| ACHE | Chief cook, finishing early, admits a problem - see 23ac (8) |
| HOAR | Chief cook, finishing early, admits a problem - see 14ac (8) |
| HEADACHE | Problem of boss with a cook finishing early (8) |
| COMEDOWN | Play closes early - admit disappointment |
| ULTIMATE | University on occasion admits a head teacher for the last in a series (8) |
| CAUCASUS | Meeting of influential people admits a small division between Europe and Asia (8) |
| SAMIZDAT | Admits a last letter translated for dissident press (8) |
| CATAPULT | Cult admits a tap is used as weapon (8) |
| DISTANCE | see 23ac, 2007 thriller novel by Sophie Hannah (7,8) |
| EATSCROW | Admits a mistake, so to speak |
| TACKEDON | Quixote, for example, admits a little compilation's hastily attached ... (6-2) |
| ATALANTA | Olympic venue admits a legendary runner ... |
| EXAMINER | Former pit worker admits a person carrying out tests |
| THEGREAT | See 23ac (8) |
| VANISHES | see 23ac, 1938 Alfred Hitchcock film starring Margaret Lockwood and Michael Redgrave (3,4,8) |
| LORRAINE | see 23ac, Heraldic symbol adopted by Free France under Charles de Gaulle in 1940 (5,2,8) |
| CORDIALE | see 23ac, The ?, series of agreements signed in 1904 between France and Britain (7,8) |
| DISRAELI | see 23ac, 1999 comic novel by Lynne Truss (5,4) |
| PLAYFAIR | see 23ac, 1999 comic novel by Lynne Truss (5,4) |
| TAKEANAP | see 23ac, 1999 comic novel by Lynne Truss (5,4) |
