| ESTANCIA | A stance I adopted in cattleestate (8) |
| POSEIDON | Stance I had on Neptune (8) |
| GASLIGHT | Released in 1944, what film's name was adopted in the 1990s to describe psychological manipulation of a person? (8) |
| MERCEDES | The name of a daughter of a marketing strategist was adopted in 1901 as the name for which car? (8) |
| DIAMETER | Line slimmer perhaps has adopted in the morning (8) |
| NIGHTIES | Close relationships forming habits adopted in retirement (8) |
| GLASNOST | Policy of openness adopted in 1980s Russia (8) |
| TARGETED | Contract adopted in trade arrangement is given special attention (8) |
| NEWSTYLE | Another name for the Gregorian calendar adopted in Britain in 1752 (3,5) |
| NOTRIGHT | Incorrect posture regularly adopted in evening (3,5) |
| CREPERIE | New recipe about to be adopted in French restaurant |
| GLUTTONY | Line adopted in instinctive, fashionable sin |
| MEANTIME | Greenwich - -; measure of Earth's rotation adopted in 1884 as the reference period for clocks around the world (4,4) |
| SWASTIKA | Primitive religious symbol officially adopted in 1935 as the emblem of Nazi Germany |
| ASISEEIT | Easiest solution's one to be adopted in my opinion (2,1,3,2) |
| PLIANT | Flexible scheme I adopted on the third of October |
| ARUI | Barbary sheep haircut I adopted now and then (4) |
| AKIMBO | A stance adopted by a Ms. Bassinger and Ms. Derek (6) |
| PRIMOGENITURE | Grumpier tone I adopted, yielding to the eldest his right to succeed (13) |
| HIND | Female animal, dog, I adopted to replace you after year away (4) |
