Across
| American in Punch sequence | CHAIN |
| Polite knight coming in to buy fish | GENTEEL |
| Souvenir same in France, not fantastic | MEMENTO |
| Outstanding police officer | SUPER |
| Criminal vice: need forensic support? | EVIDENCE |
| Composer’s address in Wales | BACH |
| Don’t punish defence | EXCUSE |
| Sentence fragment from drunken sherpa | PHRASE |
| Tower in Montenegro perhaps | ROPE |
| Dog: has he drunk 54 gallons of beer? | HOGSHEAD |
| Film star born in hurricane | GABLE |
| She in torment shows spirit | BANSHEE |
| Did hear about stick-in-the-mud | DIEHARD |
| Port one found in barrels | TUNIS |
| Linked series | CHAIN |
| Affectedly refined | GENTEEL |
| Keepsake | MEMENTO |
| Excellent | SUPER |
| Proof | EVIDENCE |
| Johann Sebastian | BACH |
| Forgive | EXCUSE |
| Expression | PHRASE |
| Stout cord | ROPE |
| Large cask | HOGSHEAD |
| Roof end | GABLE |
| Wailing woman | BANSHEE |
| Reactionary | DIEHARD |
| North African capital | TUNIS |
Down
| Host politician, English, in centre | COMPERE |
| Prepare to shoot excellent Frenchman | AIM |
| Poetry from Lear is rubbish | NONSENSE |
| Bad cough besets king who complains | GROUCH |
| Something that smells in casino security | NOSE |
| Walk, asleep and moving | ESPLANADE |
| Polar Christmas tree stocked here | LARCH |
| Silly pelican ingesting tar helpless | INCAPABLE |
| Brown makes stale joke | CHESTNUT |
| Infinite movement in Leeds North and South | ENDLESS |
| Both changed Edward in nursery | HOTBED |
| Set to falsify papers | RIGID |
| Brilliant girl without name | MEGA |
| Bird in the nest | HEN |
| TV presenter | COMPERE |
| Intent or goal | AIM |
| Balderdash | NONSENSE |
| Grumpy person | GROUCH |
| Bouquet | NOSE |
| Beach pavement | ESPLANADE |
| Deciduous conifer | LARCH |
| Incompetent | INCAPABLE |
| Horse variety | CHESTNUT |
| Perpetual | ENDLESS |
| Greenhouse area | HOTBED |
| Fixed | RIGID |
| Fantastic | MEGA |
| Female chicken | HEN |