| SAOPAULO | Could you get opal with a sou here? No, but you might if it were real! |
| PARABOLA | Middle Easterner invested in unusual opal with a curved shape (8) |
| MOTHEROFPEARL | Decorative substance jeweller may sell - you can get opal from there too! |
| SMALLBEER | A large one? No, but you can ask the barman for it - by comparison, it's not worth much! (5,4) |
| SCOUTS | These Thirties BSA sports cars were real little troopers! (6) |
| NOODLE | Search carefully for opal with one's head |
| EXTRA | "There's no business like show business like no business I know," they sang. "Nowhere could you get that happy feeling when you are stealing that ... bow" |
| CORSET | Could you get one from a coster? (6) |
| CASTLESINTHEAIR | Flying Fortresses were real: these are not (7,2,3,3) |
| ABARRELOFLAUGHS | There's no wine here but you might still find it a source of fun |
| ONION | If you take off my skin, I won't even cry (but you might shed tears). What am I? |
| YELLOW | This bird is a chicken? No, but it is a bright colour (6,6) |
| CANARY | This bird is a chicken? No, but it is a bright colour (6,6) |
| TORMENTED | Was a top team mentored? No, but it was given a hard time (9) |
| LOAF | A bloomer, maybe, but you might call one a cottage (4) |
| TABLET | Tea is on the table - but you might need water with it (6) |
| AGONE | A good individual no longer here? No longer here |
| DIMPLE | Hollow laugh? No - but it may come with a smile (6) |
| LETTERBOX | Mailbag? No - but it might come through here! (9) |
| SWOLLEN | It's bigger than normal wells? No - but it might be (7) |
