| STEVIE | He said "Just because a man lacks the use of his eyes doesn't mean he lacks vision" |
| NARROW | Finally devolution quarrel lacks vision |
| DAM | The first man lacks a mother |
| BEARD | What a clean-shaven man lacks |
| OUTOFSIGHT | "What the eye doesn't see ..." - blind and crazy? (3,2,5,3,2,4) |
| MOONSHINE | Farah running with a black eye doesn't finish? Nonsense! (9) |
| CERVANTES | Spanish novelist and dramatist who lost the use of his left hand in the battle of Lepanto in 1571 |
| LEPANTO | 1571 battle site where Cervantes lost the use of his left hand |
| LOCKE | John ___ ("Lost" character who regained the use of his legs) |
| MAKEACLEANSWEEP | We see a PE man lack training, yet carry off all the prizes (4,1,5,5) |
| EXCISEMAN | Poet Robert Burns became this kind of official as a better use of his education than farming |
| IDO | Words said just before a priest pronounces a couple man and wife: 2 wds. |
| SPLINTERPARTIES | In the end, however, the twig lost the election because a bunch of wood shavings had formed... |
| BEE | Q: Why is a flower like the letter A? A: Because a ___ goes after it |
| LAND | A tortoise is a semi-aquatic animal, which means he can 8A, but lives most of his life on ___ |
| APPLE | A daughter who is adored by her dad is the ___ of his eye |
| HED | "My boy's an ugly crier but he's such a pretty liar / And by that, I mean he said ___ change" (Billie Eilish lyric) |
| UNDERWRITER | Insurance man who ought to make more use of his pen? (11) |
| FOREMOST | It's of the highest importance, because a few of them have gone west with tyrannical leader |
| EXCALIBUR | 'You can't expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you' maintained the Monty Python team of this mythical weapon which gave Arthur the kingship |