| 1 | Purple and gray feathers (7) |
| 5 | Applause: capturing American bishop results in mate (7) |
| 9 | Underclassmen help penning incomplete PhD (5) |
| 10 | Eccentric person's cleaning woman damaged crate (9) |
| 11 | A president bungling is commonplace (10) |
| 12 | Reportedly run off pest (4) |
| 14 | Government, say, described by Frost (6) |
| 16 | One involved in hunt for carriage (6) |
| 19 | Portion of lemon on father's diet (6) |
| 20 | Bar member with woman wearing coat (6) |
| 23 | Edges away from hearse, we hear, with these (4) |
| 24 | Matchless section of Western steel bat I'm initialling (10) |
| 27 | Moon's position enthralling one noted archer (9) |
| 28 | Certain Arab's small car manufacturer (5) |
| 29 | Explosive growth involving a tusker (7) |
| 30 | In addition, interrupting talks backing weapon (7) |
