| GRAPHICAL | Chap besotted with Grail, as depicted in writing |
| ANASTASIA | Russian royal as depicted in film, missing capital |
| RACETRACK | Newmarket, say, as depicted in folk song? |
| COUNTDOWN | The last thing many people do each year, as depicted in the circles |
| LORDBYRON | Old boy besotted with reading and writing? New Romantic! |
| GALANTINE | England almost besotted with it, a cold dish (9) |
| ENAMOURED | Besotted with slinky demeanour (9) |
| LADIESMAN | Behold maidens besotted - with one such? |
| PEPELEPEW | Cartoon character besotted with Penelope Pussycat |
| TOMSAWYER | Fictional character besotted with classmate Becky Thatcher |
| NUTSABOUT | Besotted with clue to stun (4,5) |
| ISLEOFMAY | Setter's besotted with last PM overheard on wildlife haven (4,2,3) |
| HAPPYFACE | Pleased look (as depicted by this puzzle's grid) |
| THECLOSET | Metaphorical locale for concealed identities, as depicted by black squares at the bottom of this grid |
| SPLITLEVELHOMES | Staggered structures, as depicted in five spots in this puzzle |
| PAPERTRAIL | Thing followed in an investigation... as depicted in this puzzle |
| PEARLS | Created by marine oysters or freshwater mussels, lustrous gems such as those adorning Anne Boleyn's iconic "B" necklace as depicted in the "Hever Rose" portrait (6) |
| AMAZON | Company targeted by many progressives to be broken up (as depicted in one row in this grid) |
| LANDOFTHEFAT | America, as depicted in "Super Size Me"? |
| THEOLDSHELLGAME | Street hustler's ploy, as depicted in this grid |
