| HARDYANNUALS | Characters in 21 across associated with yearbooks of bells of Ireland, for instance (5,7) |
| APOCRYPHA | Strange approach with yearbooks (9) |
| ALMANAC | Yearbook of forecasts |
| CRIMINALS | Clip of those characters in 21 across popular with gangsters doing time (9) |
| UNUSED | Replaces first four characters in 21 across from the unemployed list (6) |
| TIETHEKNOT | Form union and sort out one of those in 24 across associated with shirty type (3,3,4) |
| MOLUCCABALM | Common name for a plant of the molucella genus, including the so-called 'bells of Ireland' (7,4) |
| BEAGLE | Breed of dog; 46 Across associated with Charles Darwin (6) |
| CHIMES | Sound of bells of New York coming out of smokestacks (6) |
| PEAL | Series of changes rung on a set of bells of the same name (4) |
| CARILLON | Bells of Ireland back in demand (8) |
| ASIA | Where bells of Ireland grow |
| DEL | Main character in 21 Across (3) |
| TIDDLY | Most of those in 24 across associated the odd delay slightly drunk (6) |
| RETRACT | Have another go at getting most characters in 21 down to withdraw (7) |
| DESERTISLAND | Leave Ireland, for instance, for remote, uninhabited place |
| STATEFUNERAL | A stiff Government ceremony organised in the dead centre of Ireland for most of those in 4 across (5,7) |
| GREATSEAL | Irish love consuming food with the last of the vintage port or Harp in Ireland, for instance (5,4) |
| COASTER | Goes all around Ireland, for instance, for short historic time in boat (7) |
| ISLAND | Christmas, for example, in Ireland, for instance (6) |
