| LOGISTICS | Leading the pack consumed by common sense bearing the supply of those in 21 across on the move (9) |
| APPLES | Cider producers in 21 across on bender (6) |
| STATISTIC | Crime figure, for instance, is leading the pack in stable (9) |
| TIGHTKNIT | Bound together by common interests, house the Irish, taking in the odd first-timer |
| FIRSTRATE | Excellent characters leading the pack at speed (5-4) |
| STOCKPILE | Save up to get big house by common (9) |
| INFLUENZA | Disease caused by common virus (9) |
| DAREDEVIL | A big risk taker to most of those in 21 across and 3 down (9) |
| ESPERANTO | One's pater is distressed by common language |
| TABLESALT | Chart with sailor mentions a chemical by common name (5,4) |
| HOIPOLLOI | Hot oil polio treatment by common people (3,6) |
| AHEADFORFIGURES | What the statistician has, for instance, leading the pack on the side of the Number 10s (1,4,3,7) |
| SECESSIONIST | Church is consumed by meeting in Parliament, leading the pack advocating a Hard Brexit perhaps (12) |
| NOXIOUS | Deadly beast on island is captured by common sense (7) |
| OMINOUS | I'm boosted by common sense after first of omens portending evil (7) |
| NUMEROUS | Many signs of hesitation surrounded by common sense |
| NEBULOUS | Vague US smear from the Right quashed by common sense (8) |
| AHEAD | Leading the pack in trip out of apartheid (5) |
| 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) |
| EYESTRAIN | Like 21 across on coach, low wattage might be responsible for this (3,6) |
