| GOLDENHANDSHAKE | Describes precious type in 24 across and most of those in 26 across for those retiring types in Labour (6,9) |
| NIGHTGOWN | Outfit for one of those retiring types of dudes leaving shotgun wedding (9) |
| NAM | Origin of many refugees once in 26-Across, for short |
| GRAPPA | Drunk in Italy found in 26 across, for example (6) |
| NUMBSKULLS | More than one of those types in 24 down with shocked heads from archaeology department (10) |
| BEAUTYSALONS | They put on masks for Grace and most of those isolated in the ship (6,6) |
| MAKETHEBED | Prepare The Queen for retiring type or produce Thebes for the most part for director (4,3,3) |
| BEDROOMS | For those retiring from The Queen, The Office and End of Days (8) |
| BEDSIDEBOOKS | Potential source of food is on the menu with lots of leaves for retiring types who like novel suggestions (7,5) |
| LASTPOST | Call for those retiring to carry on with Royal Mail (4,4) |
| APPLEPIEBED | It provides difficult or impossible access for those retiring (5-3,3) |
| HOMAGE | Show respect for precious type in The Halfway House perhaps (6) |
| OFFTOBED | Turns up, cause of bankruptcy restricts old party getting round one of those retiring (3,2,3) |
| HOTWATERBOTTLES | They're a comfort to those retiring in deep trouble taking courage on top of stoicism (3-5,7) |
| EMERITUS | Honorary title presented to one of those retiring from One Direction at benefit for Americans (8) |
| SHORTHANDTYPIST | Secretary to most of those in 26 across, 24 across and 8 across (9,6) |
| HITTHERIGHTNOTE | Suitably stick to the arrangement perhaps and knock article by most of those in 26 across and 24 across (3,3,5,4) |
| STORAGE | Precious type in repertoire has memory like a computer (7) |
| RAUCOUS | Precious type in church heading off to America - that sounds like a disturbance? (7) |
| SMOLBEAN | Cute, precious type, in slang |
