| 1 | | Intellectual elated by Blair's first argument (8) |
| 5 | | Wine obtained from pubs on account (6) |
| 9 | | Mischievous child made warm and
dry after being injured (8) |
| 10 | | Bird with bellyache (6) |
| 12 | | Purdy is forced to stop talking (3,2) |
| 13 | | Occasion for reparation, formerly? (2,3,4) |
| 14 | | Fool and knave assent (6) |
| 16 | | The white book in French (7) |
| 19 | | Alcohol flowing in Athlone (7) |
| 21 | | Novelist from Eastern Europe (6) |
| 23 | | A shopping centre puts up rates (9) |
| 25 | | Animal with hair covering its head? (5) |
| 26 | | He's not crooked - just the opposite (6) |
| 27 | | Sheep needing attendants in storms (8) |
| 28 | | Poor lake stocked with silver fish (6) |
| 29 | | Being without religious education?
Is that all? (8) |