| 7 | | Note strained by choirman (8) |
| 9 | | Are characters in colour? Look at
them again! (2-4) |
| 10 | | Tree on mountain top that's not easily shaken (4) |
| 11 | | Loyalty, for example, in
partnership (10) |
| 12 | | Hand tool for raw beginner wrapped
in absorbent cloth (6) |
| 14 | | Suffering in love, is in a state (8) |
| 15 | | Rise as in throw, perhaps, showing
fitness to fly (13) |
| 17 | | Keep page attached to book (8) |
| 19 | | One hears chief songs (6) |
| 21 | | Forgiveness for a second-rate
answer (10) |
| 22 | | A fool providing information (4) |
| 23 | | Condition head of department
expressed (6) |
| 24 | | Uses translation to hold writers
in tense uncertainty (8) |
