| KRISPYKREME | Doughnut chain (with a visible secret agent whose colleagues are hidden in four other long answers) |
| STPAT | Theme of this puzzle (hidden in four other answers) |
| VIOLETTESZABO | Second World War secret agent whose story is told in RJ Minney's book Carve Her Name With Pride (8,5) |
| NEO | Sci-fi hero whose colleagues include Morpheus and Trinity |
| LEPEW | Pepe with a visible trail |
| MAN | Person with a visible Adam's apple typically |
| TEEM | Hear colleagues are numerous |
| FIRMFRIENDS | Business colleagues are staunch allies (4,7) |
| MORSE | Detective creation of Colin Dexter whose colleague is Lewis (5) |
| LOOSELEAF | Kind of paper ... and a hint to a sequence, each starting with a different letter, found in four other puzzle answers |
| LOW | Word in four other places in this puzzle |
| BENCH | A bink, pew, scamble, settle or other long form; a rower's thwart in a boat; a judge's seat; a platform upon which to exhibit a dog at a show; or, a stout worktop, such as a potting table in a greenho |
| STORMYWEATHER | Song first sung by Ethel Waters at Harlem's Cotton Club ... and a hint to four other long answers |
| ILLSECONDTHAT | "Amen!" ... or a hint to the start of four other long answers |
| GOTOTHEMAT | Struggle vigorously ... and what four other long answers' ending words can do? |
| BUCKETOFBOLTS | Jalopy found at the ends of four other long answers |
| SEPARATIONOFPOWERS | What the four other long answers all exhibit |
| THESIMPSONS | Show since 12/17/1989 whose five main family members are hidden in this puzzle's other long across a |
| NOWYOUSEEITNOWYOUDONT | Magic words - or a hint to the other long answers in this puzzle |
| IMITATIONOFLIFE | 1934 Oscar-nominated film whose title hints at the wordplay in three other long answers |
