| THEWAYWELIVENOW | A new vow, while yet fresh, is novel |
| ANSWER | A new vow not needing a response (6) |
| OFFER | When less fresh, is tender (5) |
| EVERGREEN | Fresh is always environmentally- friendly (9) |
| STAPLE | Food no longer fresh is kept outside the back of the shop (6) |
| UNHEARDOF | Novel found to contain a lot of compassion, which is novel (7-2) |
| TOTHELIGHTHOUSE | Novel format for TS Eliot, though he is novel (2,3,10) |
| TREASUREISLAND | Wealth is real estate, which is novel (8,6) |
| THESUNALSORISES | A newspaper muddles roles as is novel (3,3,4,5) |
| LESMISERABLES | Blameless rise, after a fashion, is novel |
| MAISIE | What she knew is novel, but in France that is sequential (6) |
| EMMA | West Ham player is flipping naked, which is novel (4) |
| REWED | Take some new vows |
| ENVIOUS | Green promises after beginnings of exciting new vows (7) |
| PORTERHOUSEBLUE | Drink gets the pub down, which is novel (11,4) |
| REBECCA | Tossing caber around the city is novel (7) |
| BARCHESTERTOWERS | Nude covering breasts and rear in rupees is novel! |
| APAIROFBLUEEYES | What Sinatra had is novel |
| MANSFIELDPARK | Guy's line, confronting mean king, is novel |
| THEROBE | Without one, those people's honour is novel (3,4) |