| TITTLETATTLE | Address top Tory inside with legend about race gossip (6-6) |
| ACQUAINT | Introduce a whimsical Tory inside (8) |
| SPEAK | Address top scientists at summit |
| NEWENGLANDER | Some American apparently ran with legend? (3,9) |
| MALADY | Complaint from youth, oppressed by top Tory (6) |
| NUMBERTEN | Where top Tory is less sensitive after tax rises (6,3) |
| HANSELANDGRETEL | ... has learnt legend about children abandoned in forest (6,3,6) |
| DEFANG | In a snaky way, take the bite out of writer upset with a supporter of the team with legend (6) |
| PTARMIGAN | Grouse about main part with legend (9) |
| EDUCATES | Schools for English and Italian leader house a top Tory self-starter (8) |
| AIRTIGHT | Top Tory admitting centre of Britain is closed (8) |
| THEHAGUE | Top Tory supports Article delivering seat of power to Europeans (3,5) |
| DEBT | It's owed by a society girl to a top Tory (4) |
| IRVING | Author "Geoffrey Crayon" who wrote of a book of sketches or stories that includes a legend about Sleepy Hollow and a tale about a henpecked husband called Rip Van Winkle (6) |
| TACKLE | Legend about king confined in apparatus (6) |
| SELFEXPLANATORY | Legend, about pixie and old partner with proposal and answer, easily understood (4-11) |
| DOUBLEAGENT | Bizarre legend about Philby, for one (6,5) |
| HAMELIN | Town with a legend about disappearing children |
| TIGER | Beast level with legend inside (5) |
| PLASTICBAG | Fake academic honour with legend is taxed in Ireland (7,3) |
