| AMELIA | "The woman is amale made up," I interposed (6) |
| BRAISE | "Cook is sabre-rattling," I interposed (6) |
| TITIAN | "A giant", I interposed, "of the art world" (6) |
| DISHES | Sporting odd nightie, the woman is washing up (5,3,6) |
| GENIUS | 'He's very intelligent and kind,' I interposed (6) |
| MAINLY | "Mostly virile", I interposed (6) |
| OLIVER | "He's over fifty," I interposed (6) |
| ALLEGE | Claim, for instance, the woman is upset (6) |
| NETHER | Bag belonging to the woman is found underground (6) |
| STUPID | 'Kicking up a dust', I gently interposed, 'is silly' (6) |
| ALMOST | "Virtually the last resort," the doctor interposed (6) |
| STRING | "Pearls are smart", the royal interposed (6) |
| VALISE | "In that case a freed slave", one interposed (6) |
| SCRAPS | Gently interposed "Bad scars from fights" (6) |
| QUAINT | Olde-worlde article interposed in sequence of cards |
| PECULIAR | For "odd", the usual clue, I interposed, is "strange" (8) |
| DAIS | "The stand is lowbacked,"backed," I interposed (4) |
| OLIVE | "Love is different", I interposed, "for a woman" (5) |
| WEARILY | "The lawyer is crooked," I interposed tiredly |
| STAIN | The sun tan,I interposed, "is a dye"(5) |
