| STRIKESBACK | see 4ac, Film tempers their irritation announcing president's return |
| THEEMPIRE | and 12dn, Film tempers their irritation announcing president's return |
| ITCH | A hundred hit out in their irritation (4) |
| RETRACE | Go back over former president's return east (7) |
| DIE | see 4ac, Bad motion edit close to release delayed film |
| OFTHETITANS | see 4ac, 1981 fantasy film starring Harry Hamlin and Laurence Olivier |
| FEATHERS | see 4ac, 1932 film comedy starring The Four Marx Brothers |
| WYETH | see 4ac, Actress who played Countess Mircalla in 1971 horror film Twins of Evil |
| BLOCK | See 4Ac. Obstruct pieces of correspondence - they're boldly printed! (5,7) |
| TREASURE | Daily think very highly of vehicle for 16Ac - see 4ac (8,8) |
| SING | See 4ac, US correctional facility in Ossining, New York State (4,4) |
| JUDAS | see 4ac, Disciple who betrayed Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane |
| SHARP | see 4ac, Central character in 1840s W M Thackeray novel Vanity Fair |
| NEWWORLD | see 4ac, Dystopian novel by Aldous Huxley first published in 1932 |
| ISCARIOT | see 4ac, Disciple who betrayed Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane |
| MISCHIEF | see 4ac, 1932 novel by Evelyn Waugh set on the fictional island of Azania |
| BRAE | See 4ac (4) |
| SHORTCUT | Important committee in need of reduction, and a way to use fewer taps - see 4ac (8,8) |
| THENUB | He is in button-down ensemble, getting to the heart of the matter - see 4ac (4,2,3,3) |
| THEWHEEL | See 4ac, In 11th winter he rebelled: waste of time to do it again (8,3,5) |