| STATEOFWAR | "Unless... they were prepared at once to withdraw their troops from Poland, a ___ would exist between us" - Neville Chamberlain, 3 September 1939 (5,2,3) |
| DELPHINUS | Named after the Latin word for a dolphin, constellation in the Heavenly Waters family roughly betwee |
| RUN | A "___ on the banks" happens when large numbers of savers withdraw their money at the same time. (3) |
| HATER | "Now they steady gum poppin' and I am acting a fool / I wish a ___ would get crunk up on this Crime Mob crew" ("Knuck If You Buck" lyrics) |
| ADAM | A mother without whom none of us would exist! |
| LODZ | Major city of central Poland, a centre of the textile industry (4) |
| WALESA | Famous son of Poland, a country on the rise (6) |
| DEWYEYED | We're prepared to go back to the old you, once a little delightful innocent (4-4) |
| RAPTORS | Who "they" are, in the "Jurassic Park" line "Unless they figure out how to open doors" |
| FAREWELL | Were prepared to drop round to say goodbye (8) |
| BAKE | Batch of biscuits, bread, cakes or pies prepared at one time; or, a general word for an oven-cooked mixture of ingredients in the form of a gratin, lasagne or a tian e.g. (4) |
| STILLROOM | Pantry where preserves, pickles, cordials, liqueurs, cakes and tea were prepared in a great house or manor under housekeeper's supervision (4,5) |
| WEATHER | Take a hat - we're prepared for the rain or shine perhaps (7) |
| SHORTSIGHT | Inability to see things unless they are close |
| DEMOBILISATION | The process of releasing troops from active service, usually after a war (14) |
| DUNKIRK | Operation Dynamo in June 1940 saw the 'little boats' effect a rescue of British, French and Belgian troops from ... |
| ORGANDONOR | What “Max and Keira’s law” makes everyone in England unless they opt out |
| PHYLLO | Pastry that literally no one makes by hand unless they are on an episode of "Great British Bake Off" |
| NOPEACE | Unless they sit in the quiet coach, the wicked won't get this (2, 5) |
| SCRUMP | Unruly crowd prepared at first to steal from farmer |
