| CUTTHEMUSTARD | "Pooch! That sweet sauce!", as Spooner might do well to say (3,3,7) |
| SHAKEBAG | Cook bird in oven as Spooner might do it - a large fowl |
| STAY | "Don't move, pooch!" |
| YIP | Noise from many a pooch! (3) |
| YAP | Noise from many a pooch! (3) |
| HONOURCODE | As Spooner might say, Connor owed a commitment to integrity (6,4) |
| REBUFF | Refuse to act violently, as Spooner might say? |
| BABYMINDER | As Spooner might say, perhaps folder required for parents' assistant (4-6) |
| POLLTAX | Charge to ring the bells of peace in Rome, as Spooner might have said |
| HEADWAITER | Restaurant staffer wed hater, as Spooner might say (4,6) |
| LIPREADING | Tear up as Spooner might say, looking for understanding ... (3-7) |
| WAKEUPCALL | Notice coat near ceiling, as Spooner might say |
| RIGHTAWAY | Immaculate dress, as Spooner might say now |
| HOLDBACK | Restrain impudent journalist, as Spooner might have said (4,4) |
| ANIMATE | Revive cannibal's victim, as Spooner might 'ave said (7) |
| SUFFRAGE | Vote for unpolished man of wisdom, as Spooner might put it |
| FLYPAST | Travel at speed, as Spooner might have said, in this display? |
| PIGSWILL | Refuse old Liberal's remedy, as Spooner might have said? |
| DEADLETTERS | Old laws guided those in arrears, as Spooner might have said |
| DEADLETTER | Useless correspondence guided bankrupt person, as Spooner might have said |
