| WRITINGPAPER | Sounds like it's the right stuff making sense of the letters found in 9 across (7,5) |
| EVIL | Most of 13 across wouldn't be found in 9 down (4) |
| ROMANNUMERALS | Starting with 16 down, they're found in 9 and on 7 (5,8) |
| DOSSIER | Papers possibly found in 9 Down (7) |
| QUEENSKNIGHT | Sounds like it's the designated do for the potatoes? For openers, it's a good defence! (5'1,6) |
| DIALLINGTONE | Sounds like it's the last thing you hear before getting through to someone from foreign exchange per |
| THINKINGBACK | Recalling past events ... or making sense of the starred clues |
| CHAMBERMUSIC | Greek letter found in dictionary, one about lots of bars (7,5) |
| PUDDINGTIMEH | Fancy dumping diet? It's the right moment! |
| ESTATEAGENCY | Absorbing information, cast eye at nasty letters found here? (6,6) |
| COARSEST | Road at the end of the Curragh sounds like it's the roughest (8) |
| HETERONYM | Sounds like it's the same but means something different at border in Tyrone somehow (9) |
| DARKESTHOUR | Film nominated for Best Picture of 2017, and the key to making sense of the answers to the starred clues |
| SPOTON | Sounds like it's the dog's turn? Dead right it is (4,2) |
| NOISECANCELLING | Like some headphones and a hint to making sense of the answers to the starred clues |
| HONOLULUHAWAII | City whose language uses only the 12 letters found in this puzzle |
| DREIDEL | Spinning top whose four sides bear the Hebrew letters found in this puzzle's circles |
| TIKKA | Sounds like it's the heart of Indian cookery (5) |
| SCATOLOGICAL | A Scot awkwardly making sense of the joke in 1 down? (12) |
| STATISTICS | Nuisance on the radio admits winner is finally making sense of the data (10) |
