| Clues | Answers |
| A Frenchman might be boring with debts or desperate to be successful | AMBITIOUS |
| A tax on artist retiring as virtual icon | AVATAR |
| Bacon’s partner is downstairs with shady type | EGGSHELL |
| Banks cash flow analysis of what’s consumed in France | CASSIS |
| Champagnes from the 1949 & 1953 vintages are mature and the sommelier would recommend them | OLDWINES |
| Commute a sentence locking up kid | TEASE |
| Director is dropped from Sky Channel | DRAIN |
| Dubious tablet competition | BATTLE |
| Finishes most of 26 across with medic – the popular one from The Palace knocking back the Chablis | WINEDRINKING |
| Interrupting those having a ball by making a sarcastic comment that’s fashionable | CUTTINGIN |
| Is not entertaining brief part on The Bridge – the one caught with the drug | NARCOTIC |
| Is worn out by The Don perhaps teaching others a lesson on how to steal ecstasy | ACADEMICROBE |
| Marginal correction is disturbing | ALARMING |
| Offers blanket coverage perhaps of extract from Trump on choices | PONCHO |
| Old police force in Channel Islands finding local stimulant is not what the Count wants to see | CRUCIFIX |
| Old Roman administrators of university in Meath town opposed to leaders in regional innovation | TRIUMVIRI |
| One of the assets and most of the old local money in Cork | LIQUID |
| Opens 18 across and 10 across with oral examinations in Bordeaux perhaps | WINETASTINGS |
| Paramilitaries reject measure of intelligence from Middle East resident | IRAQI |
| Passing note disregarding spies from friendly island | TONGAN |
| Point-to-point permits high flyers | SWALLOWS |
| Prickly type in 23 down left | TEASEL |
| Question in court for vet in a bad mood from the start | CROSSEXAMINE |
| Running through Cork carrying Monet all over the place from art centre bears fruit | LEMONTREE |
| Sally’s cuts around broken toes | RIPOSTES |
| Strong dislike of housemaids scattering ashes | ODIUM |
| Suspect swallows new drink in the bar – it’s not a full alcoholic measure | SHANDY |
| Trying out more than one of those in 1 across or reviewing samples of The Libation Bearers | TASTINGS |
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