| WHEATLEY | Dennis ?, author of novels The Devil Rides Out and The Satanist |
| DIRE | Ride out and cause great suffering |
| EIDER | Point ride out and duck (5) |
| TANITH | Rex van Ryn's love interest in The Devil Rides Out by Dennis Wheatley |
| DENNIS | Which Mr Wheatley wrote horror novels including The Devil Rides Out? (6) |
| GABOR | Dennis ?, 1971 winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics for the invention of holography (5) |
| CLOUDNUMBERNINE | Bryan Adams tune that goes "And the moon is out and the stars are bright...": 3 wds. |
| ENDING | Posting the first bit out and the last (6) |
| EXTENDS | Holds out, and the editor's grabbed, the next, reset (7) |
| IMPACT | Camp out and the article is about the impression created (6) |
| UNSEAL | Open, with the sun out and the ale flowing (6) |
| PULSE | Upturned, the loose rings dropped out and the seeds (5) |
| SPIRITLEVELS | They're perfect for those looking for an evening out and the barman will be aware of them if he's done a stocktake? (6,6) |
| SECRETARY | A writing desk fitted with drawers, one of which can be pulled out and the front lowered to provide a flat writing surface |
| SYDNEYSIDERS | As my old man, the story goes, finally rides out 17s (12) |
| REDISCOVER | Rides out front and turn up again (10) |
| EDITOR | Runs daily and rides out without us (6) |
| CELTS | Lets 100 Romans out and the Gauls in (5) |
| PRIVATEEYES | Figures in "Knives Out" and "The Maltese Falcon" |
| RAPSCALLION | I call out and the parson sees me as a low, mean wretch (11) |
