| FLIBBERTIGIBBET | Mischievous person, liar, smuggled fentanyl; ultimately, it ended up at gallows (15) |
| ALLOWS | Tolerates being beheaded at gallows (6) |
| OXY | Fentanyl cousin, informally |
| OPIATE | Fentanyl, e.g. |
| OPIOIDS | Class of drugs that includes fentanyl |
| OPIOID | Fentanyl, e.g. |
| KARENINA | Tolstoy's tragic heroine who ended up at the railway station, Anna ... |
| GARRET | Great outcome for final painter who ended up at the top (6) |
| TAILENDER | Leader, in time, ended up at the back of the field (4-5) |
| BUDNELSON | Alongside his human companion Horatio Nelson Jackson, he became the first dog to cross the United States in an automobile in 1903. He wore goggles that ended up at the Smithsonian Museum of American H |
| DISHWATER | He was besmirched with dirt? Ultimately it could go down the sink |
| EGYPTIANS | Dedication? Ultimately it pays off, for one leading race |
| ATLAST | Ultimately, it may show you where China is: north of Thailand (2,4) |
| TARTARESAUCE | Sailors use a blast cold store, ultimately it improves the fish flavour (7,5) |
| ROUNDTRIP | Stumble after a few drinks: ultimately it gets us nowhere! |
| IMPROVISE | Mischievous person got up around six to cobble something together |
| WWI | It ended at 11:00 on 11/11 |
| BST | For 2024, it ended at 0200 on October 27 (3) |
| PRANKSTER | Mischievous person is important for apostle's higher ecstasy |
| SELFEMPLOYMENT | Work on my pelmet repair with small mischievous person (4,10) |
