| CAR | Sour deal: If the ___ you purchased turned out to be a 1A, the transaction may have left you feeling a bit bitter |
| WAY | "What if the ___ you hold me is actually what's holy?" |
| RECEIPT | Take your tree pic back to the garden centre to prove you purchased it! (7) |
| ORDEALS | Or business transactions may turn out to become severe trials (7) |
| POPULATED | Top up deal if it can be provided with people (9) |
| BILGE | Big deal if ad has been axed - as it turns out, it's rubbish |
| HABIT | Routine advice: If taking a quiet moment with a cup of hot tea leaves you feeling relaxed, maybe you should make it a ___ |
| PORT | Left of a ship ... or what a ship may have left |
| BANKSTATEMENT | A summary provided by a financial institution of the transactions on a customer's account (4,9) |
| SAM | "Are you glad to be free?/Are you feeling lost just like me?" (Olivia Newton-John) (3) |
| MALTESE | The ....... ......, standard example of a 1A in the novel by Dashiell Hammett (7,6) |
| FALCON | The ....... ......, standard example of a 1A in the novel by Dashiell Hammett (7,6) |
| PARP | A sound like that of a honking car horn or in jest, a 1A |
| ONCE | All together now!: At a 1A party, everyone pops up at ___ to shout "[1A]!" |
| STUB | Part of a cheque which was retained as a record of the transaction (4) |
| RUPEE | 'The chapter on the Fall of the ___ you may omit. It is somewhat too sensational' (Wilde) (5) |
| HIGHWATER | School servant I dismissed may have left a mark (4,5) |
| CELERIAC | Relic ace may have left, of a vegetable (8) |
| AIRPORT | Left, from pilot's point of view? He may have left it! (7) |
| PLIMSOLL | Canvas shoe that may have left its mark on a ship (8) |
