| ABASHEDLY | Ably shed a tear, suffering embarrassment (9) |
| SYLLABLES | Ably sells renovated units, in a word (9) |
| LABYRINTH | Ably manoeuvred right in the endless maze? (9) |
| LAZYBONES | He does nothing being so ably Zen trained |
| EARLYBIRD | Rider ably navigates, arriving ahead of the rest |
| INTHERED | I note response to where duke's suffering embarrassment |
| TALLBOYS | Narrow chests ably lost in a workout (8) |
| TUNBRIDGEWELLS | South-east town that holds beer game ably succeeded (9,5) |
| SPITTINPOLISH | Shoeshine product that never sold too well and prob-ably wasn't a good idea in the first place? |
| BYMUTUALCONSENT | Ten ably count sum in a new form agreed among all parties (2,6,7) |
| LAYTHE | Athlete ably contrived to put things out before a meal (3,3,5) |
| TABLE | Athlete ably contrived to put things out before a meal (3,3,5) |
| AGOODJOBWELLDONE | A necessary or worthwhile task ably and successfully completed (1,4,3,4,4) |
| LIBYA | I ably reassembled to find a country in North Africa (anagram) (5) |
| LADYBUG | Insect that dug ably |
| PLAYBILL | Ad for tablet ably modified and swallowed (8) |
| PLAYITBYEAR | Ably tip over, four seasons to proceed instinctively |
| DELTA | Mouth starts to digest each little thing ably |
| BYANDLARGE | Garden ably cultivated, in the main (2,3,5) |
| AVIATRIX | She flies ably at first through pronounced feats of skill |
