Across
| Young dog one left for schoolchild | PUPIL |
| Lawsuit about uranium sale | AUCTION |
| Merchant one in red and white? | VINTNER |
| Start university in arrears | DEBUT |
| Panicked state dogs Spike | TAILSPIN |
| Drama as Liberal cuts wages | PLAY |
| One-dimensional words disheartened Arthur | LINEAR |
| Reprobate in small hotel with late royal | SINNER |
| Motor, serviceable at last, to give hoot | CARE |
| In bed here knight not babbling | COHERENT |
| Not too bright, duke seen wandering | DENSE |
| Fight insanely large over 2p? | GRAPPLE |
| Tear repaired — Edward given care | TREATED |
| Yoga pose united many outside | LOTUS |
| Learner | PUPIL |
| Bidding event | AUCTION |
| Wine seller | VINTNER |
| First appearance | DEBUT |
| Spiral plane dive | TAILSPIN |
| Theatrical presentation | PLAY |
| Sequential | LINEAR |
| Transgressor | SINNER |
| Consideration | CARE |
| Lucid and logical | COHERENT |
| Closely compacted | DENSE |
| Wrestle | GRAPPLE |
| Dealt with | TREATED |
| Sacred water lily | LOTUS |
Down
| Vital op could be this? | PIVOTAL |
| Joke from deep underground | PUN |
| Sporting official who writes verse? | LINESMAN |
| Chicken RAF cooked to assist | AFRAID |
| Law lord who ran around departs | CODE |
| One can blame corrupt bias | IMBALANCE |
| Person at typewriter somewhat smart | NATTY |
| Organ in derelict church to create bliss? | IGNORANCE |
| Burning sphere in rifle lab exploded | FIREBALL |
| Republican creatures are cads | ROTTERS |
| Determined as Lassie for example? | DOGGED |
| Military student from DC ate bananas | CADET |
| Reportedly only a joke | JEST |
| Mary Jane or Jerry? | POT |
| Critical | PIVOTAL |
| Play on words | PUN |
| Assistant referee | LINESMAN |
| Frightened | AFRAID |
| Encrypted writing | CODE |
| Disparity | IMBALANCE |
| Dapper | NATTY |
| Not knowing | IGNORANCE |
| Bright meteor | FIREBALL |
| Bounders | ROTTERS |
| Tenacious | DOGGED |
| Police trainee | CADET |
| Witticism | JEST |
| Vase or bowl | POT |
