| GREEKISLANDS | Most of those in 1 across and 25 across go to Sicily's capital in the Mediterranean (5,7) |
| PANS | First three characters in 25 across go to school holding the rashers and sausages (4) |
| HORSETRADING | Shrewd bargaining by most of those in 1 across working in the city (5-7) |
| TENNISCOURTS | Sporting facilities produced by those in 1 across and 20 down (6,6) |
| JIGSAWPUZZLE | Fitting pastime perhaps for those in 1 across and 19 down (6,6) |
| GRAVEDIGGERS | They're always putting down the first four figures in 1 across and they work those at rest into the |
| BENEFITNIGHT | Fundraiser for most of those in 1 down and 19 down cut short (7,5) |
| TEMPERATURES | They're taken in the medical profession as indicators of those in 1 down, for instance (12) |
| TALENTSCOUTS | Headhunters in 27 across and 25 across (6,6) |
| EVENTEMPERED | Calm first four characters in 1 across and don't lose it with writer (4-8) |
| LETTEROPENER | A job for a snoop in 1 across and 19 down (6,6) |
| FROMTIMETOTIME | On occasion ... and how 20-, 25- and 43- Across go? |
| SCOTCHBONNET | 1 across goes on ahead with one of the Red Hot Chilli Peppers? (6,6) |
| EUROPEANS | Master Blair's retained hanging for those in 1, 8, 9 and 26 (9) |
| TUDORS | Did those in one house, in the past, build up Stroud (6) |
| CLASSICSSCHOLAR | One of those who has studied the form for flat races, presumably, in 9 across and 25 across, for the most part (8,7) |
| DIAMONDPOLISHER | Most of those in 9 across and 25 across smoothing out what's central to Ring (7,8) |
| FORWARDTHINKING | Most of those in 9 across and 25 across working at the fortune telling (7-8) |
| STANDUPCOMEDIAN | Most of those in 9 across and 25 across might be laughed off the stage (5-2,8) |
| SWARM | What happens when more than one of those in 1 across gather in the crowd? (5) |