| Clues | Answers |
| Admit | CONCEDE |
| Bitter alkaloid used in tonic water | QUININE |
| Brick made of cinders, sand and cement | BREEZEBLOCK |
| Bro’s sibling | SIS |
| Custodian of eg a museum collection | CURATOR |
| Devil | SATAN |
| Division coming from the main stem | BRANCH |
| Flamboyance | ECLAT |
| Hugely successful film | BLOCKBUSTER |
| Landowner | SQUIRE |
| Last overall commander of the American Confederate States army | LEE |
| Light sparkling Italian red wine | LAMBRUSCO |
| Mutually beneficial | SYMBIOTIC |
| Never again | NOMORE |
| Nigella __ neo-vitalism (anag) | LOVEINAMIST |
| Obscenity (to be deleted?) | EXPLETIVE |
| Perplexed (like 23?) | ATSEA |
| Respond more emotionally than is justified | OVERREACT |
| Seaman | TAR |
| Sicilian dessert wine | MARSALA |
| Standard score for a round of golf | PAR |
| Stuck | JAMMED |
| Two Hollywood film stars from 1940 | TOMANDJERRY |
| Unachievable perfection? | IDEAL |
