| Clues down |
| 1 | Gaped in well-trodden way, looking back (6) |
| 2 | Arab veil could be changeable (8) |
| 3 | Commercial outlet in weeks before Christmas (6) |
| 4 | Containers overturn with high pressure in this refreshment room (5,3) |
| 5 | Writer to steal another's work in south-east (6) |
| 6 | Contemptible person to make a fuss about old city (8) |
| 7 | Graduate holding revolver? Quite the reverse a blue! (6) |
| 8 | Spank European Economic Community, perhaps they're covering up joints (8) |
| 15 | Getting feet wet whilst canoeing (8) |
| 16 | Charred or burned rubber (8) |
| 17 | Analysis of metrical patterns as noise mostly bounces back around cans (8) |
| 18 | Clear out cave, turning up with high-class tea (stirred) (8) |
| 20 | Metal formed from sulphur, oxygen, deuterium, iodine with a little hesitation! (6) |
| 21 | Sing together or refrain (6) |
| 22 | Endless beating needed to get this from bark (6) |
| 23 | Unfortunately desire to dwell (6) |
