| MADHOUSE | 9D 21D giving rise to EU's "Oh!" perhaps |
| BIRDCALL | Coo! Perhaps it is time to put on ring (8) |
| ACHIEVER | Vie! Reach! Perhaps one will succeed (8) |
| EUROPIUM | EU's regret over drug (8) |
| EUROPEAN | A citizen who uses the EU's currency? No, a rupee possibly (8) |
| UNSUBTLE | EU's blunt, angry, direct (8) |
| SUDANESE | EU citizens inspired by EU's backing for African (8) |
| NUMEROUS | Many mourn EU's abandonment (8) |
| DRUMMOND | Scot who was the first woman marine engineer in Britain (8,8) (see 9D) |
| GROSSOUT | Elicit a "TMI!", perhaps |
| NEBULISE | Use Mister Newton for spreading EU's bile |
| ANTEATER | Monotreme mammal also known as an echidna (5,8) (see 9D) |
| SAMANTHA | & 9D Best Actress in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for The Collector (8,5) |
| MAUMBURY | & 9D Neolithic henge in Dorchester, Dorset, north-east of Maiden Castle (8,5) |
| ODETOJOY | Theme in Beethoven's 9th symphony used as the EU's official anthem (3,2,3) |
| HAUNTING | And 22D: A - in -, 2023 whodunnit film starring 21A, 29A, 9D, and 18D; based on the book Halloween Party by Agatha Christie (8,6) |
| SPOTTING | Film school on location before Cannes, say? Good! (13) (see 9D) |
| THEANGRY | & 9D 1955 novel by Leon Uris |
| THEHOUSE | & 9D 1969 novel by Daphne du Maurier (3,5,2,3,6) |
| GHOSTSOF | , 9D & 22D 2009 romcom starring Matthew McConaughey and Jennifer Garner (6,2,11,4) |
