| IMPLACABLE | I blame dodgy drinking spot not closing, and can't be appeased |
| PLACATED | Plead act in order to be appeased (8) |
| YEARN | Long for early closing and to be paid for one's service (5) |
| STAIN | Spot not easily removed in the laundry room (5) |
| PORTRAIT | Reproduction of airport takes last spot, not landscape (8) |
| KINGOFTHECASTLE | Someone in the top spot - not the dirty rascal! (4,2,3,6) |
| EXPO | Previous spot not covered by marketing event (4) |
| CRANNY | Knowing about club's closing and opening (6) |
| SOBRIQUET | Cry over closing, and quite disturbing, title (9) |
| GLOTTALSTOP | Consonant sound produced by closing and suddenly opening the larynx or windpipe (7,4) |
| BLINKING | Closing and opening eyes repeatedly (8 letters) |
| WINKS | Signals made by closing and opening one eye |
| WINK | Closing (and opening) of one eye (4) |
| UFO | Initially it's up in the air and can't be identified |
| PERPETUAL | It suggests true apple was 16 (and can't be) (9,6) |
| PERPETUALMOTION | It suggests true apple was 16 (and can't be) |
| SCANTY | It's limited and can't be found in the outskirts of Sydney |
| OPI | Maker of Simply Radishing and Can't Be Beet! nail polish |
| SETINSTONE | TV petrified, and can't be changed? (3,2,5) |
| MOTION | It suggests true apple was 16 (and can't be) (9,6) |