| EXPLORER | At the centre of next spy plot, free warrior and adventurer (8) |
| WED | The middle of next wk. |
| EXPEL | Deport next spy cell, essentially (5) |
| COSSACK | Formerly, any of the free warrior-peasants of Ukraine who served as cavalry under the tsars (7) |
| GAUNTLET | The players of this 1985 dungeon crawler arcade game control an elf, wizard, warrior and valkyrie |
| TOMAHAWK | Battle-axe from NE city coming in the end of next week (8) |
| EXTERNAL | On the outside of next real upheaval ... (8) |
| LONGFELLOW | Poet who wrote of the fictional adventures of an Ojibwe warrior and the tragedy of his love for Minnehaha in The Song of Hiawatha (10) |
| BABYBOND | Investment in one of next generation of spies? |
| INEXPERT | Unskilled re-construction of next pier (8) |
| EXPONENT | Supporter of next open plan (8) |
| NETPRICE | Front of next receipt adjusted cost after discounts (3,5) |
| ANDEARTH | Do everything possible to change position of next world before this one (4,6,3,5) |
| ORION | The "hunter" constellation that includes Alnilam the "string of pearls", Bellatrix the "female warrior" and Melissa the "shining one" (5) |
| ZOFFANY | Artist and adventurer alleged to have engaged in cannibalism when he was shipwrecked in the Indian Ocean; his works include Charles Towneley in the Park St Gallery and Tribuna of the Uffizi (7) |
| EXWIFE | Former spouse's providing euros after middle of next week (2-4) |
| HORSA | According to tradition, a 5th Century warrior and brother of Hengist, who took part in the invasion and conquest of Britain (5) |
| MANOR | Title, from "man, warrior" and sharing a disputed link with "fool, simpleton", of the lowest rank of British peer, established after the Norman Conquest for a king's tenant-in-chief (5) |
| EXCRETE | Evacuate middle of next island (7) |
| KEW | District in London that is home to a botanical garden boasting the largest living plant collection on Earth and a gallery of more than 800 paintings by Victorian artist and adventurer Marianne North ( |
