| DOUBTLESS | A certain Thomas was encouraged to, unquestionably |
| DEREKHOUGH | Former "Dancing With the Stars" pro who was encouraged to release his single "Hold On" after losing a friend to suicide: 2 wds. |
| DOUBTER | A certain Thomas, say, as one performing, but troubled within |
| TREACLE | A by-product of sugar refining; according to an old music-hall joke, it was mined in Lancashire, notably in Sabden, where the story was encouraged by fictitious reports in local newspapers in the 1930 |
| TOOKHEART | Was encouraged by and captured the affection of (4,5) |
| EEOC | Clarence Thomas was its chairman from 1982 to 1990: Abbr. |
| AWELSH | Q. "Dylan Thomas, was he _ ___ poet?" A. "Indeed." |
| EDISON | Thomas was brought up to have no airs and graces (6) |
| DOUBT | What Thomas was inclined to do but got confused (5) |
| SWANSEA | City (once a town) where Dylan Thomas was born in 1914 (7) |
| TATE | Gabby Thomas was terrified that Jamie ___ had come back to steal their baby in Emmerdale (4) |
| MORE | Sir Thomas was wanted by Oliver (4) |
| DOUBTFUL | It's unclear Thomas was like this |
| JOE | _ Thomas, was Simon in The Inbetweeners (3) |
| AUGUST | Emmerdale teen Arthur Thomas was born in this summer month (6) |
| INDEED | A popular action to take, unquestionably (6) |
| TERRY | ___-Thomas was Sir Percy WareArmitage in the 1965 movie, Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (5) |
| HUXLEY | Aldous -; author of the 1931 dystopian novel Brave New World whose grandfather Thomas was known as "Darwin's bulldog" (6) |
| ANDREWS | Prime minister of Northern Ireland whose brother, Thomas, was the principal designer of RMS Titanic (7) |
| WELLBEATEN | The Guardian is going to be a 10, unquestionably defeated (4-6) |
