| ARDOUR | A rector lacking cheer and enthusiasm (6) |
| WINTRY | Get a score in rugby game but lacking cheer (6) |
| SOMBER | Lacking cheer |
| SAD | Small poster lacking cheer? (3) |
| CRABBE | A rector of Muston in the Vale of Belvoir as well as a surgeon, poet and coleopterist whose works such as The Village and The Borough were esteemed by Tennyson (6) |
| ITURBI | Jose ___, Spanish conductor and musician who played himself in the musicals such as Thousands Cheer and Anchors Aweigh |
| CURATE | Clergyman, assisting a rector or vicar (6) |
| TARIFF | Charges a rector getting into dispute (6) |
| ARARAT | A rector's article on rodent found on Turkish mountain (6) |
| SPIRIT | Short of energy and enthusiasm (6) |
| WARMTH | In conflict, Macbeth loses heart and enthusiasm (6) |
| ESPRIT | Close to three foreign trips, full of joy and enthusiasm (6) |
| DRAZEL | Local pro's drive and enthusiasm, ace going forward |
| GUNGHO | Marked by intense interest and enthusiasm (4,2) |
| MORALE | In short, extra beer makes them show confidence and enthusiasm |
| EARACHE | A cheer and a doctored ailment (7) |
| SONG | "If more of us valued food and cheer and ___ above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world." - J.R.R. Tolkien |
| ELEVATE | Cheer and cheer, concealing envy, oddly (7) |
| OLEANDER | Cheer and queen produces a flowering shrub (8) |
| UNDERTHECOSH | Cheer and shout without a possibility of being pressurised (5,3,4) |
