| NEWENGLANDERS | Just out with 22 across and a fair number of others living around Boston (3,10) |
| BOOKREVIEWER | Is critical of those telling stories to most of those in 21 across and a fair amount of the rest at The Observer (4,8) |
| MERCANTILE | Queen is unable to enter a fair number of chains for trading |
| DINING | Eating out with 22 down, say, in good order (6) |
| LINCOLNSHIRE | US president's pay for working in area around Boston (12) |
| TPASS | Card that can get you around Boston |
| OBTUSE | Having a fair number of degrees, but not intelligent (6) |
| BEATEN | Defeated by Bea and a number of others (6) |
| CANAL | Waterway preserve to which a fair number will go |
| NORFOLK | County whose habitats include broads, breck heaths, fens, meres, salt marshes, mudflats, ponds, pingos and number of others in its nature reserve at Holkham (7) |
| FRONTBENCHERS | Senior politicians face the judges and a fair amount of the others (13) |
| ESSENE | A member of an ascetic Jewish group of Palestine and Syria living around the time of Jesus (6) |
| COCOPAH | A member of a North American Indian people living around the mouth of the Colorado river. |
| THEBACKSTROKE | Response to 30-/35-Across, and a hint to a hidden word in 14-, 17-, 61- and 66-Across |
| SCHEMATICS | Pole and Frenchman taken in by swindle and a fair amount of basics and plans you'd associate with the circuit (10) |
| PIPEFUL | Annoyance with spillage of fuel and a fair amount of oil? (7) |
| MAWSIE | A member of a people living around the W. Pyrenees (6) |
| ROCKSTAR | Make a lot of noise about one hundred thousand and a fair amount of rest in the band playing music (4,4) |
| PLACEMENTS | Spot workers and a fair amount of drunks with temporary jobs (10) |
| TRAPEZE | Bar for the swingers in part set up with energy and a fair amount of passion (7) |
