| BATH | Nearly all the characters from 14 down or English city (4) |
| LOSTINTRANSIT | Why the post didn't materialise for missing, popular characters from 14 down (4,2,7) |
| BRIGHTON | Entitlement to enter good French or English city (8) |
| OPIATE | All the characters from 3 down go crazy going to Spain for opium (6) |
| COVERCHARGES | Nearly all the characters in 7 down from Rush on bender collected by those looking after The Doors (5,7) |
| STANDGUARD | Most of those in 21 down and nearly all the characters in 1 down do a job for a major employer? (5,5) |
| DRESSAGE | Get up with nearly all the characters in 10 across for Arabian display, for example (8) |
| APSE | Some of the characters from cheap series found in church (4) |
| ABET | Help half of all the characters (4) |
| COAL | Pink heart extracted from 14 (part 1) (4) |
| STAE | The sort of party that needs nearly all the platform (4) |
| STAG | The sort of party that needs nearly all the platform (4) |
| FLEE | Nearly all the ships escape (4) |
| GRAB | Take canal boat nearly all the way back |
| SCAM | Run away from 14 down - it's a shady deal (4) |
| IBSEN | Henrik -, dramatist from fourteen down (Hedda Gabler) |
| DIAGNOSE | Identify the problem with English ballad getting to support all the characters in Revolution (8) |
| POSSE | Special force releasing half the characters from custody |
| THUNDERBOLTS | 2025 movie featuring the characters from asterisked clues (12) |
| LEAVEINTHELURCH | Retain the character from the Addams Family 11 (5,2,3,5) |
