| DOSTOEVSKY | Party votes spoilt at station! Is that why he put down the idiot? (10) |
| GOLDDIGGER | A Massey Ferguson made of precious metal! Is that why she married the farmer? (4,6) |
| RECORDER | He puts down the instrument (8) |
| PIUS | Rome's increasingly spoilt, at first, for choice of popes? |
| SHORTTEMPERED | By the sound of it, Kurt is fortified in a steely way - is that why he's like a bear with a sore head? (5-8) |
| LETTERWRITER | What he puts down is destined to be enveloped (6-6) |
| ABSENTEE | Posted in an insect ___ is that why he's missing? (8) |
| PRODIGALSON | Oops, darling's on the rocks ___ that why he's back! (8,3) |
| ONEHITWONDER | The meteorite that did it for the dinosaurs - for the record, is that why we never heard from them again? (3-3,6) |
| NOBODY | Is that why coroner can't do her job? That's some spirit! (6) |
| NURSES | Spends a long time on the drink - is that why they're in hospital? (6) |
| KNEELERS | Cocktail with port in serene setting - is that why they appear legless? (8) |
| GOODNESS | Heavens, is that why you were never smacked as a child? (8) |
| ARE | "You ___ what you eat" (is that why I look like a pizza?) |
| DEN | "Into the lion's ___!" "Is that an Africa joke?" (first line of the Tomi Lahren-Trevor Noah interview) |
| BESTMAN | That's why he got his name - his duties are few and far from onerous, at the wedding (4,3) |
| MASTERY | The teacher and why he has the upper hand (7) |
| STRIKE | Son on bicycle - is this why he couldn't get the train? (6) |
| ERRANT | A lot missing from alternator - it that why one is off course? (6) |
| TALLY | He's lofty and that's why he's able to score (5) |
