| Clues | Answers |
| A material to be created – whenever! | ATWILL |
| Academic gets involved in robbery for the pleasure of it | HEDONIST |
| Bear is quite loud during short life | BIFFO |
| Bright, but less so when son leaves | SUNLIT |
| Control party lackey | DOMINION |
| Crush your opposition after eviscerating them – it makes graphic news | CHYRON |
| Extracting a rabbit – three times? | HATTRICK |
| Frantically cast around for missing female performers | ACTORS |
| Guide plays her party piece | SHERPA |
| He is in full clothing while doing it | INTHEACT |
| Material effect sun had on sailor | TARTAN |
| Nation’s obese people exploited by the elite? (3,3,2,3,4) | THEFATOFTHELAND |
| Old prospector makes more subtle case for outrageous try on | FORTYNINER |
| Pretentious girl going after young man | LADIDA |
| Reluctant to swallow artichoke heart unprepared – it might stick there | CRAW |
| Report admitted after endless nonsense | BULLETIN |
| Run into hot ring? It may damage tissue | INFARCTION |
| Sailors start to cut rations eight ways | CREW |
| She is keen to rise in opposition to 24 down | DIVA |
| Short revocation holding back secret | COVERT |
| Singer caused old poet to recoil | DIVO |
| Sound equipment Nigeria had distributed | HEARINGAID |
| Speed merchant out to give you a rush? | DRUGDEALER |
| They are joined by those seeking an explanation | DOTS |
| They include Mike and Oscar in their letters | NATO |
| They may investigate why Italian team gets cut back | INTERPOL |
| Threaten delay | HOLDOVER |
| Unusual scale for outside location | ALFRESCO |