| 17 across, sez you there |
STATES |
| Accelerating to keep it close |
FASTENING |
| As one in the tunes keeps us together |
UNITES |
| Bearing in mind that it's not gin |
NOTING |
| Can one help being such a fool? |
SUCCOUR |
| Catch up for X - that's the price of you |
NET |
| Cut the East off at last - it's always inside |
SEVERE |
| For letters you phone for an attitude |
POSTURING |
| I do sit with the silly ones |
IDIOTS |
| I does be unjust to them offshore folk |
ISLANDERS |
| I'd make mistakes in manners of speech |
ACCIDENTS |
| In the face of such work depression's an attempt |
DENTISTRY |
| It infuriates such outdoor workers to lose their head |
RANGERS |
| It's the done thing |
ACT |
| Make it known that it's the Reverend Father on site |
ADVERTISE |
| Nothing on earth, lest I get lace all round |
CELESTIAL |