| OTTAWA | Capital of 12 across (6) |
| AUDREY | Girl poking tip of twelve across into a squirrel's nest |
| BAMBOO | Most of the bar is open-minded to half of 12 across offering grass (6) |
| ROBERT | Younger brother of 12-Across, who will be one of the dancers competing in 26-Across, as announced earlier this week |
| AUTHOR | Denies leaving house-trained type of 12 across (6) |
| QUEBEC | Province of 12 across (6) |
| SCOTIA | Nova _____: province of 12 across (6) |
| CINEMA | Eventually what happens in start of 12 across ends up here for the viewing audience (6) |
| LOSSES | Nothing at all to gain from the opposites of 12 across (6) |
| ATTIRE | After a little time, become weary with central part of 12 across (6) |
| PUSSIN | The Last Wish, 2023 animated film sequel starring the voices of 12 Across, 27 Across, 4 Down and 20 Down (4,2,5) |
| JORDYN | With 25-Across: ex-(?)friend of 12-Across after their 2019 falling-out; the Elle piece mentions that they recently hung out together, however |
| MEGHAN | Wife of 12 Across, ... Markle |
| GRANNY | Gangsta ___, David Walliams book; type of 12 Across |
| ENE | Third letter of 12- Across |
| LOSTIT | Got really angry at start of 12 across with writer at the centre (4,2) |
| ICEAGE | Animated series whose "Continental Drift" and "Collision Course" movies featured the voice of 12-Across |
| RAINOUT | Unwanted outcome for a sports match...and a hint as to how to make sense of twelve across answers in this puzzle |
| CARBONFOOTPRINT | The Greens are always going on about this trail in 8 across, 10 across and most of 12 across (6,9) |
| KEITH | With 9-Down: husband of 12-Across, who accompanied her at a screening of 1-Across yesterday |
