| REMAINSOFTHEDAY | Ishiguro novel to grapple with if headmaster on duty, finally (7,2,3,3) |
| PROXY | Substitute for ten on duty finally (5) |
| GREYMAN | Agent on duty finally getting caught ___ he's not very bright (4,3) |
| FIREINONESBELLY | The intense spirit of what you're left with if you swallow everything in The Inferno (4,2,3'1,5) |
| GASTRONOMY | Beginning to grapple with one branch of physics, and the science of food (10) |
| WRESTLE | Lew takes a rest and leaves us to grapple with it (7) |
| THEREMAINSOFTHE | Kazuo Ishiguro, who won his Nobel in 2017, is best known for this novel, made into a hit 1993 film starring Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson |
| DIVINETRILOGY | Verse collection: Dante's Inferno at beginning, trying to grapple with evil and ending in Paradiso? (6,7) |
| COMETOGRIPSWITH | Grapple with |
| NEVERLETMEGO | 2005 Kazuo Ishiguro novel with the line "Carers aren't machines" |
| REMAINS | "The ___ of the Day" (Oscar-nominated film based on a Kazuo Ishiguro novel) |
| NEVER | ___ Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro novel made into a 2010 film (5) |
| DIA | "Los restos del ___" (Spanish translation of a 1989 Kazuo Ishiguro novel) |
| LET | "Never __ Me Go": Kazuo Ishiguro novel |
| MEGO | "Never Let ?" (Kazuo Ishiguro novel) |
| MONOTONY | Lack of excitement as doctor gets off duty, finally |
| DIFFER | Be at odds with if Fred manages to come around (6) |
| TOWEL | What to wipe up with if you can't spell too well (5) |
| SAND | What a turtle is covered with if he burrows while on the beach |
| TALLBOY | Chest to play with if it has broken ball in it (7) |
