Across
| Traditional social event is unfortunately canned by lawyers | BARNDANCE |
| Head boy initially introduces rule over headphones | BRAIN |
| Evacuation chairs sat abandoned | CATHARSIS |
| Discontented player receives zero points for difficult question | POSER |
| Aspirations? Wanting one nice place to live | DESRES |
| Range of muscle displayed in David Gilmour’s action? | SPECTRUM |
| Knowledgeable person at university cutting grass area for dragonflies | ODONATA |
| Scandal, at first informal chat, going about concerning Saint Nicholas? | PARSONS |
| In frank and confidential manner, male soldiers hide nothing | MANTOMAN |
| Dilutes potential waste product, protecting river | WATERS |
| Expression of surprise about one’s wealth | MONEY |
| Out of university, uncovered sedatives for judge | ARBITRATE |
| Fraternity member described by team as one-dimensional | MASON |
| Two parties polarised after Democrat cuts Star Spangled Banner in half | USANDTHEM |
Down
| How much? That’s going to hurt | DAMAGE |
| Escaping deranged hunter’s trailing leg | ONTHERUN |
| Medic in Austria on vacation, pulled up kinky sex trousers – spicy stuff! | MADRAS |
| Overshadow telecoms provider claiming high speeds | ECLIPSE |
| On strike following unsuccessful wintry experiment | TRYOUT |
| New appearance after badly bruised facial feature | SIDEBURN |
| Mediterranean product is of ultimately Greek character | FETA |
| Angled face hides endless suffering | DIAGONAL |
| Rhythm method primarily interrupts coupling | TIME |
| Completely cover most of planet with tea supply | SATURATE |
| Hand over hospital department run by useless technocrats originally | ENTRUST |
| Impulsive response, almost very French and to a greater extent not English | TREMOR |
| Sound like a bear and sound like a horse? | WHINNY |
| Thoroughly depraved person returns in secret to Russia | ROTTER |
