| ENGLISHMAN | 'For he himself has said it, And it's greatly to his credit, That he is an ___' (WS Gilbert) (10) |
| IPSE | With "dixit", Latin for "he himself said it", used in legal contexts to refer to a dogmatic unproven statement (4) |
| ABALONE | Jack, by himself, has seafood (7) |
| ARM | "With him is an ___ of flesh" (2 Chron. 32:8) |
| BABBALLADS | "The ... ..." is an 1869 volume of verse by WS Gilbert (3,7) |
| HARASSMENT | Though unusually smart he is an annoyance (10) |
| ADMISSIONS | Teacher has said no running around for new students |
| AMON | He is an Egyptian primeval deity, originally a god of the dead, whose name signifies "the hidden one." He is the Son of Thoth and Maat. Who is it? |
| PERICLES | He is an Athenian statesman who, among other accomplishments, was responsible for building the Acropolis, begun in 447. One of Shakespeare's plays has his name in its title. |
| ORPHEUS | He is an ancient Greek legendary hero endowed with superhuman musical skills. He also became the patron of a religious movement based on sacred writings said to be his own. In The Merchant of Venice ( |
| CROMWELL | To his credit, he took an order conscientiously (8) |
| DALI | Surrealist who claimed that he had never taken drugs but that he himself was a drug |
| CRIER | Credit that is right for an announcer (5) |
| IPSEDIXIT | Dogmatic and unsupported assertion; Latin, 'he himself said it' (4,5) |
| CROP | Credit that Italian river to flow back and you might get a good one this season |
| MAVERICK | Mr Jagger is about to affirm he is an unconventional sort of character (8) |
| TREATMENT | Doctor matters greatly to hospital department ... and what he provides (9) |
| ELAM | Jason with a record 63-yard field goal to his credit |
| CHARGEACCOUNT | War hero's tale? Could be to his credit (6,7) |
| ACE | Fighter pilot with a good many victories to his credit ? (3) |
