| EDITION | William and I, with no backing, make a terrific sum (7) |
| BILLION | William and I, with no backing, make a terrific sum (7) |
| POTION | Kitty and I with no new concoction (6) |
| ARTIFICER | Forces mechanic to make a terrific explosion |
| UMBILICALHERNIA | I, with no end of human brilliance, managed to develop a stomach bulge |
| BILLIONAIRES | William and I broadcasting news periodically - we've made a packet? |
| MOISTEN | Doctor and I with a submachinegun dampen things down (7) |
| VALIANT | Valerie and I with worker who is brave (7) |
| DEBORAH | - Kerr, Scottish film great who co-starred in The King and I with Yul Brynner (7) |
| ABANDON | Leave a musical group with no backing (7) |
| RACCOON | A cricket club involved in run out with no backing up -- one's got black eyes! (7) |
| PUTUPON | Allow to stay with no backing, being exploited |
| INTEGER | I, with regent, cooked up a number (7) |
| OMINOUS | Chant I (with intelligence) make for something inauspicious (7) |
| SPENSER | Author of The Faerie Queene, an allegorical epic poem dedicated to Elizabeth I with characters painted in watercolours by William Blake some 250 years later (7) |
| CRANIUM | Contrary drug cop I, with little hesitation, nut (7) |
| ORIGAMI | ... or bring back G.I. with French friend for Japanese paper craft (7) |
| PULLONESPUNCHES | Yank and I with small horses go easy with stick (4,4,7) |
| TONI | Singer Watson, a.k.a. Tones and I, with the 2019 hit "Dance Monkey" |
| WESTERN | Film you and I with most of 12 across in point-to-point (7) |
