| SULPHATE | Salty type is backward and the epitome of hostility (8) |
| ALLOT | Give out to American city returning old man who loves salty type (5) |
| PATHETIC | The way you refer to is 'Backward and pitiable' (8) |
| INFERIOR | Conclude Ireland is backward and second-rate |
| CLOWNING | That type of film entertains Eoin - heard it's the epitome of horsing around! (8) |
| INACTION | One new activity is the epitome of idleness (8) |
| BALLYHOO | Oh boy, all wrestling is the epitome of hype (8) |
| SPACEAGE | Room at the top bar for middlemen is the epitome of what's technologically advanced (5,3) |
| SNOBBERY | It's the epitome of elitism finishing Pilgrimages with Byron travelling around Belgium (8) |
| MOLASSES | Girls from K.C. - the epitome of slowness (8) |
| STEAMAGE | The epitome of really early trains for players welcoming first eleven in the morning (5,3) |
| OAKTREES | Stoke are playing - the epitome of Englishness? (3,5) |
| RETICENT | Brett, Nick and Rena all discovered time is backward (8) |
| FRANKLIN | He, to be candid, is backward (8) |
| EMERGENT | Rising about me is backward chap (8) |
| INSIPID | Being admitted before the swim is backward and banal (7) |
| TIVOLI | Hadrian's Villa, built in the 2nd century CE at this Italian city, is considered the epitome in architecture of the opulence and elegance of the Roman world. The villa, also known as Villa Adriana, wa |
| DEANMARTIN | Founder member of the Rat Pack, he was the epitome of cool on his TV show with a martini in one hand and a cigarette in the other (4,6) |
| IGNOBLE | Some feel bong is backward and inferior |
| JUSTTHEJOB | Saucy French type with teetotaller and man is the epitome of patience - it's exactly what's required |
