| Clues down |
| 1 | Record holding poem is put into cipher (5) |
| 2 | Pair of identical siblings man ship – powered like this? (4-5) |
| 3 | More of it is said to reduce speed (5) |
| 4 | Revelled noisily, so retired in confusion (9) |
| 5 | Carried short drink to editor (5) |
| 6 | Hiker, rosy, lost in county (9) |
| 7 | Labourer loses head in tanker (5) |
| 8 | Poets working while their mates were on strike? They carried swords! (9) |
| 13 | Mug turns up, following fraudulent scheme. Something to chew over? (6-3) |
| 14 | View spoiled, surrounded by brewer’s wagons in approaches to houses (9) |
| 16 | Scoff about source of water covering unknown precious stones (9) |
| 17 | Playwright trims data in a strange manner (9) |
| 21 | Time to split fashion? (5) |
| 22 | Rib gets broken over American state’s ocean (5) |
| 23 | Fundamental degree’s not good, mostly (5) |
| 24 | No rod? Perhaps this person will give you something (5) |
