| ERNESTHEMINGWAY | Author of nine novels, including 20, 25 and 44 Across |
| THEWAVES | Seventh of the nine novels by English author Virginia Woolf (1931) |
| STERNE | Laurence ?, author of nine-volume novel The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman |
| ROGUEMALE | Nineteen thirty-nine novel by Geoffrey Household; ego mauler (anag.) |
| CLINTEASTWOOD | "Gran Torino" director, and a star of the film hinted at in 20-, 25- and 44-Across |
| PUTINAGOODWORD | Recommend, with "for," and a hint to the start of 20-, 25- and 44-Across |
| ADAYATTHERACES | 1937 Marx Brothers film ... and, based on words that begin 20-, 25- and 44-Across, this puzzle's tit |
| STEVENSON | Among returned negatives there's a 50% chance of finding the author of ... (9) |
| ETONIANS | Old -; alumni, including 20 prime ministers, of a school founded in 1440 by Henry VI (8) |
| EUROZONE | Currency union including 20 EU member states (8) |
| COMMONTHREAD | What ties everything together, including 20-, 32- and 42-Across? |
| FROMTIMETOTIME | On occasion ... and how 20-, 25- and 43- Across go? |
| WHISTLEBLOWERS | What 20-, 25- and 47- Across all are, in one way or another |
| WHATHAVEWEHERE | Phrase you may say after the clues to 20-, 25- and 42- Across |
| MIXEDFEELINGS | Ambivalence or a hint to 20-, 25- and |
| LETTERSTOSANTA | Certain holiday mail ... or what 20-, 25- and |
| MOBSCENE | "The Sopranos" clip? ... or where you might hear 20-, 25- and |
| TIMBER | Send payment back, including twenty-five per cent of bank logs (6) |
| WELLILLBEA | So there's 12 19 of 20 25 between your 22D and the 2s? (4,3,2,1,7,5) |
| STARTOFANEWDAY | Puzzle title suggested by 20, 25, 44 Acr |
