| DRINKSLIKEAFISH | 12 and 10 across providing answer to 24 across - and that's why you'll always catch that sort in the pub (6,4,1,4) |
| PYROMANIAC | Nero the arsonist might've been this. Why, you'll hear, head of police and Roman CIA reveal. (10) |
| TYPO | Error that spell-check doesn't always catch |
| NATIONS | States beliefs, providing answer for Oscar (7) |
| POSTCARD | 24 across and 10 across providing news from the travellers (8) |
| TREPAN | You need a decoy to catch that sort of panter! (6) |
| AFOOLSERRAND | Looking for a bucket of steam is key to 21 across - and that's the message (1,4'1,6) |
| DUMBWAITER | 24 across providing culinary ups and downs? (10) |
| BIGEND | 13 across providing details in offer (3,3) |
| MAYOR | He's right behind "8 Across", and that's official! (5) |
| CHIEFSUSPECT | The Boys in Blue think she did it for 21 across and that's not quite right (5,7) |
| IPRAY | "Young and gay or old and grey; Near to me or afar; Night and day ...; That you'll always; Stay as s |
| SOUNDPROOFING | Is reliable doing a job in the paper and that's why you won't hear anyone shouting from the rooftops perhaps (13) |
| EXS | "All My ___ Live in Texas" (song with the lyric "And that's why I hang my hat in Tennessee") |
| ANDGAY | "Young ... or old and grey; Near to me or afar; Night and day I pray; That you'll always; Stay as sw |
| CHICKPEAS | And as soon as she arrives at our table, Ed always says, "___!" And that's why we don't go to salad bars with Ed. |
| BLANK | Is supposed to hold the money left inside and that's why it's empty (5) |
| RECEIVERSHIP | Person getting stolen goods from a crafty sort in the process of administrating someone else's business (12) |
| REASON | Are treating the child to and that's why (6) |
| MILKED | Sort in the main to become exploited |
