| BENTLEY | 5D twisted line (7) |
| NONPAREIL | Best apron tangled in twisted line (9) |
| CORNERS | Harvesting as hospital rooms are economizing (5d) (7,7) |
| EXPANSE | "Express lane" tag creates most space. (7,7) (See 5D) |
| KENNETH | & 5D Actor who played King Henry in 2014 family film Maleficent (7,7) |
| FORESEE | Anticipate what anticipates 5D say? (7) |
| CAESARS | ___ Palace, renowned Las Vegas venue that has played host to hundreds of concerts by 5D (7) |
| LETITIA | & 5D Actress who has played legendary Eastenders character Sharon Mitchell since 1985 (7,4) |
| PUTTING | What those in a tete-a-tete are doing! (7,5,5,8) (see 5D, 20A) |
| MANAGER | The Night ___, miniseries starring Tom Hiddleston and 5D (7) |
| BERNICE | ___ Blackstock, returned to the village begging 5D to start again (7) |
| ORVILLE | & 5D Green puppet associated with ventriloquist Keith Harris (7,3,4) |
| DEFENCE | , 19D & 5D 1986 film thriller starring Gabriel Byrne and Greta Scacchi (7,2,3,5) |
| EVENING | & 5D The -, 1996 comedy-drama film starring Shirley MacLaine and Bill Paxton (7,4) |
| INHERIT | & 5D 1960 film drama starring Spencer Tracy and Fredric March (7,3,4) |
| INVALID | Boxer punches popular 5D without good reason |
| TILAPIA | Ubiquitous seafood choice that derives its name from "thiape," the Botswanan word for 5D |
| FLOORED | E.g. 5D shortly clutching big white telephone, befuddled |
| CLAIRDE | & 5D Third movement of piano work Suite bergamasque by Claude Debussy |
| NOTTING | & 5D 1999 comedy-drama film starring Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant |
