| TONGA | Old robe covers national in Pacific archipelago (5) |
| CONVERSATIONAL | Covers national broadcast, being chatty (14) |
| TOGAS | Goats chewed old robes (5) |
| WALSH | Ruby, Irish ex-National Hunt jockey who won the Grand National in 2000 and 2005 (5) |
| STACK | Tommy ....., jockey who won the Grand National in 1977 (5) |
| IRAQI | Foreign national in rural Aberdeenshire questions independence leaders (5) |
| GRAND | It's national in Ireland and England (5) |
| AZERI | Asian national in blazer, initially (5) |
| SAMOA | South Pacific archipelago |
| ELLIS | New York harbour Island used to hold foreign nationals in the 1940s (5) |
| EXPOS | Team that became the Nationals in 2005 |
| KIMONO | Family doctor's put in old robe from East (6) |
| BANYAN | Bar New Yorker briefly in the old robe (6) |
| ALB | Albino skipping in old robe (3) |
| ISLANDS | Independently cultivated almonds in south Pacific archipelago - w 10ac (7,7) |
| SOLOMON | Independently cultivated almonds in south Pacific archipelago - w 24ac (7,7) |
| TRAVESTY | Attempt to wear an old robe, although it's quite ridiculous (8) |
| RYDERCUP | Golf competition last held in 2018 at Le Golf National in Paris (5,3) |
| WALEYCOHEN | Sam, English amateur jockey who won the 2022 Grand National in his last race before retirement (5,5) |
| SOLOMONISLANDS | Wise figure is left on shifting sand in a Pacific archipelago (7,7) |
