| WELLREAD | The waterhole was coloured, we hear, was a fact most people had literary knowledge of (4-4) |
| KNEW | Had knowledge of (4) |
| IDIDNTLIE | "That was a fact!" |
| PAIL | Bucket faintly coloured, we hear (4) |
| CAFE | The Style Council's was coloured Bleu (4) |
| TINTED | The can Edward made was coloured (6) |
| ODEONA | Work that's outstanding, we hear, was a joke for a thousand drachmas a day (3,2,1,7,3) |
| FARTHER | Dad, we hear, was a long way off (7) |
| RUGATE | Wrinkled Matt, we hear, was a consumer (6) |
| CATSPAWS | Gulls the birds steer clear of (4-4) |
| NOTATION | People had to come back in with a system of syllables (8) |
| OPENREEL | Lion picked up around enclosure on recording system, sort of (4-4) |
| POOHPOOH | Make light of (4-4) |
| ROADTEST | Check out toasted nuts, eating last of four (4-4) |
| CAROUSED | Many disturbed when people had a drunken party (8) |
| FALLGUYS | People had trips, with stay included |
| GATHERED | Realised people had to get together, having increased speed (8) |
| ZAC | Sixpence we hear, was paid to purchase half of the Australian army? (3) |
| LIST | Desire or inclination - that of 28, we hear, was little (4) |
| RATITE | Drunken rodent, we hear, was with the family of emus (6) |
