| REVERENCE | Clergyman scratching bottom before church worship |
| ALTAR | Focus of church worship |
| SERVICE | Rev. is about to lead church worship |
| INSERVICE | On the job during church worship (2,7) |
| BUTTERUP | Flatter bottom before sheer climbs |
| DALLIANCE | Bond pinched bottom before fling (9) |
| REARM | Once more, fortify bottom before getting married |
| CAFETIERE | A coffee-maker with a plunger to force the grounds to the bottom before pouring (9) |
| SPEARWORTS | Bloomers as clothing for exercise, tucking in nearly half at the bottom before cycling |
| UPSIDEDOWNCAKES | Sponge gateaux or puddings characteristically baked with a layer of apple/pineapple at the bottom, before being inverted when served (6-4,5) |
| MACHO | Ultra-masculine Scot, sexy before scratching bottom? (5) |
| THOR | Old character scratching bottom finds god (4) |
| BASENJI | Dog, wretched name James, scratching bottom (7) |
| THERMAL | Current king in approach to palace, scratching bottom (7) |
| PRIM | Fussy groom scratching bottom (4) |
| ANDREW | Lady scratching bottom attracted prince |
| ENTRAP | Husband, perhaps, scratching bottom then looking up to seduce |
| SPLENETIC | Scratching bottom, pestilence stricken and crabby (9) |
| GAUCHO | Cowboy is clumsy, scratching bottom with end of lasso |
| AGOUTI | Scratching bottom, a disease is in large rodent (6) |
