| APOLOGUE | Tale in which explorer is overcome by fever |
| MARCOPOLO | For which explorer is Venice's main international airport named? (5,4) |
| IRAN | Modern-day country in which explorer Marco Polo allegedly saw the tombs of the Three Wise Men in the 13th century (4) |
| UJIJI | Town of W Tanzania in which explorer Henry Morton Stanley reputedly asked "Dr Livingstone, I presume?" in 1871 (5) |
| DONOTENTER | New horror movie in which explorers invesigate an abandoned hotel |
| LOVESTORY | Perhaps penned by Dame Barbara Cartland or published by Mills & Boon, a bodice-ripper or tale in which amour, passion or romance is the central theme/presiding tune (4-5) |
| SHORTSTORY | Tale in which pint-sized violent male is taken out (5,5) |
| SHAGGYDOGSTORY | Lengthy tale in which woolly-headed Conservative follows hounds (6,3,5) |
| ETERNAL | Fantastic tale in which queen and knight get together for ever (7) |
| WATERSHIPDOWN | Tale in which the principal characters speak Lapine |
| ILIAD | Tale in which Hector and Achilles duel |
| END | Part of the fairy tale in which Cinderella marries the prince |
| ALIBABAANDTHEFORTYTHIEVES | Folk tale in which the hero uses the magic phrase 'open sesame' (3,4,3,3,5,7) |
| OUTGENERAL | Being exhausted and vague is overcome by superior tactics |
| BEZAZZ | Continue to sleep when one is overcome by a flamboyant vigour |
| MASTERPLAN | The best guide ever is overcome by workout (6,4) |
| PHRASES | Resistance is overcome by changing shapes and expressions (7) |
| BENDS | Is overcome by decompression sickness (5) |
| EMPATHISE | Understand European politician is overcome by terrible heat (9) |
| APPRAISAL | Artist is overcome by shock assessment (9) |
