| AUREVOIR | A nice farewell for Vera retiring around mid-January with a fair amount of 5 down (2,6) |
| EPILOGUE | I enter two records before mid-january with energy at close of play (8) |
| ADIEU | Nice farewell for Polish leaving audiophiles (5) |
| JOJORABBIT | James the First gets nothing on the first of January with a bunny - yet they made a movie about it (4,6) |
| REDWINES | Revolutionaries found around a fair amount of 5 down and Oriental ports (3,5) |
| REGALIA | It's about a fair amount of 5 down from first class review for the status conscious (7) |
| TIPTOED | A fair amount of 5 down found on 3 down close to Wexford made moves in secret (7) |
| APOLOGIA | Justification for a flower cut from the trunk of a tree with a fair amount of chia (8) |
| CIVILISE | Socialise with a fair amount of Chicago, for instance, and Elvis touring around island (8) |
| SANDWICH | Something for lunch on the beach with a fair amount of wine that's cold on top of the hamper (8) |
| RESTRAIN | Keep under control with a fair amount of care heading for the sun with flying Scotsman (8) |
| OFFPISTE | Sour port is taken with a fair amount of P't? - that's one slippery slope! (3-5) |
| STAUNTON | Imelda ?, Best Actress in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for Vera Drake (8) |
| REENGAGE | Captivate again with a fair amount of the omen in reggae melody (2-6) |
| GOLDMINE | Soldier arrests elderly Frenchman with a fair amount of wine from lucrative venture (4,4) |
| IDEOLOGY | Faith gets papers from Spain to go with a fair amount of technology (8) |
| WITCHERY | Which state is associated with a fair amount of misery and the dark arts? (8) |
| DELICACY | ICC deal arranged by end of January with finesse (8) |
| AWAKENED | Came to a final farewell for Nationalist writer (8) |
| SAYONARA | Farewell, for example on a road, seen occassionally (8) |
