| DECAFF | Turns up, party with outstanding debt to begin with, has no access to 26 across (6) |
| OWING | Familiar with first couple leaving with outstanding debt |
| MYWORD | Well in area I'm familiar with has no end of oil |
| VIVAVOCE | It's said in Rome, Vivian Anderson to begin with has voice lacking initial initiative (4,4) |
| AUTOBAHN | A U-boat, to begin with, has never exploded in German transport lanes (8) |
| TEMPO | Short-term worker, to finish with, has no pace (5) |
| ODIOUS | Oscar died with outstanding debts? That's disgusting (6) |
| ALLOWING | Taking into account everyone with outstanding debts (8) |
| SUBDUED | Despondent newspaper worker with outstanding debts firstly (7) |
| SHAKEN | Like 21 22's 13, a possible clue to 26 8 (6,3,7) |
| SNIFFS | Examines in a nosy way perhaps, setting up party for those on the bass (6) |
| STODGE | Gets worried about bringing up party food, if it's too heavy (6) |
| SCAMPI | Seafood is knocked up: party tucking in (6) |
| NOODLE | Head up party held by SpaceX founder Musk (6) |
| UNPAID | Like outstanding debts |
| DYNAMO | Juice supplier loads up party bags |
| JULIET | Theatrical miss with little time - she was meant to go to 26 across (6) |
| LANDLOCKED | With no access to the sea |
| OMEGA | Girl with nothing to start with has stripped a foreign character (5) |
| BITETHEDUST | Best diet thus largely interfered with has to stop (4,3,4) |
