| ISHIGURO | Kazuo -; novelist who wrote The Remains of the Day and Never Let Me Go (8) |
| MERCHANT | Ismail -; producer who collaborated with director James Ivory on The Remains of the Day and many other films (8) |
| LONICERA | Latin name of the day- and nightscented twining flower honeysuckle, important for pollinating moths and in turn bats and hedgehogs (8) |
| LASTPOST | Which military bugle call is played at the end of the day and during services of remembrance? (4,4) |
| DESLYNAM | See picture clue: Former presenter of Match of the Day and Countdown (3,5) |
| ANALYSIS | You get this on shows like Match Of The Day and Newsnight (8) |
| CAREYMULLIGAN | The Great Gatsby, An Education Drive, Collateral, Suffragette and Never Let Me Go are films in which this English actress starred (5,8) |
| VERTICAL | The anecic group form deep, permanent and ___ tunnels within the soil during the day and surface during the night to feed on plant matter. |
| BOWEN | Novelist who wrote The Last September, The Death of the Heart, The Heat of the Day and Eva Trout (5) |
| EMBATTLE | Let me go out, grab club and prepare for fight (8) |
| LIBERATE | Let me go, Bert! I will give you the ale! (8) |
| WHYCANTI | "You never let me do anything!" |
| CALENDAR | List of all the days and months in a year (8) |
| KAZUOISHIGURO | British author of "Never Let Me Go" who won the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature : 2 wds. |
| PROTECTS | They have a thick coat which ___ them from the heat during the day and keeps them warm during those cold desert nights. |
| OLLYMURS | English singer/songwriter whose first UK No 1 hit was Please Don't Let Me Go in 2010 (4,4) |
| ILLSTART | "Let me go first" |
| ENDOFTIME | 2012 Beyonce hit with the repeated line "Say you'll never let me go" |
| ANTHONY | ___ Hopkins, 6D's co-star in The Remains Of The Day and recent BBC production of King Lear (7) |
| KEIRA | Knightley of "Never Let Me Go" |
