| BASTINADO | A rough stab with a new party - I required a whip! (9) |
| COWPAT | "Sound of a blow and a whip!" complained Spooner of bullshit (3,3) |
| EST | Rough stab at the cost, for short |
| ORIGINAL | The first exam, I required a drink to go in for (8) |
| ANDANTINO | Fairly slow worker at home in a new party |
| PARTIALLY | Skill I required during friendly, to a certain extent (9) |
| DIFFIDENT | I'd turn up with party I injure, with low self-esteem (9) |
| ESSENTIAL | ...required a lens fixed with ties (9) |
| MANDATORY | Required a different army to come around as well (9) |
| PRINCEDOM | Area noble rules, proper, accepting respectable party I overlooked (9) |
| FORMYPART | Establish new party, as far as I'm concerned (3,2,4) |
| STAMPEDED | How they panicked on seeing that the deed required a stamp! |
| TRYSQUARE | Stab with old-fashioned carpenter's instrument |
| INCEPTION | Start one new party, excluding soldiers (9) |
| HANDSSUUN | Manual shift required a bit of effort |
| DEBUTANTE | Poet holds straw back for the new party girl? |
| SECRETIVE | Private about to enter party I have |
| DISCOBOLI | Party I throw, lifting Greek athletes |
| ONANDOFF | Switch from a new party to another party - that's how some unions work (2,3,3) |
| NOCANDO | Up-and-coming politician leading a new party? Impossible |
