Across
| Small cat polluted air | SMOG |
| Evil situation: man will defect | HELLHOLE |
| Present in the vicinity | ATHAND |
| Writer’s bed in Kent region | SCRIBE |
| Magnificent woods run wild | WONDROUS |
| Bring home bacon in nuclear navy | EARN |
| G-man back close to guard | DEFEND |
| Score with Ulster thrashed | RESULT |
| Drive after parking vehicle mums use | PRAM |
| Man traps bird in water barrier | ASWANDAM |
| Golfer ready to make money | PROFIT |
| Brosnan’s Romeo in drama | PIERCE |
| Spoilt brat shown on TV | IMPAIRED |
| Takes food in neat spoonfuls | EATS |
| Smoke mixed with fog | SMOG |
| Unbearable place | HELLHOLE |
| Close by | ATHAND |
| Copyist | SCRIBE |
| Awesome | WONDROUS |
| Deserve or merit | EARN |
| Shield | DEFEND |
| Consequence | RESULT |
| Baby carriage | PRAM |
| 1902 Nile construction | ASWANDAM |
| Financial gain | PROFIT |
| Penetrate | PIERCE |
| Weakened | IMPAIRED |
| Consumes | EATS |
Down
| Temperature in Rome disrupted rail system | METRO |
| Noble relative on Scottish river | GRANDEE |
| Carrier from Lesotho delivered | HOD |
| Stalwarts fighting ultimate provocation | LASTSTRAW |
| Keep talking in mob | HORDE |
| Politician reinvented Braille | LIBERAL |
| Ex-teacher becomes great artist | OLDMASTER |
| Is one soundly beaten? | EARDRUM |
| Honest one in screen adaptation | SINCERE |
| Mob intend uprising about a fine | MAFIA |
| Company in a street in Berkshire town | ASCOT |
| Shell in Aleppo detonates | POD |
| Paris underground | METRO |
| Man of high rank | GRANDEE |
| Brick holder | HOD |
| Final inconvenience | LASTSTRAW |
| Crowd | HORDE |
| Broad-minded | LIBERAL |
| Revered painting | OLDMASTER |
| Tympanic membrane | EARDRUM |
| Free from deceit | SINCERE |
| Sicilian criminals | MAFIA |
| Royal racecourse | ASCOT |
| Pea container | POD |
