| FLASHINTHEPAN | Term for a person or project that has only short-lived success (5,2,3,3) |
| BANKROLL | To support a person or project financially (8) |
| COLON | Commander has only short organ |
| PUDDLEJUMPERS | Light planes traveling only short distances |
| CARBONOFFSETS | They fund projects that remove a gas from the atmosphere, which is a hint to what's happening in four Across answers |
| WHITEELEPHANT | Impractical, expensive belonging or project (5,8) |
| ORCHESTRATION | Planning and arrangement of an event or project |
| VIABLE | Term for a seed that is able to germinate, or for a project that is projected to be a success (6) |
| EXTRA | From "outside the normal course of events", a word for a person or thing who or which is additional, spare or superfluous, such as a newspaper special, supernumerary or walk-on (5) |
| PM | For your eyes only: Short for "direct message," it's a social media note from a friend that is just for you |
| MISNOMER | Incorrect or unsuitable name or term for a person or thing (8) |
| LONGSHOT | An attempt or guess that has only a slight chance of succeeding or being accurate (4,4) |
| KING | Word for a male monarch or for a person or animal considered pre-eminent within their group (4) |
| FLUSH | Busted ____, informal term for a person or thing that fails to fulfil its early promise (5) |
| BASKETCASE | Informal term for a person or thing regarded as useless or unable to cope (6,4) |
| AFFECTION | A feeling or liking for a person or place (9) |
| SWISS | A rider of this nationality never raced a home GP after a motorsports ban that has only just been lifted. (5) |
| MAINE | Only state with a name that has only one syllable |
| LOVE | Intense feeling of deep affection or fondness for a person or thing |
| NOUN | Word for a person or a place in grammar |
