| INKEEPING | Running a pub, it is said, is appropriate (2,7) |
| LOGICAL | A soldier in a pub - it stands to reason (7) |
| CIGAR | You have to smoke this outside a pub - it makes Craig sick (5) |
| INNKEEPER | One running a pub (9) |
| HOBBY | Gardening, it is said, is a ___! (5) |
| HAITI | Apocrypha, it is said, is in parts like a Caribbean island (5) |
| BARBARITY | Savagery in pubs, it ending in affray (9) |
| SPINELESS | A smooth succulent, it could be said, is a ___ cactus. Or just lacking in courage! (9) |
| PARRICIDE | European capital, I'd said, is a terrible crime (9) |
| CHARACTER | Thespian, it's said, is after cleaner role (9) |
| BUMP | Find Tom in pub - it is a chance meeting (4,4) |
| INTO | Find Tom in pub - it is a chance meeting (4,4) |
| BYTHEBOOK | What an author's fans do, it's said, is strictly according to the rules (2,3,4) |
| DISAVOWED | "Least said is soonest ___" (ibid.) |
| RACKETEER | Terrible noise listener said is one to avoid? (9) |
| BOOZEUPS | Drunken parties so, Zoe, pub it is (5-3) |
| LOCALITY | Neighbourhood of pub it is after at end of the day (8) |
| MADAMEWEB | 2024 film that its star said is "like if AI generated your boyfriend's perfect movie" |
| ADAMEVE | ... and ... - first man, first woman, first pub (it is claimed) in Norwich (4, 3) |
| INNSIGN | Gin's ordered in pub - it should be on the house (3,4) |
