| INVEIGH | Rail popular with 5 and 8 given time off |
| INDEXER | One creates list at home on RH side, given time off (7) |
| CREW | An eight given credit with each-way bet (4) |
| SEAT | With 5- and 8-Across, clothing-related idiom for something that's completely improvised |
| RAREST | Painter given time off? Most uncommon (6) |
| THOUSAND | And 5 and 8 Mix for stern-sounding salad dish? (8,6,8) |
| CRUSHER | Agent of suppression; one suggested by 1, 5 and 8 Across (7) |
| POLAROPPOSITES | Completely different entities ... or the pairs of indicated words in 3-, 5- and 8- Down, in terms of meaning and location? |
| CHIMNEY | 5 & 17. Stacks cry for one who removes the effect of smoking! (7,5) |
| INFUSED | Fiend must be upset about 5, and soaked through (7) |
| ARMANDO | Avenue 5 and Veep creator, _ Iannucci (7) |
| EVINCES | Proves witness retracted in between 5 and 100 charges (7) |
| TABASCO | 5 and beans regularly included in Mexican food (7) |
| PRIMERS | Basic textbooks right to be adopted by 3, 5 and 13? (7) |
| REBECCA | Avenue 5 and The Thick of It actor, ------- Front (7) |
| GETRICH | The Force knocked thrice - as would 5 and 26 (3,4) |
| HATTREE | Henry, old PM, swops sides, making a stand for 5 and 12 |
| NINE | With 5- and 9-Across, "Head Like a Hole" band to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Nov. 7 |
| LUKEWARM | Tepid; one suggested by 1, 5 and 8 Across (8) |
| HORRIBLE | Foul, dreadful; one suggested by 1, 5 and 8 Across (8) |
