| NOWAYAPAPAYAWON | That tropical entry could not have captured first place in the fruit competition, palindromically |
| DOORPOST | Mail delivery through the entry could be a jam reportedly (4,4) |
| TEE | Such a late entry could produce something for the golfer's advantage (3) |
| STICKITTOTHEMANGO | "Label that tropical fruit already!" |
| TOBAGO | Land splits at that tropical island |
| ENLISTED | The French took first place, in the end, having joined up (8) |
| GREECE | Country whose sportspeople always take first place in the parade at the opening ceremony of every Olympics |
| APRICOTS | Fruit that is a traditional feature in Mallorcan gastronomy, the best reputed to come from the area around Porreres where a fair in the fruit's honour forms part of the town's Sant Joan fiestas (8) |
| GARLAND | Wreath for a reverend's first place in the organ (7) |
| HEADWAITERS | Serving men taking first place in the queue? |
| ANACHRONISM | The representation of a person or thing in a historical context in which it could not have existed (11) |
| ALIBI | (law) A defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question. |
| ANACHRONISMS | Representations of people or things in historical contexts in which they could not have existed (12) |
| DOUBTLESS | "... I could not have perceived the universe, or written one of my poems, if I had not freely given |
| MORO | Philippine troops have captured the headquarters of the ___ Islamic Liberation Front |
| ANNA | Forename of a ballerina noted for her signature role in The Dying Swan and immortalisation in the fruit, meringue and whipped-cream pudding that carries her surname (4) |
| TGIF | "The weekend could not have come any sooner!" |
| IMAM | Claim a man makes to have captured the prayer leader (4) |
| PEACH | One of the items in the fruit bowl going for a song? |
| MANGO | He gets the order to leave and bring in the fruit (5) |
