| AQUILEGIA | Dove-like plant, the second to surround walker in water(9) |
| WADER | Walker in water |
| ASPHODEL | Lily-like plant, the flower of death to ancient Greeks (8) |
| BEERBELLY | Worker, perhaps the second to drop clanger at yard, is making bay window |
| COLUMBINE | Harlequin's sweetheart was so dove-like (9) |
| HARDLINER | Extremist ls tightrope walker In the end (9) |
| RUSHWORTH | Played Lily Walker in BBC1'S Doctors, Verity --------- (9) |
| FROMRUSSIAWITHLOVE | The second in the James Bond film series, and the second to star Sean Connery |
| JAMESBECK | Actor who played Pte Walker in BBC TV sitcom Dad's Army |
| MAHERSHALAALI | First black actor to win two Oscars in the same category and only the second to win two competitive Oscars: 2 wds. |
| GENTLE | To the French, a little chap of the dove-like type |
| TWEEDLEDEE | The second to speak of two characters in Through the Looking Glass, often depicted as 24 |
| GRANT | Ulysses S. ___ 18th President of the U.S.A. and the second to sport a beard in office |
| ABSCOND | Run off with a rating, the second to be forsaken by the East (7) |
| SWEEPER | Footballer is the second to one to shed tears (7) |
| RESORT | Tourist centre is the second to appear in retro style (6) |
| ULTIMATE | The greatest writer is missing from the second-to-last (8) |
| MOCKTURTLE | Dove like this in replica, beautiful stuff in 5 (4,6,4) |
| CHURCHFATHERS | The 70 theologians in the 2nd to 7th centuries whose writings confirmed church doctrine (6,7) |
| RETINAS | They'll pick up light Greek wine, keeping the second to last |
