| THUNDERCLOUD | Noisy type synonymous with Sky blocks The Sun - when this is over, expect a downfall (12) |
| EXCESSIVE | This is over the top, too! (9) |
| KAHAWAI | Kiwis' dance almost over: expect short perch for them |
| VICTORIAPLUM | One of those stoned types synonymous with Queen found in The Seychelles with Deep Purple? (8,4) |
| WINDOWSHADES | They're pulled down to block the sun |
| GANGRENE | Harry is after shortening energy switch - the type synonymous with circulation problems damaging the cells (8) |
| BROCCOLI | Brother officers from unit, the type synonymous with spears - a concern for those managing the plot (8) |
| SHOWNOREMORSE | Don't apologise for overhearing Eoin in The Beach - the dotty type synonymous with the code (4,2,7) |
| IMPALA | One politician from a city in America, a beastly type synonymous with the herd mentality (6) |
| DRYAD | Type of wine with balance, medium-bodied finish? A divine legendary type synonymous with oak! (5) |
| FICTITIOUS | College in Trim near IT has debts - the type synonymous with the bookmakers (10) |
| ECLIPSE | When the moon blocks the sun, eg (7) |
| CHURCHES | Awful crush over revolutionary types synonymous with a form of worshiping (8) |
| WARMTH | "And too many moonlight kisses / Seem to cool in the ____ of the sun" (When I Fall in Love lyrics) |
| ICARUS | In Greek mythology, a son of Daedalus who flew too near the sun when trying to escape from Crete |
| IBELIEVEICANFLY | R. Kelly hit whose last title word is aptly rhymed with 'sky' in the lyrics ... and a hint to the starts of the other four longest puzzle answers |
| MOON | It blocks the sun in a solar eclipse |
| COMPOUND | The bow type synonymous with 'amalgam.' (8) |
| TANS | Colours the skin in the sun when converts to leather |
| FAIRYGODMOTHERS | Loud nonchalant spouses of gangsters - perhaps the types synonymous with pantomimes (5,10) |
