| BACTRIAN | (and 5 Across) Beast involved in Bataclan crime (8,5) |
| BACTRIANCAMEL | Beast involved in Bataclan crime |
| CAMEL | Beast involved in Bataclan crime |
| PANNIERS | Bags or baskets hung across beast of burden or bicycle (8) |
| LLAMA | 22 Across beast |
| SEAGULL | I take 1 across: beast who does so is about to pull up (7) |
| FOX | Supposedly 42 Across beast |
| POINTOF | (and 5 Across) Friend to poor organised intervention in debate (5,2,5) |
| BOILING | (and 5 Across) Lion in Big Top somehow reaching high temperature (7,5) |
| FREIGHT | (and 5 Across) Fine art right to be transported in this (7,5) |
| HAUNTED | (and 5 Across) Somehow headhunt on river in spooky place (7,5) |
| ROUNDOF | (and 5 Across) Exertions found unusual in World Cup stage (5,2,7) |
| WIDOW | (and 5 Across) Wowed Yank with wit somehow in pantomime role (5,7) |
| LADIES | (and 5 Across) Delights in a crazy club event (6,5) |
| HEART | (and 5 Across) Very sad and rather confused conclusion (5-7) |
| STREETS | (and 5 Across) Tease threads out far in advance (7,5) |
| FOSTER | (and 5 Across) Orchids left unusually in temporary charge (6,5) |
| ATTAROF | (and 5 Across) Essential oil with unusual Far East roots (5,2,5) |
| WRITE | (and 5 Across) Do something creative: experiment with pottery and wire (5,6) |
| PACKING | (and 5 Across) Spacing cakes out in boxes (7,5) |
