| DULLMEN | James May and the _ I _, British problem-solving/ ingenuity series (4,3) |
| DULL | James May and the ___ Men, British problem-solving/ ingenuity series (4) |
| LARF | "Only When I ___" (British comedy of 1968) |
| TOPGEAR | Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, James May and The Stig's BBC motor show (3,4) |
| BONUSISSUE | Shares responsibility to probe British problem (5,5) |
| HAMMOND | Presenter of The Grand Tour alongside Jeremy Clarkson and James May, Richard - - - (7) |
| LENGTHS | Mi__ __, i__ch, lea__ue and o__ __er__ |
| TOUR | Prime Video series with James May and Jeremy Clarkson, The Grand ---- (4) |
| FRONTAL | Problem-solving takes place in this brain lobe (7) |
| LATERAL | Creative problem solving, ... thinking |
| TOOLKIT | Assumed student plugged in problem-solving software? (7) |
| THERAPY | Problem solving session (7) |
| THEGRANDTOUR | Forthcoming TV series hosted by Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May. (3,5,4) |
| DISASSEMBLER | A person who is the opposite of James May in his eponymous BBC Four series (2016-17) |
| BATES | Author of My Uncle Silas, The Darling Buds of May and the short story A Christmas Song (5) |
| LESS | Blink-182 "The more I go on, the ___ I can face this" |
| OLDER | "The __ I get, the better I used to be": John McEnroe |
| PLASTICINE | Medium in which James May worked to create a garden for the 2009 Chelsea Flower Show |
| OWE | Word repeated in "I ___, I ___, it's off to work I go" |
| EGGAND | "The ___ I"; movie for Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray |