| BREAKSILENCE | Most of 1 across and most of 26 across can't keep mouth shut (5,7) |
| LOUD | Can't keep mouth shut on fringes of loyalist feud (4) |
| PHOTOGRAPHALBUM | Holds all the shots, as still with one of those in 8 across and most of 26 across (10,5) |
| DIGONESOWNGRAVE | Detective is no longer with us? 24 across and most of 26 across invite disaster! (3,3'1,3,5) |
| LEAD | Superman's 26 Across can't penetrate it |
| HEARTTOHEART | Open conversation with most of 1 across and half the town in 13 across (5-2-5) |
| WRITEACHEQUE | Settle account, on paper, for most of 1 across from a European state (5,1,6) |
| COVERTHECOST | Pay Bill most of 1 across for getting article at that price (5,3,4) |
| STEALTHESHOW | Get all the attention for most of 1 across with article on exhibition (5,3,4) |
| AMERICANFLAG | Old glory for 4 across and most of 21 across (8,4) |
| COUNTERCLAIM | Brief 10 across and most of 25 across for a different response (12) |
| HUMBUG | Keep mouth shut and sing ___ monitor's rubbish (6) |
| FREEPRESS | Frank Pound had to keep mouth shut in Stalinist Russia (4,5) |
| WINEDRINKING | Finishes most of 26 across with medic - the popular one from The Palace knocking back the Chablis (4,8) |
| CLOUDOFSMOKE | Magician's trick in 23 down has nothing to do with force coming from most of 1 across (5,2,5) |
| STRAIGHTTALK | Opening 14 across and most of 3 down produced candid conversation (8,4) |
| NOSAY | A nosy substitute to keep mouth shut (2,3) |
| DRESSINGGOWN | Opens 14 across and most of those in 23 down - the type that's tailored for those cold mornings (8,4) |
| THAI | Most of one of those things associated with island cuisine (4) |
| EUROPE | Regret about most of one group of countries or another (6) |
