| CHINESE | (& 8-down) Kiwi back stole tips from misfit (7,10) |
| MAORI | Mum takes gold kiwi back from New Zealand (5) |
| MCKEE | Trainer Kiwi back-to-back Cox Plate winner Sunline 1999-2000 (5) |
| SUN | Kiwi back-to back Cox Plate winner 1999-2000, -line (3) |
| INTHE | & 8. If fit, where Radcliffe will be seen this summer, ultimately |
| NEWYEARS | & eight It's well meant, only we aren't serious, unfortunately |
| THINKINGOUTSIDE | (& 8-down) Applying novel reasoning (8,7,3,3) |
| SPAGHETTI | (& 8-down) Style of film set with page folded back (9,7) |
| AMOR | (& 8-down, 10-across) 23-down truism on a main victim or fraud (4,6,5) |
| PORTOBELLO | (& 8-down) Cooks tell our mob in fancy parlour to make stew staple (10,8) |
| HAVEONES | (& 8-down, 24-down) Could one take a Cavendish tea party, i.e., enjoy mutually exclusive pleasures? (4,4,4,3,3,2) |
| ROOTCANAL | (& 8-down) Drilling ordeal possibly carnal too? (4,5,7) |
| WAROF | (& 8-down) Extended verbal spat (3,2,5) |
| MAKEABREAK | (& 8-down) Attempt to escape (4,1,5,3,2) |
| PLAY | (& 8-down) Try to match rival's score (4,5-2) |
| RUNROUND | (& 8-down) Be busy achieving nothing (3,5,2,7) |
| STREAMOF | (& 8-down) Literary device relying on a continuous cognitive flow (6-2-13) |
| TASMANIAN | (& 8-down) Puffer jackets in local slang (9,7) |
| LOOK | (& 8-down) Inspect dunny floor father did up (4,4) |
| HOLDING | (& 8-down) Noted quickie, followed by small talk, then bed - it gets you nowhere! (7,7) |
