| 2 | | Instrument made of brass or ebony
initially (4) |
| 3 | | Weight thrown around by tragic men (9) |
| 4 | | Again experience return of wicked
TV hospital series (6) |
| 5 | | Fruitless condition in part of
South Africa (6,4,5) |
| 6 | | Do create design for dress (8) |
| 7 | | Proficient in arithmetic, starting
with short division (5) |
| 8 | | Sing a carol, playing an instrument (3,7) |
| 12 | | Austere lot is not right for an
indolent type (5-5) |
| 15 | | Labour group with means of raising
British flag (5,4) |
| 16 | | The 14th century or part of the
most recent one (8) |
| 19 | | Microscopic alga taken from moat I'd constructed (6) |
| 21 | | Delete Times editorial first (5) |
| 22 | | First of fugitives was first to
have escaped (4) |