| 20 answers for: Loitering ... or how 3-, 5-, 7- and 9-Down might b... |
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| RANK | ANSWER | CLUE |
| HANGINGAROUND | Loitering ... or how 3-, 5-, 7- and 9-Down might be seen? |
| SPELL | What a 9-Down might help you do |
| APB | The 9-Down might put one out, briefly |
| ADVERB | It describes how 3 turns up in bad form (6) |
| ANY | ___ old how (3) |
| RINSE | How 3 down became a wash-out |
| ODD | Like the numbers 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9 |
| ODDS | 3, 5, 7 and 9, informally |
| SETS | 6-3, 5-7 and 6-4, e.g. |
| PRIME | Like the numbers 2, 3, 5, 7 and 11 |
| TANKA | Japanese poem of 31 syllables in lines of 5, 7, 5, 7 and 7; literally, 'short verse' (5) |
| WITHHOLDING | Type of tax ... or how the ends of the other five longest across answers might be seen? |
| PENALTYBOX | Fine case in which footballers might be seen? (7,3) |
| HAIKU | Japanese poetic form pioneered by the 15th-century poet Matsuo Basho, comprising 17 syllables in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 (5) |
| AFTER | 7 & 9 Ac. In the final analysis, it could be real flat (5,3) |
| SPOTS | _ and stripes: designation for balls 1-7 and 9-15 in a game of pool (5) |
| THINKALIKE | Great minds may do it (... letters 1, 3, 4, 5, 7 and 10) |
| DONOR | Foot of salesman where it might be seen? Generous chap! |
| FARMERSCHEESE | Blintz or pierogi filling (... 1, 3, 5, 7, 9) |
| SIR | Engineer and designer of A1 Flying Scotsman and A4 Mallard (3, 5, 7) |
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