| IRONY | Oscar Wilde thought that this was 'something wasted on the stupid' (5) |
| THUNDER | Aristotle thought that this weather phenomenon was the result of colliding clouds |
| STOCKINGS | 33 In olden days, a glimpse of this was something shocking |
| RACES | "There are only two _ on this planet - the intelligent and the stupid": John Fowles (5) |
| YOUTH | "- is wasted on the young", quotation attributed to George Bernard Shaw (5) |
| GALEN | Early Greek medic who was something of an angel (5) |
| DOPEY | One of the Seven Dwarfs (the stupid one) |
| AUDEN | The poet, given names Wystan Hugh, who wrote 'I thought that love would last forever: I was wrong' |
| UTTER | "And I would that my tongue could ... /The thoughts that arise in me" (Tennyson) |
| SOLID | What I sold was something substantial (5) |
| CUTIE | Death Cab for ___, American rock band whose debut album was Something About Airplanes, released in 1998 |
| CLODS | Foolishly scold the stupid people (5) |
| IDEAS | Thoughts that may be set aside (5) |
| EARTH | It's not altogether clear that this was an element (5) |
| GREATMINDSTHINKALIKE | Kingmaker hands title out one's accepted - I thought that too! (5,5,5,5) |
| FERNANDO | There was something in the air that night, the stars were bright in this 1976 ABBA hit |
| ANSWERS | "Did you question all the ___..." ("Wasted On the Way") |
| CAVIARE | Eggs the Bard said wasted on the general (7) |
| CROSSHISMEND | It suddenly occurred that this was one way to test your tailor's repair job? |
| MIRACLE | I'm to make it clear that this was no ordinary happening (7) |
