| INCONSISTENT | Non-scientist excited by what comparison shows 18 3 22 and 7 5 to be (12) |
| BLACK | 22 and 7 Channel 4 television sitcom starring Dylan Moran (5,5) |
| GOLDBAR | Government labour leader divides board, excited by what's in the bank's vault (4,3) |
| JOY | What comparison is said to be the thief of |
| ACIDS | They are in a scale between 0 and 7 (5) |
| ODIOUS | What comparisons are? (6) |
| LOVABLE | May be all and nothing, when about five, to be attracting affection (7) |
| ELEVATED | Delighted to include English five to be promoted (8) |
| EIGHT | Sum of one and seven (5) |
| AVID | Help about five to be greedy (4) |
| LATIN | In which there's sex between five and seven (5) |
| FIRSTFOOTING | Seasonal activity potentially applicable to 9, 11, 12 (yes, really), 19, 21A, 24, 1D, 7, 20, 22 and |
| PREPARE | Edited paper about 18 (3 of 3) (7) |
| ABOVE | 22 & 21Dn. Superior to the directors, to be quite honest (5,5) |
| SIEGFRIED | 4 18 3 soprano that is good and hot? |
| WON | Victor did, and returns same as 18 (3) |
| ONEANDSIXPENCE | Lothian in old money? No, 18 (3-3-8) |
| ERA | Proposal of 3/22/72 |
| KIRK | Enterprise captain born 3/22/2233 |
| EARLSWOOD | _ Lakes, three 22-acre reservoirs, supplying Stratford- on-Avon canal (anag. 'loose draw') (9) |
