| REPEATED | Again said how one had an aftertaste as it did (8) |
| TANGY | Having an aftertaste, as some barbecue sauce |
| RESTATED | Again said country is in the red |
| APRESGOUT | Phrase from French meaning an aftertaste (5-4) |
| BITTERPILLOW | Bedding with an aftertaste? |
| INVENTED | Made up story about how one had designed something new (8) |
| NOSEDIVE | Learns, it's said, how to plunge headlong (8) |
| EXTOLLED | Rang at once and said how good it was (8) |
| GRIDLOCK | Gun full of rust, it did initially jam (8) |
| SPRINKLE | When it rains lightly, what does it do (8) |
| DEGAULLE | Which leader said "how can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?" (2,6) |
| FOOTNOTE | Sound played with the toe? It did say to, at the bottom of the page! (8) |
| CONDENSE | Shorten it, do, stupid! (8) |
| ACIDRAIN | Dangerous precipitation - would it do for a sewer in Guernsey? |
| CHINESETAIPEI | Taiwan has won the LLWS 17 times; due to disputes with Beijing it plays under this name, as it did in the recent Tokyo Olympics |
| THETEMPTATIONOF | Come-on: devil knows it didn't succeed as it did with Eve... and that's gospel! (3,10,2,6) |
| CHRIST | Come-on: devil knows it didn't succeed as it did with Eve... and that's gospel! (3,10,2,6) |
| SOR | and 22dn, Little brother, say, with guitarist overlooking 17's mount (as it did 2) (6) |
| REL | see 9dn, Little brother, say, with guitarist overlooking 17's mount (as it did 2) (6) |
| RULED | Gave as one's judgment how one had subjects (5) |
