1 down. Total eclipse enthralling smart guy. 4 letters.
2 down. Star’s name shortened, in slang. 6 letters.
3 down. Feasting king has a small herbal brew, interrupted by short nap? 10 letters.
4 down. Like the usual answer (part). 2 letters and 4 letters.
5 down. For one, David succeeded opening a handy reader. 8 letters.
6 down. Opportunity coming round to change colour, artist has no hesitation. 4 letters.
7 down. Round hospital, murderer noticed massacre weapon that was filmed. 8 letters.
8 down. Penalty would be fit, if this swimmer knocked out. 4 letters.
13 down. In other words, what to do with broken-down car. 2 letters and 3 letters.
15 down. Writer covering India with nothing about treatment for infection. 10 letters.
16 down. Mostly ease off work, getting handouts. 5 letters.
18 down. More wary than anyone of lake, most unearthly. 8 letters.
19 down. Calvin’s business giving off bad smell gets halved. 8 letters.
22 down, 23 down. Chorister sang out, missing note in the story of Cinderella. 4 letters, 2 letters and 6 letters.
23 down. See 22.
24 down. Stitched up by all the cardinals. 4 letters.
25 down. Artist’s ascetic discipline: cycling backwards. 4 letters.
27 down. Come close, perhaps threatening weaver. 4 letters.
