| YUCKY | Allegedly too wise to keep Charlie here - disgusting! (5) |
| SCEPTIC | Person who doubts misguided step to keep Charlie in charge (7) |
| YEARLY | Dictator's too wise to entertain toff on a regular basis (6) |
| SAYYID | Audibly too wise to interrupt already-named follower of Fatima |
| ORELSE | Yes Leroy - too wise to go, turns back instead (2,4) |
| EVERYYEAR | Always too wise, they say, to take on listening ability annually (5,4) |
| TOUGH | It's hard to - and how disgusting! (5) |
| HANDTOWEL | Margins of habitat one's wise to keep clean, using interior cloth (9) |
| SEWERAGE | Wise to keep big jug for removal of water |
| ONMESSAGE | Observing party policy, person's wise to keep schtoom in the end (2-7) |
| ROTATIONAL | Wise to keep books in circulation |
| SABOTAGE | Wise to keep boat free from enemy wreckage (8) |
| SAGE | What you'd be wise to keep in the kitchen cupboard? (4) |
| YESTERDAY | Too wise, we hear, to have introduced dearest plan in the past (9) |
| DYNASTY | Too wise, say to stand corrected in a family of rulers (7) |
| DOUGH | Sticky stuff for baker or cook that's disgusting! (5) |
| ROUGH | Coarse pros stripping? I find it disgusting! (5) |
| AWFUL | Filled with amazement? Sounds disgusting! (5) |
| AARGH | That's awful and disgusting! (5) |
| USED | "Hey there, you with the stars in your eyes; Love never made a fool of you; You ... to be too wise," |
