| ONEACROSS | The first clue, as it is known, is perfect starting off? Answer - it's irritable! (3,6) |
| CAPITULATES | Gives in apt clue as it is rewritten (11) |
| ROWAN | Known in Celtic mythology as the "tree of life", the mountain ash or "witchbeam" as it is known regionally with red berries said to ward off evil spirits (5) |
| TIBET | The highest region on Earth, location of the north side of Mount Everest, or Qomolangma (the third goddess) as it is known locally (5) |
| SIKSIK | The Arctic Ground Squirrel as it is known in the Yukon |
| COMESFULLCIRCLE | Arrives at one's starting point again, and the first clue to the puzzle theme |
| ROBIN | The American species of this bird is the largest of the North American thrushes. It lives in cities and mountains, and it is known for its red (or orangish) breast.. |
| BALDENEIGE | Ottawa-Gatineau's annual festival Winterlude as it is known in French: 3 mots |
| THETUBE | London Underground as it is known to many people but thee, unfortunately (3,4) |
| DDLJ | Blockbuster 1995 movie starring Shar Rukh Khan and Kajol, as it is known in short |
| GETITACROSS | Solve the first clue - about time! - and explain the idea properly (3,2,6) |
| DIKDIK | Couple of detectives - neither of which have the first clue what an antelope is (3-3) |
| STARTATTHESKULL | "Arr, matey! So ye seek buried treasure to fill yer ship's hull? Well, the first clue is easy. Just ___" |
| ELEGIAC | Ridiculous glee, getting the first clue? How sad |
| AMNESIAC | I can't remember names somehow - this could be the first clue? (8) |
| MANIAC | 'Lunatic fellow' - my description of the first clue (6) |
| MONAL | With striking rainbow-coloured plumage, the national bird of Nepal, where it is known as the danphe (5) |
| TASTE | Smack in the snoot, as technically it is known (5) |
| START | Read the first clue? |
| LAST | Unfitting answer to the first clue |
