| Clues down |
| 1 | He preaches, confusing remorse with sin (10) |
| 2 | Learn, after heading off to get reward for efforts (4) |
| 3 | Something to bang on when drunk with spirit (10) |
| 4 | Captain of The Nautilus turns up – is this a portent? (4) |
| 5 | Mythical smith with injured side treated rubber with sulphur (10) |
| 6 | Cats and dogs, perhaps, turning up on threshold (4) |
| 7 | Scratch table where results are displayed (10) |
| 8 | Cover for face found in river valley, we hear (4) |
| 14 | Rank apartments as centres of learning (10) |
| 15 | Four points on correspondence presented in note sent to members of a specific group (10) |
| 16 | Place sodium or carbon, for instance, on a railway – it’s easy! (10) |
| 17 | In a shy manner, booked two characters in middle of analysis (10) |
| 22 | Ceremonial observance has engineers absorbing information technology (4) |
| 23 | Try, initially, to copy record (4) |
| 25 | Hazard to shipping – or not, we’re told (4) |
| 26 | Barks from laurel trees (4) |
