| BOOKS | Opens 14 across for school guides (5) |
| GREEKS | Opens 14 across for Pole living in Athens (6) |
| FISHWIFE | Opens 14 across for mate - a coarse type that shouts she's married to one of the swimmers! (8) |
| LIEDETECTORS | Opens 14 across for sensitive types, as they can tell if things are not as you say they are (3,9) |
| DEVILS | Those finishing 15 across for school rogues (6) |
| LISTEDBUILDINGS | Placed on a roster by 25 across for school with protected structures - technically, we don't have them here (6,9) |
| NADAL | Tennis player known as 'The King of Clay', winning the French Open 14 times on that playing surface (5) |
| HEART | Opens 14 across with enthusiasm (5) |
| PALMY | Effortlessly prosperous start to 14 across for what belongs to me (5) |
| MIAOW | A cry from 14 across for women having nothing to do with objective volte-face (5) |
| KEEPS | The Castle's opening in 14 across for start of summer (5) |
| POET | 14- Across, for one |
| TIGER | With 35-Down, golfer tied with 14-Across for most PGA Tour wins, with 82 |
| RAFAELNADAL | Spanish former tennis player who won the French Open 14 times (6,5) |
| CHIEFS | Opens 14 across at school for those in charge (6) |
| TENNISRACKET | Opens 14 across and 1 across for one of those serving their time with strings attached (6,6) |
| LETTERWRITER | Correspondent opens 14 across and 27 across (6,6) |
| BATTLE | Opens 14 across in Waterloo, for example (6) |
| DRESSINGGOWN | Opens 14 across and most of those in 23 down - the type that's tailored for those cold mornings (8,4) |
| POWERS | Opens 14 across and closes bars with whiskey drink (6) |