| SKELETON | A solver of a ____ crossword must work out most of the grid |
| CUSTOM | Common usage company must work out (6) |
| CUBER | Expert solver of a Rubik's toy |
| CHET | Shameless acting son of Rearrange the letters in the shaded squares to spell out the name of the celebrity in the centre of the grid Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson (4) |
| WESSEX | She has been on Rearrange the letters in the shaded squares to spell out the name of the celebrity in the centre of the grid a Caribbean tour with her husband Prince Edward (6,6) |
| KIMBER | The first Great British Rearrange the letters in the shaded squares to spell out the name of the celebrity in the centre of the grid Bake-Off winner, Edd _ (6) |
| WHATSTHEENDGAME | Question asked by a project planner ... or by a solver of this puzzle, maybe |
| SPLITPEA | Share out most of the bog standard stuff for a bowl of soup (5,3) |
| PUGNIREYWAL | Getting counsel, colloquially ... or what a solver of this puzzle is doing? |
| NAMEDROPPER | Status-seeking sort ... or a solver of this puzzle, initially? |
| PUZZLER | A solver of crosswords, riddles, teasers, ticklers etc; or, any enigmatic person, problem, situation or thing (7) |
| CUDGEL | Dug out most of the cell? Needs the stick! |
| TROUBLESHOOTER | A solver of problems |
| LETMIATAHERE | Outburst from a solver of this puzzle? |
| ANDYGORAM | Goalkeeper for Rangers through out most of the 1990s (4,5) |
| STUB | Put out most of the cigarettes on return (4) |
| OMINOUS | Threatening to leave out most of the commonsense (7) |
| SLAIN | Rubbed out "Most of the island has been destroyed" (5) |
| EQUIP | Kit out most of the French team (5) |
| LEAVE | Check out most of the yeast (5) |
