| FAIRYGODMOTHERS | Loud nonchalant spouses of gangsters - perhaps the types synonymous with pantomimes (5,10) |
| GANGRENE | Harry is after shortening energy switch - the type synonymous with circulation problems damaging the cells (8) |
| FICTITIOUS | College in Trim near IT has debts - the type synonymous with the bookmakers (10) |
| ALADDIN | Boy involved in a row with pantomime character (7) |
| BROCCOLI | Brother officers from unit, the type synonymous with spears - a concern for those managing the plot (8) |
| VICTORIAPLUM | One of those stoned types synonymous with Queen found in The Seychelles with Deep Purple? (8,4) |
| CRABCACTI | Grumble about accountant going to court with one lot of prickly types synonymous with Christmas (4,5) |
| CHURCHES | Awful crush over revolutionary types synonymous with a form of worshiping (8) |
| LIFESAVERS | Biography with people of interest - perhaps, the type working overseas rescuing those at death's door (10) |
| DECORATOR | Tree-trimmer perhaps the type to make Christmas speech? |
| PRESSBUTTONS | Ruffle feathers opening 18 across with pantomime character (5,7) |
| MACHINEGUNKELLY | *Nickname of gangster George K. Barnes |
| SHOWNOREMORSE | Don't apologise for overhearing Eoin in The Beach - the dotty type synonymous with the code (4,2,7) |
| DRYAD | Type of wine with balance, medium-bodied finish? A divine legendary type synonymous with oak! (5) |
| THUNDERCLOUD | Noisy type synonymous with Sky blocks The Sun - when this is over, expect a downfall (12) |
| IMPALA | One politician from a city in America, a beastly type synonymous with the herd mentality (6) |
| COMPOUND | The bow type synonymous with 'amalgam.' (8) |
| DAME | From "mistress", a word for a female ruler originally, later the lady of the house; a school matron; a woman with the rank of Knight Commander; or, a pantomime's drag queen (4) |
| GREYMATTER | Serving to process information in the brain, one of the types of tissue forming part of the central |
| FRUIT | General word for one of the types of food grown by French gardener La Quintinie at Le Potager du Roi for the table of the Sun King, Louis XIV (5) |
