| HEDERA | 22 across genus (6) |
| WAX | Sticky yellowish mouldable substance secreted by honeybees as the material of a honeycomb, as in the ___flower of the 1 across genus (3) |
| TOPGUN | & 11 Across. Action sequel from 2022 starring 20 Across, 22 Across, 26 Across & 24 Down (3,3,8) |
| PIGEON | & 22 Across. Homer recorded in competition? (6,6) |
| SURREY | One of the 22 across, 25 across (6) |
| PARFOR | 17 across over 22 across, perhaps? (3,3,3,6) |
| REINED | As 22 across might be, by one German in 6, perhaps (6) |
| CELINE | (and 22 across) Canadian singer who has 15 across, 5 down (6) |
| SCHOOL | and 22 across: It's for one of those in-form types employed in 13 across to master (6,7) |
| BOWLED | 22 across, bird resting? (6) |
| PARISH | Opens 22 across in father's place (6) |
| COGNAC | Type of French 22-across (6) |
| LONDON | Rio Tinto and 22-across HQ (6) |
| NICOLE | ___ Kidman, co-stars in 22 Across (6) |
| TIRANA | 22 across flew through Taiwan regularly (6) |
| ALBERT | (& 22-across) Great indigenous painter (6,9) |
| STAMEN | Part of a 22 Across (6) |
| CARPEL | Part of a 22 Across (6) |
| DIBLEY | The Vicar of ___, a 22 Across (6) |
| TOWERS | Fawlty ___, a 22 Across (6) |
