| GRAFTON | Late author whose daughter wrote, "As far as we in the family are concerned, the alphabet now ends in Y" |
| IRIS | _ Murdoch, late author whose novels included 1978's The Sea,The Sea (4) |
| CONFETTI | Where weddings are concerned, the colourful bits (8) |
| TRENDY | Now end is in sight for inequality at last |
| CRAWFORD | Acclaimed Hollywood actress whose daughter wrote the controversial autobiography Mommie Dearest, Joa |
| SISTERS | Members of the family are out, I stress (7) |
| LAWSON | Nigel -; former Chancellor whose daughter wrote How to Be a Domestic Goddess (6) |
| ELATED | Members of the family are not initially very happy (6) |
| MAINSTREAM | Such is the flow of information, as far as we know, in conventional culture. (10) |
| RIOTOUS | Wild Brazilian city, as far as we are concerned |
| INNS | Pubs, like the Woolpack in the Dales, the Rovers Return in Weatherfield and the Queen We in Walford (4) |
| HERE | It's as far as we"ve got in higher education (4) |
| ETS | They only exist in sci-fi, as far as we know |
| INVICTUS | William Ernest Henley poem which ends "I am the master of my fate / I am the captain of my soul" |
| THEPEOPLE | We, in the preamble to the U.S. Constitution |
| TOUSLE | As far as we're concerned, the French mess up |
| REED | John ?, US journalist whose book Ten Days that Shook the World concerned the 1917 October Revolution in Russia (4) |
| JOHN | And 10 US journalist whose book Ten Days that Shook the World concerned the 1917 October Revolution in Russia (4,4) |
| JOHNREED | US journalist whose book Ten Days that Shook the World concerned the 1917 October Revolution in Russia |
| UNFATHOMED | Bottomless (as far as we know) (10) |