| ANIMATED | Struggled to keep calm with what 3 down did (8) |
| OLDSCHOOL | Conservative keeps calm, with hearts sinking |
| PROVIDED | Laid on expert who struggled to keep date (8) |
| HAWKEYED | We had struggled to keep opener extremely watchful (4-4) |
| EVOLVE | First pair eventually come back with what 3 down represents and things slowly develop |
| MOO | What do 3 Down do? (3) |
| GUARDDOGS | What 9, 10, 11, 15, 17, 25, 26, 27 Across and 1, 3 Down do for means of defence (5,4) |
| PATIENCE | After I took my naughty niece, Penny, to Teignmouth, I had a headache and was in tatters! I need more capacity to keep calm (8) |
| SOMEBODY | It's being unspecified what 3 24 sang to 2 (8) |
| ESCORTED | In order to keep calm from the start, on hand as bride comes up the aisle |
| NOCLAIMS | Disturbed son I calm with a bonus (2,6) |
| DAMPDOWN | Calm with a vertical wet cloth? (4,4) |
| NONUSERS | Those who don't take drugs could be referred to as what (3-5) |
| CUBEROOT | What 3 is to 27 (4,4) |
| ASSUAGES | Calms with cooked sausages? (8) |
| SPLITEND | Hair problem, and what three short puzzle answers each has |
| DROPTROU | Moon, or what three answers in this puzzle literally do |
| FALLINGSTARS | Meteors, and what three Down answers aptly contain |
| ACTUP | A place in retreat to keep calm initially and carry on (3,2) |
| DISTILLED | Failed to keep calm to be purified |
