| CUSTODIAN | Adonis cut strangely by his keeper (9) |
| DEATHRATE | Mortality hated strangely by informant on drugs (5,4) |
| SNOWDONIA | Adonis won over in National Park (9) |
| DREAMBOAT | Adonis little bit upset about muscly hero stealing sweetheart (9) |
| ELEGIST | It's glee, shown strangely by a mournful poet (7) |
| CATACOMB | Act strangely by a fellow doctor’s burial place |
| ANYONE | Most annoyed strangely by nobody in particular (6) |
| BUTTERFLY | Tortoiseshell, Adonis blue, peacock, painted lady, swallowtail ... an insect studied in lepidopterology (9) |
| INDICATOR | A blinker; or, a species, such as the Adonis blue, barn owl, English bluebell, oakmoss or turtledove, whose absence, abundance or presence reflects a specific environmental condition in a habitat (9) |
| STUDPILOT | Adonis at the helm? |
| SOIDISANT | Self-styled Adonis is unusually tense |
| SEXSYMBOL | Adonis |
| PHEASANTSEYE | Adonis annua or ... (9-3) |
| INROADS | Advances by naughty Adonis to attract girls essentially (7) |
| SAIDNO | Adonis, strangely, declined (4,2) |
| VCUTABS | Muscles framed by the Adonis belt |
| RUBENS | Painter of princes, hunts, battles, nudes, mythological and religious scenes - his works include Venus and Adonis, The Tiger Hunt, The Great Last Judgement and The Triumph of Henry IV (6) |
| MICHAELBJORDAN | Adonis Creed in the Rocky sequel film Creed, Oscar Grant in Fruitvale Station and Erik Killmonger in Black Panther are film roles played by this US actor (7,1,6) |
| BLOW | Westminster Abbey organist who taught Henry Purcell; his Venus and Adonis was a forerunner of English opera (4) |
| DOWNLAND | Chalk -; wildflower-rich habitat with calcareous grassland, sometimes frequented by the rare Adonis blue (8) |
