| TAKESILK | Photographs type to become QC (4,4) |
| HIGHFLIER | Brilliant city type to become astronaut? |
| SEPIA | Old photograph type |
| SILKWORM | Despicable type under QC is producer of material (8) |
| FALCONER | Charlie ___, Labour politician and QC who served as Lord Chancellor from 2003 to 2007 (8) |
| KAVANAGH | Knock a van, aghast to find it carried QC played by John Thaw (8) |
| SPUNSILK | Yarn put favourable slant on QC |
| NORTHROP | Literary critic Mr. Frye born in Sherbrooke, QC |
| BASILISK | Bishop is interrupting a QC, fearful creature (8) |
| JOHNTHAW | Who do you associate with Inspector Morse and Kavanagh QC? (4,4) |
| MORTIMER | QC who wrote the Horace Rumpole books and other novels including Paradise Postponed, Summer's Lease, Titmuss Regained and The Sound of Trumpets (8) |
| FORENSIC | Retiring QC: 'Is Nero finally admitting this evidence in court?' (8) |
| REDBAG | A barrister's burgundy cloth holdall for robes and wigs, presented by a KC/QC to a junior in recognition of their contribution to a case (3,3) |
| MILKSOP | According to Spooner, QC cleaner's a wimp (7) |
| ILK | QC, beginning to go off class (3) |
| SILK | What QC takes endless skill to arrange (4) |
| ALKALIS | Content to leave alcohol, rising QC consumes a lime and soda? (7) |
| ARMAND | Valcourt, QC born founder of Bombardier, Joseph-__ Bombardier |
| VAL | ___-d'Or, QC |
| CARMAN | Former QC and and female politician replace leader (6) |