| AHARDNUTTOCRACK | Arrange chat with a drunk actor? That's a big ask (1,4,3,2,5) |
| CUTTHROAT | Very keen to arrange chat with tutor (3-6) |
| AGREED | A good old hellraising actor? That's definite (6) |
| JUST | Word that can make a big ask seem smaller |
| TALLORDER | Lofty arrangement - a big ask (4,5) |
| STRIDE | Saint taking journey ? that's a big step (6) |
| FLATREFUSAL | Cryptically artful. False? That's a big no (4,7) |
| PRICELESS | Free? That's a big joke! (9) |
| OVERCAST | Finished with actors? That's not fair |
| VLADIMIRNABOKOV | Author of Oblomov having lost head via drink with a drunk (8,7) |
| REARGUARDACTION | Drunk actor in a rage, mainly rude and offensive when on the defensive |
| GOOFFATHALFCOCK | Begin too soon to leave varied chat with a flock (2,3,2,4,4) |
| RAFT | A hundred abandoning creative activity? That's a large number |
| ABNORMALLOAD | 8 rand a large shot? That's a huge charge! |
| DOUBLE | U-U-U-U like some meat? That's a huge blow! (6,6) |
| BOLUS | From the horse's mouth presumably? That's a large pill to swallow! (5) |
| YACHT | Aboard one (in the America's Cup?) you could have a chat with a Yankee (5) |
| EXTROVERT | Someone who might chat with a stranger on a plane |
| TIMELAG | Feature of a video chat with a weak connection, perhaps |
| CACHET | EC has a chat with a seal (6) |
