| AGITATO | A contemptible person at Oxford initially, notedly restless |
| TOMATO | Man at Oxford, initially, with red fruit (6) |
| SQUAREUP | Settle as conventional person at Oxford? (6,2) |
| RINGGIT | Telephone a contemptible person for money in KL (7) |
| AGITATE | A contemptible person had to stir up trouble |
| AGITATOR | Demagogue, a contemptible person, taking a rise |
| GRUMBLE | Moan in a notedly thunderous tone (7) |
| SCUT | Irish dialect for a contemptible person that also means the short tail of a deer, hare or rabbit (4) |
| AGITPROP | A contemptible person supporting UKIP's latest political disinformation? (8) |
| ALEHOUSE | Being a contemptible person, he enters back of boozer |
| DOUCHE | That hurts, when described by rising journalist as a contemptible person (6) |
| BRASSHAT | Senior Army bod, British, a contemptible person to Americans (5,3) |
| CAD | A contemptible person out of decadence |
| LOUSE | Informal term for a contemptible person (5) |
| BEATIT | Go away and live with a contemptible person (4,2) |
| ROSSINI | Notedly great Italian ship heading for Istanbul in cast iron (7) |
| MUSICAL | Notedly unsafe seats within the party? (7,6) |
| ESTONIA | Land notedly said to be comparatively rocky? (7) |
| LORELEI | Rock singer's age-old stories, all notedly spicy in the middle (7) |
| LETTUCE | Minced cutlet notedly suitable for vegetarians (7) |
