| THEMAYOR | (and 8 down) Thomas Hardy novel (3,5) |
| THERETURNOFTHE | (and 20 down) Thomas Hardy novel (3,6,2,3) |
| OPIUM | (and 4 Down) Thomas De Quincey possibly cooking our meat pie (5-5) |
| WYATT | 27 Down Thomas ___, English poet (5) |
| MAVERICK | And 8 Down US golfer; 2024 RSM Classic winner (8,7) |
| POLAROPPOSITES | Completely different entities ... or the pairs of indicated words in 3-, 5- and 8- Down, in terms of meaning and location? |
| THERULES | Things to obey, like 36-Across and 8-Down |
| CANONIND | Classic work by 11-, 9- and 8-Down, so to speak? |
| THEMERRY | And 8 Down Operetta by Franz Lehar premiered in Vienna in 1905 (3,5,5) |
| STPATRICKS | and 8 down, Footballing Reds (2,8,8) |
| MORGANA | And 8 Down Sally in Shakespeare And Hathaway Private Investigators - last Monday, BBC1 (7,8) |
| HOTEL | And 8 Down 2001 novel by Ali Smith (5,5) |
| SAINT | And 8 Down Original name of 65 (5,8) |
| THEFEAR | And 8 Down 2011 novel by Robert Harris (3,4,5) |
| LOOK | (and 8 down, 16 down) Proverb that promotes selfishness (4) |
| ERIN | And 8 Down Claire Lewis Jones in Mudtown (4,8) |
| ELE | And 8 Down Holly in Dear Father Christmas (3,8) |
| KEEPUP | and 8 Down: Be smart and continue to work in the theatre |
| DRIFTWOOD | Logs cast ashore, and what's hidden in 3-, 6-, 14-, and 8-Down |
| HEARTSTRINGS | 3 down and 8 down on last chances with those who can be tugged emotionally (12) |
