| SLAPSTICKCOMEDY | It makes Cyclops, cryptically, about the ultimate in crossword's unsubtle humour (9,6) |
| RIYADH | Hardy's written cryptically about one place in Saudi Arabia (6) |
| GUNGADIN | A better man than I am, nudging cryptically about 1st April (5,3) |
| RATESONMYPILLOW | 1958 song about a hotel's unsubtle price list? |
| IMMORAL | Unethical author's spoken about the ultimate in plagiarism |
| CHEAT | Talk about the ultimate in fake con artist |
| DEARIE | I read about the ultimate in white sugar (6) |
| ITINERANT | I can rave about the ultimate in Apple roaming |
| SNEAKY | Cunning, twisty, about the ultimate in artifice |
| TRENDY | Hear about the ultimate in fashion |
| RAGNAROK | Norse myth about the ultimate destruction of the gods in a battle with evil (8) |
| TUSSLE | Let us get excited about the ultimate of boxers in fight (6) |
| ADDICTS | To sum up, it's about the ultimate for Mac users (7) |
| CONCEALEDWEAPON | Something offensive hidden in crosswords, say - and other across answers (9,6) |
| MISTLETOE | Lies to me about the ultimate fertility symbol (9) |
| BREADTH | Whisper circulated about the ultimate cold latitude (7) |
| BATTERINGRAM | Unsubtle alternative to the key ingredient in fried fish, in metric weight |
| BROADSHEET | Unsubtle ambassador shown in group in paper (10) |
| PONY | Ginuwine song with the unsubtle lyrics "my saddle's waiting, come and jump on it" |
| DIRHAM | Director and unsubtle actor get ready in the UAE |
