| PILTDOWN | ____ Man, supposed early Englishman excavated from a pit in East Sussex in 1912 that turned out to be a hoax (8) |
| MAN | Fossilised remains of a hominid discovered in East Sussex in 1912 shown to be a hoax in 1953 (8,3) |
| PILTDOWNMAN | Hoax in which bone fragments found in a gravel pit in East Sussex were presented as the fossilised remains of an early human |
| RICHARDTHETHIRD | English monarch whose skeleton was excavated from a Leicester car park in 2012 (7,3,5) |
| PROGRESSIVE | Political party formed in 1912 that advocated social reform |
| TILLING | Fictional seaside town based on Rye in East Sussex in E. F. Benson's novels (7) |
| KAISER | A skier that turned out to be a ruler (6) |
| SILVERSCREE | Where you could see an old movie that turned out to be a bunch of rubble anyway? |
| INORDINATE | A rendition that turned out to be excessive |
| UNABATED | A date bun that turned out to be just as bad as before (8) |
| LAVENDERWATER | Tavern drew ale that turned out to be to perfume (8,5) |
| HAUNTING | A hunting that turned out to be evocative (8) |
| UGLY | Like the fairy-tale duckling that turned out to be a swan |
| CHERRIES | Tasty, tiny fruits with a stem on top and a hard seed (also called a "pit") in the center |
| INDISPENSABLE | Spies bad linen that turned out to be vital (13) |
| THIRDRATE | Rider that turned out to be inferior (5-4) |
| EXAMINEE | ... candidate to find a pit in a river (8) |
| BBQSANDWICH | Something that goes from a pit to your stomach? |
| INDISGUISE | Odd abiding issue involving novelist, an apparent misfortune that turned out well in the end (1,8,2,8) |
| ABLESSING | Odd abiding issue involving novelist, an apparent misfortune that turned out well in the end (1,8,2,8) |
