| VITALROLE | Not the part of the ghost but an important one |
| INSTRUMENTPANEL | Not the part of car where you'll find the horn, however |
| SNUG | But surely not the part of pub where firearms are raised! (4) |
| SUNRISE | Slang term for an emerging growth sector that is expected to be an important one in the future, ... |
| AND | Anyway, it's not the part of Ireland where lire can be in circulation! |
| CURTAINRAISER | Event before an important one (7-6) |
| YEAR | 1881 is an important one in Brandon history |
| GRAINPORT | Thunder Bay is an important one as per Canadian shipping: 2 wds. |
| LIVELY | Dame Penelope -, author of The Ghost of Thomas Kempe, A Stitch in Time, The Voyage of QV66 and other novels for children (6) |
| LASTAPPEARANCE | The farewell performance in the role of the ghost? (4,10) |
| LARSEN | Captain of the Ghost, in Jack London's "The Sea Wolf" |
| CARTESIAN | Improbably certain as philosophy of "the ghost in the machine" (9) |
| CHARLES | 'Britannia' No. 70033, and author of the ghost story The Signalman (7) |
| DICKENS | 'Britannia' No. 70033, and author of the ghost story The Signalman (7) |
| MEAL | Breakfast is the most important one of the day, some say |
| ASIDE | The side of a single seen as the most important one (1-4) |
| TIERNEY | Gene of "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir" |
| EWAN | Actor McGregor of The Ghost Writer |
| SHAW | Reta of "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir" |
| RETA | Shaw of "The Ghost & Mrs. Muir" |
