| 2 | | Meat and drink kept as refreshment? (4,5) |
| 3 | | Drain off lowest part (5) |
| 4 | | Asian president ordering Asian kit (9) |
| 5 | | Tears as leading character in
romance dies (5) |
| 6 | | Everything, including meat, in
stew is nutritious (9) |
| 7 | | Roman date and time that is in
Latin (2,3) |
| 8 | | Sterne's novel settlers (7) |
| 9 | | People leader of Chinese rising
cut in half (6) |
| 15 | | Conductor taking opera to Northern
Ireland twice (9) |
| 17 | | Making Athenian weaver drink an
informal toast (7,2) |
| 18 | | Bilbo got misled about a necessary
part (9) |
| 19 | | I'm great novel detective (7) |
| 21 | | A small insect with eastern
relative (6) |
| 23 | | Flower inducing forgetfulness in
vaudeville theater (5) |
| 24 | | We turned up with endless Irish
pitchers (5) |
| 26 | | A Muslim leader's energy efficiency ratio as a Muslim leader (5) |
