| INSECTIVORE | Accepted by faction I have to embrace otherwise I might be a mole (11) |
| ARRIVISTE | A bishop, I have to embrace one saint and social climber? (9) |
| MARBLEDWHITE | Having no alternative, Lord, bear with me, otherwise I might perhaps flutter (7,5) |
| HUGE | At this point, you have to embrace it and it's so big! (4) |
| SECTION | Part of a religious faction I get on with (7) |
| INSIDEMAN | Composed of sane mind, I will be a mole (6,3) |
| ROLYMO | The Fimbles' buddy, who happens to be a mole (4,2) |
| SPY | Be a mole |
| OPTIC | I might be said to be a strange topic (5) |
| TRANSLATOR | Time went quickly on strip, otherwise I should be bilingual (10) |
| SOLICITOR | Very much legal - otherwise I may be called in? (9) |
| ELSIE | Otherwise I get taken in by Phyllis Logan in Downton (5) |
| UPSWING | Unique selling point distorted by faction from positive movement (7) |
| DIALECT | Terms for the regions set up by faction initially exiled (7) |
| SIDEWALK | March led by faction setting out Trump's way? (8) |
| REGENT | Temporary ruler, for example, given marginal support by faction (6) |
| EMMA | "If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more" speaker, in a Jane Austen novel |
| ORIGINATE | Launch - otherwise I get in a train |
| ORINOCO | Otherwise I have no company on the river (7) |
| ELSE | Otherwise I leave a woman |
