Across
| One retrieving game: a new Man City player | GUNDOGAN |
| Little woman with bottle full of spirit? | JOVIAL |
| Demand made in divorce court case? | EXACTION |
| Stimulate understanding for an audience | INCITE |
| Last pope and his troubled role in the Church | APOSTLESHIP |
| Ace team needs order in principle | AXIOM |
| Pop star one entering auditorium successfully | HALLIWELL |
| Jet stream in northern location | BLACKBURN |
| Far side of the lake is spooky | EERIE |
| School crooner bored by the French director | SCHLESINGER |
| More work’s work one placed in out-tray occasionally | UTOPIA |
| One Tibetan animal in rite cooked as food | TERIYAKI |
| Score from left in play when ball’s thrown out? | TWENTY |
| Voracious French FA in time exploit backing | ESURIENT |
Down
| Star from Greece with character there above dress circle | GRETAGARBO |
| American with Pole in for training beat Italian | NEAPOLITAN |
| Maybe G8 leaders to end talks after month | OCTET |
| Answer for alien’s reserved but planned in advance | AFORETHOUGHT |
| 1-0 up: hard supporter’s throttled Reds fan? | OENOPHILE |
| Bird single for second time | IBIS |
| Seconds in plenty with beef put in place | LIEU |
| Heard Pilsner interfered with randy men | PHILANDERERS |
| Decline note taken round Russian city once denied power | RETROGRADE |
| Maths expert’s lager tab is recalculated | ALGEBRAIST |
| Rough and ready fashion garment | MAKESHIFT |
| Here in Paris monarch is more aloof | ICIER |
| Still avoiding eastern desert | QUIT |
| Area of filled pizza having no calories | ZONE |
