| NUISANCES | "Suggestions welcome!", I said initially, leading to problems |
| BRAINTEASERS | Banisters are cracked, leading to problems (12) |
| IOTA | 1-0 to Agassi initially, leading to a scrap (4) |
| REFRAIN | Much repeated saying about folly initially leading to downfall? |
| PRECEDE | Make appearance before proctors initially leading to decline (7) |
| DEEJAY | One said initially to work through records |
| SEXIST | Said initially to be bigoted (6) |
| PATACAKE | "Look, ___!" I said to Mr. Buchanan as I cut a piece |
| LIFELESS | Sentence the French said initially for dead |
| GRACELESS | Ingles people said initially lacked charm (9) |
| ELAPSES | Enough said initially about moral error - time passes (7) |
| RESOURCEFUL | Able to find solutions to problems (11) |
| ANALOGUE | "Look, ___!" I said to Ms. Rice in the woods |
| ALACARTE | "Look, ___!" I said to Mr. Gore at the supermarket |
| STEVEDORE | "Look, ___!" I said to Mr. Allen, hoping he'd leave |
| HELLINAHANDBASKET | "Look, ___!" I said to Ms. Hunt at the picnic |
| BILLABONG | "Look, ___!" I said to Mr. Clinton in the head shop |
| ARTIFACTS | "Look, ___!" I said to Mr. Carney at the office |
| ERICAKANE | "Look, ___!" I said to Mr. Idle in the haberdashery |
| TOMAHAWK | "Look, ___!" I said to Mr. Jones as a bird flew by |
