| 1 | | Artist wins election in town (12) |
| 10 | | Crook nearly caught breaking in -
that's a crime (7) |
| 11 | | Swimmer causing row about original
Plymouth boundaries? (7) |
| 12 | | Song for Thatcher (5) |
| 13 | | Endless salt water I'd taken back to South Island seaport (8) |
| 15 | | Mate drowns at sea, going with the
current (10) |
| 16 | | Pirate taking part in pirates' meeting (4) |
| 18 | | Walton loses points as a singer (4) |
| 20 | | Investments one has confidence in? (4,6) |
| 22 | | Composing love poetry while in
foreign lands (8) |
| 24 | | Neat eater ate plucked quail (5) |
| 26 | | Actually, an author's unfinished work is included (2,5) |
| 27 | | What's cooking? Copper is, in midfield (7) |
| 28 | | Get in hastily somehow without
haste (12) |
