| BORS | Only one of the three Grail knights to survive and return to King Arthur's court (4) |
| CAMELOT | Beast of burden returning to King Arthur's castle (7) |
| GIZA | The Great Pyramid of ____: the only one of the Seven Wonders of the World still standing. (4) |
| FIRE | Wind at work: It's the only one of the natural elements that is spread by one of the others |
| SOLE | Only one of the denizens of the deep (4) |
| URSA | Couples gripped by dolour: sadly, only one of the two bears up (4) |
| FALL | It's the only one of the four seasons that has two names |
| ASIA | Ailsa loses a bit of luggage and returns to the continent (4) |
| SOCK | Only one of the pair? That's a blow (4) |
| EDEN | And return to garden with mine detector (4) |
| TREK | Go for tramp and return to ticker tape parade (4) |
| TEEM | They meet and return to swarm (4) |
| OMIT | Leave out Tim and return to the circle |
| MOAN | I leave Naomi and return to grizzle about it (4) |
| AKID | Family film, ___ in King Arthur's Court |
| LED | At the start of this week's parashah, Beshalach, knowing the people may have a change of heart seeing war and return to Egypt, "God ___ the people around by way of the desert at the Yam Suf..." - Exod |
| CHRISRYAN | British author who was the only member of the ill-fated SAS mission Bravo Two Zero to both survive and escape capture during the Gulf War |
| RYAN | With 14-Across: executive producer of the new five-episode National Geographic show "Underdogs," which highlights how creatures lower on the food chain manage to survive and thrive |
| NATURALSELECTION | Process whereby better adapted organisms tend to survive and reproduce (7,9) |
| MICHIGAN | Lake ... is the only one of the five Great Lakes of North America that lies entirely within the Unit |