| QUARTERFINALIST | Having two pints with hesitation, female in a catalogue - one of the last eight |
| ALARMIST | Weapon in a catalogue, one spreading panic (8) |
| FAIRYTALE | Single by The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl, released in 1987, that has reached the top ten in the last eight years (9) |
| OFNEWYORK | Single by The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl, released in 1987, that has reached the top ten in the last eight years (9,2,3,4) |
| QUARTET | The four of us have two pints with an alien (7) |
| STYX | River whose name comes entirely from the last eight letters of the alphabet |
| QUARANTINE | One having two pints outside home before start of extended period of isolation (10) |
| QUARTER | Have a couple of pints with the queen in part four (7) |
| WESTERNSAMOA | Country which reached the last eight of the 1991 and 1995 Rugby World Cups under its old name (7,5) |
| VIDIT | Four Indians - Gukesh, Praggnanandhaa, Arjun, and this GM - reached the last eight of the recent FIDE World Cup. (5) |
| FIJI | Pacific island where the last eight seasons of Survivor have been filmed |
| APRICATION | A price in catalogue, one with agreed exposure that's rare |
| SPIDER | Drips around the last eight-legged one |
| PIPS | "... nu, xi, omicron and ___: I'll save the last eight for my next letter" |
| QUARTERS | Shares two pints with Queen and son |
| LIST | Is left, at the start, with first place in a catalogue (4) |
| REVEREND | Member of the clergy is right, always, to the last (8) |
| QUARTERFINAL | Round for the last eight (7-5) |
| LIBERATE | In middle of catalogue, one carpet is free (8) |
| LANDLORD | Master of line and length, Old Rook, bowled at the last (8) |
