| BAMBOOZLED | Deceived 12 across with last letter from the foreign department (10) |
| BRAZIL | Libra upset with last letter from country |
| DRIP | Irish Water needs to sort this out with last letters from department for starters (4) |
| POLARISING | Flower from the foreign revolution is dividing opinion (10) |
| BUFFERZONE | Local authority in front of hospital ward gets last letter from one of the neutrals (6,4) |
| APOCALYPSE | Last letter from St John could be interpreted as a "Dear John" to us all! (10) |
| TZAR | Looking back, informer conceals the last letter from the old tyrant! (4) |
| RIPEOLDAGE | Last letters from Oriental at a lodge working for possibly a hundred years (4,3,3) |
| ZETETIC | Mention note, last letter from the south asking questions |
| ENZEDDER | Blushed briefly, concealing last letter from the right person in Whangarei? |
| OMEGA | Last letter from the Greeks (5) |
| AZULEJO | Jealous, with last letter being the very last, and after a Scrabble tile! |
| BLACKPHONE | 2021 horror hit starring 12-Across, with "The" |
| MEGAPIXEL | Play game with detective getting kiss from the foreign dotty types on screen (9) |
| MELLOW | Mature top Merlot from the foreign spot close to the ground (6) |
| ALGERIA | Reviews broadcast, for example, from the foreign country on the Mediterranean (7) |
| GEEZER | Locally, old man expresses sympathy with last letter to hospital (6) |
| BANZAI | Cry in Tokyo at bar with last letter that's first class (6) |
| SCHMALTZ | Barman comes to a halt admitting master with last letter is overly sentimental (8) |
| RAZORCUT | God with last letter published about Catholic form of coiffure (5,3) |
