| SNEAKPREVIEW | End of autumn in The Mediterranean on weekend - park and explore what a critic gets to see first! (5,7) |
| PAIDHOMAGE | What a critic will write - if given plenty of time? (4,6) |
| PROSPECT | Explore what can be seen ahead (8) |
| CHARACTERISTICS | Reacts as critic gets upset about hotel features (15) |
| AMERICANEMBASSY | Diplomatic mission for us at the end of autumn in place of overseas reps (8,7) |
| MANAGEMENT | Cope at end of autumn in forecast office with supervision (10) |
| GLEN | Finally feeling terribly lonely around end of autumn in Perthshire (4,4) |
| LYON | Finally feeling terribly lonely around end of autumn in Perthshire (4,4) |
| OCTOBER | From the Latin meaning "eight" due to its former position in the Roman calendar, the second month of autumn in the northern hemisphere, birthstone opal (7) |
| LEVY | Whose Fruit of the Lemon (1999) is set in England and Jamaica in the Thatcher era and explores Black Jamaican Britons and their struggle with the larger society? (4) |
| ALUMNI | Half of autumn in the greatest association of graduates (6) |
| MAGNOLIA | Tree turning long before start of autumn, in the end |
| DAWN | Time to see first of dew on top of grass? (4) |
| OCEANAUT | One living under the sea for a period in order to observe and explore (8) |
| SALUTE | Greet for all to see first of traders in auction (6) |
| MOCKUP | Deride for all to see first of prizes, a dummy model (4-2) |
| COMEUP | Arrive to see first person involved in a brilliant stroke |
| HEAVENLY | Delightful fling at the end of fall in New York (8) |
| RUNRISKS | "Where Wales have been unafraid to ____ and explore, England have been inflexible ..." (Stuart Barnes in 2019 Times rugby coverage) |
| NANKEENS | Granny champing at the bit to see first old Chinese cloths (8) |
