly (1,5) |
| NOBODY | With 22-Across and 23-Across, comedy series starring Adam Brody and Kristen Bell |
| EDEN | Home to 9-Across and 23-Across |
| STARSANDSTRIPES | Standard 7, such as 8, 20, 21 down, 22 down and 23 across or 3 and 18, together with 11, 12, or 22 a |
| EBBW | And 23 Across Town in Blaenau Gwent, Wales, formerly associated with the steel and coal industries (4,4) |
| KEITH | And 23 Across Pennsylvania-born US jazz pianist and composer; 2003 Polar Music Prize winner (5,7) |
| TWELFTH | And 23 Across William Shakespeare play subtitled What You Will whose characters include Valentine and Curio (7,5) |
| CHARLES | And 23 Across 19th-century English mathematician and inventor whose Analytical Engine is considered to have been the first computer (7,7) |
| MALCOLM | (and 23 across) The scary, sweary lead character in 7,9 across (7) |
