| CEDARSOFLEBANON | Old French behind 1 down providing a home for those in 9 across in a forest symbolic of power and longevity (6,2,7) |
| AUREVOIR | Nice farewell is the opposite of one of those from 9 across, in a manner of speaking (2,6) |
| ROME | State travel and capital for those in 9 across (4) |
| LINEOFDUTY | Old French behind bar taking responsibility while one is working there on security perhaps (4,2,4) |
| LODE | Find behind 1-Down |
| CANADA | A new commercial welcomed by accountant providing a home for those in 15 across (6) |
| MATTEROFOPINION | Old French behind 8 across and most of those in 14 across? That's open to debate! (6,2,7) |
| HILL | Dublin terrace, a home for those in 3 down (4) |
| ADOPTING | Providing a home for a small charge (8) |
| MOTIONPICTURE | New competition providing a home for extremely unfamiliar film |
| CENTAUR | One of a race of creatures in Greek mythology with the head, arms and torso of a man and legs and lo |
| BEDROOM | Place in home for those who are down and out? |
| MANSION | For the mother and son in trouble, providing a home (7) |
| ROOFRACKS | For those hitting the road with The Gladstones, for example, it's on the house for those who can hold their drink (4,5) |
| CONVALESCENT | Recovering beers and Charlie confiscated by home for those with a habit (12) |
| KILL | Use a crafty throw - and, lo, siskin and tit now bleed (4,3,5,4,3,5) |
| STRANGELOVE | Merkin Muffley, one of his many roles in Kubrick's Dr. ... or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Lo |
| CONCEIVABLE | Take a cab in Venice and Lo! You can imagine what follows |
| KIWI | One in a measure of power, and one getting the bird |
| SYNERGY | Combined effect of evil spoken, a bit of power, and the unknown (7) |
