| ONCEINABLUEMOON | Despite being in sight of their closest satellite, cosmologists concede how seldom they're right! (4,2,1,4,4) |
| THEEARTHANDMARS | Bodies making their closest approach in more than 50,000 years on August 27, 2003 |
| ROBERT | Bistro chef who proposed to Michelle Connor despite being in a relationship with Vicky Jefferies in Corrie (6,7) |
| PRESTON | Bistro chef who proposed to Michelle Connor despite being in a relationship with Vicky Jefferies in Corrie (6,7) |
| NOTAPATCHONTHEM | Less impressive clothes despite being in perfect condition (3,1,5,2,4) |
| OED | Ref. that William Minor contributed heavily to in its early days despite being in an asylum at the time |
| EYEBALL | Turns up, two lines at Abbey empty at back of theatre and in sight of the viewer (7) |
| FORBID | Prohibit despite being in favour of the offer |
| RHOMBOID | Sound of laughter despite being in unusually morbid shape (8) |
| EVERGLADES | Happy despite being in severe trouble in Florida (10) |
| WITHOUT | Lacking despite being in possession of old hat |
| BEAD | Drop of liquid in sight of a gun |
| MOSES | He led his race, but fell in sight of the finish (5) |
| SUSPENSE | My group get to park in sight of thriller writer's creation (8) |
| INCRIMINATE | Charge with a crime despite being in anti-crime organisation (11) |
| PROSIFY | Flatten bone despite being in nose |
| SHAPED | Phased out despite being in form (6) |
| DARKENERGY | Mysterious force that cosmologists believe might explain the accelerated expansion of the universe |
| REES | Astronomer Royal, astrophysicist and cosmologist, Lord Ludlow, who was one of the first to propose that quasars derive their energy from black holes accreting matter from gas and stars in surrounding |
| FLATEARTHERS | Customised leather rafts sail over the edge, if they're right (4-8) |
