| TANYA | Former volunteers to accept any character played by Jo Joyner in Eastenders (5) |
| STIGMATA | Signs of suffering as Athenian character volunteers to accept budget, finally (8) |
| THORP | Will ?, actor who played Paul 'Woody' Joyner in BBC series Casualty (5) |
| IRANI | Almost any character in Jon Stewart's "Rosewater" |
| ROMAN | Any character in "Julius Caesar" |
| DISOWN | Refuse to accept any longer relationship or connection to (6) |
| ETHNIC | English itch badly to accept any number from a particular community (6) |
| TOLERANCE | Zero ----, refusal to accept any breach of law or rule (9) |
| PERFECTIONISM | A refusal to accept any standard short of flawlessness (13) |
| DENE | Refuse to accept any hidden yearnings |
| DENY | Refuse to accept any hidden yearnings |
| ENTERTAIN | Consider going in briefly to ring former volunteers (9) |
| NAYSAYERS | They don't accept any novel by detective writer |
| DENIAL | Book on Ireland nonsense - don't accept any contradiction (5,2,6) |
| BROOKNO | Book on Ireland nonsense - don't accept any contradiction (5,2,6) |
| HAMLET | Play whose lead has the most lines of any character in a single Shakespeare play (6) |
| LETTEROFCREDIT | Any character involved in direct payment authorisation? (6,2,6) |
| DEFAMATION | A pernicious put-down for any character to put up with. (10) |
| SEVEN | And 11-across. Seven reality show hosted by Jo Lamble, ... ... Switch (5,4) |
| ATNOTIME | Never return to issue concerning former volunteers (2,2,4) |
