| Clues | Answers |
| 1 across covers 4 across, for starters, and final course taken in hand by one working on the last supper? | PAINTBRUSHES |
| A Crimean novel linked to Tyre reporting old glory | AMERICANFLAG |
| A job for the sailor, held by the dealer and held by the gambler | DECKHAND |
| American loses the head with a trim swimmer from European capital | ANKARA |
| Approaches missing chap for the divas | OPERAS |
| Avoids shop for Cubans and the one that doesn’t cure the meat | NONSMOKER |
| Brie coming out of Gobi Desert is lumpy in an indigestible way | STODGE |
| Casual labourer opening yard without rhyme or reason | RANDOMLY |
| Compensate for women from Aer Lingus in tough flight | OUTWEIGH |
| Delete some disclaimer as expected | ERASE |
| Enters one building responsible for 20 down | SONNETEER |
| Every so often, Somme site is redeveloped | SOMETIMES |
| Exercises journalists’ union and pressure on society | PRESSUPS |
| Finishes 11 down similarly working on crafty type | ENSIGN |
| First piece of writing in what 6 down produced | PROEM |
| Local drunk has a habit of going missing when it’s his round presumably | TIGHT |
| Old drunk in Portugal finds love in Iberian city | OPORTO |
| One of The Cars sells places where The Animals sold out perhaps | STOCKMARKETS |
| One of those in 10 across always starts the count in Montana | MONET |
| Pal out of Spinal Tap makes it more colourful on the canvas | PAINTS |
| Part-time office worker in plane, for example, going to Spain for post popular with Indians | TOTEMPOLE |
| Red-tailed black sharks sound almost vicious! | FISHES |
| Rejection in Brief Encounter is really rotten! | BRUSHOFF |
| Retweet over English judge contacting workers leads to another judgement | REASSESSMENT |
| Sent off over starting outburst and named by the linesman | SONNET |
| Takes drugs from celebrity with online identity | USERNAME |
| Those who put on their coats to work with most of 1 across in a number of hospitals | PAINTERS |
| What definitely affects the retirement plan will keep you up all night | INSOMNIA |
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