| ESPIES | Notices filling of best 17D |
| ANISEED | And I notice filling is liquorice flavoured (7) |
| DERREN | & 17D Television and stage performer whose books include Tricks of the Mind and Confessions of a Conjuror (6,5) |
| MAUD | & 17D Mother of Catherine Parr, sixth wife of Henry VIII (4,5) |
| RON | First name of 17d |
| LOVE | A pair of devoted wingers (9) (see 17D) |
| PLATE | Constituent of constabulary chinaware? (11) (see 17D) |
| IRISH | 17D 9D in the language of Dubliners? |
| EUROPE | University line supporting English location of 2, 5, 6, 7, 17A, 17D, 23, 29 and 30 (6) |
| ALICE | & 17D Best Actress in a Supporting Role Oscar winner for In Old Chicago (5,5) |
| INDIRA | & 17D Prime minister of India assassinated in 1984 (6,6) |
| LOBE | The part of your ear that a magician might touch as he makes a 17D amazingly appear |
| THECOMEDYOF | & 17D William Shakespeare comedy featuring two sets of twins named Dromio and Antipholus (3,6,2,6) |
| BRADY | Sir Graham ....., chair of the 1922 Committee who announced that at the next election he will have 11/17D/16 (5) |
| MUSK | Elon ...., owner of X who has, perhaps, 11/17D/16? (4) |
| EPPING | & 17D Former royal hunting ground north-east of London (6,6) |
| BILLY | & 17D Retired seaman who dies of a heart attack in 1883 Robert Louis Stevenson novel Treasure Island (5,5) |
| ISLESOF | & 17D Island group southwest of Cornwall that includes St Mary's and Tresco (5,2,6) |
| THELAST | & 17D 1956 novel in The Chronicles of Narnia series by C S Lewis (3,4,6) |
| RACES | See 17D |
