| YESANDNO | 1980 play by Graham Greene; or a phrase meaning "hard to say" or "there's no simple answer"(3,3,2) |
| ATONE | Either make amends or there's no tea for you (5) |
| EDGY | A word meaning hard or sharp in outline, as in art; irritable or nervy; or, at the forefront of a trend (4) |
| SCLERO | Medical prefix meaning "hard" |
| UMBLEPIE | One of the names, punningly referred to in a phrase meaning "eat your words" or "swallow your pride", for a bakemeat made from the inferior entrails or offal of a deer (5,3) |
| ONTHENOD | A phrase meaning 'by general assent without discussion or taking of a vote' (2,3,3) |
| MOUTHFUL | Something difficult to say or understand (8) |
| COMPOUND | No simple fracture will make it worse (8) |
| INTEREST | No simple system for producing capital appreciation (8,8) |
| CANADIAN | Greene or Shatner |
| RESPONSE | Person struggling with extremely simple answer (8) |
| BUCK | A dandy or a fop; a stag; or, a word used in a phrase meaning "shift responsibility onto another" that derives from passing the dealer marker to the next player in poker (4) |
| BOOT | With "to", a phrase meaning "as well, in addition"; a buskin, wellington or other shoe that covers part of the leg; a kick; or, a vehicle's "trunk" (4) |
| SUI | A three-letter word shared by a Chinese dynasty and a Latin reflexive meaning "of oneself", as seen in a phrase meaning "one of a kind" (3) |
| EDUCATINGRITA | 1980 play by Willy Russell set in the office of an Open University lecturer |
| REELOFF | To say, or write is an easy, continuous way, is to do what (4,3) |
| IDIOM | _An expression or a phrase that has a figurative meaning (5) |
| PAPERTIGER | Film starring David Niven; or, a phrase used to describe something that seems threatening but is act |
| ROMANS | "The ___ in Britain", 1980 play by Howard Brenton (6) |
| DRESSER | 'The ---', 1980 play by Ronald Harwood (7) |
