| AFOOLSERRAND | American cons taken to task for sending the newcomer for the bubble in the spirit level (1,4'1,6) |
| FITASAFIDDLE | Appropriate when American con is in good nick (3,2,1,6) |
| HAUSFRAU | Hard American con man briefly framing a German woman |
| MISDIRECTION | Sending the wrong way, straight for heart of mission |
| LAWRENCEWELK | 'Bubbles in the Wine' bandleader |
| DONTASKME | I've haven't a clue mafia boss is taken to task for a fair amount of the viral phenomenon (4,3,2) |
| EMISSION | European taken to task for radiation leakage? |
| LIBERATED | Blair regularly taken to task for being free of social constraints (9) |
| BERATING | Taking to task - for dropping a tin-opener in the sea |
| DIE | "I'm forever blowing bubbles; Pretty bubbles in the air; They fly so high, nearly reach the sky; The |
| EXORCISE | Reduce the spirit level? (8) |
| TAPIOCA | Main ingredient in the bubbles in bubble tea. (7) |
| ANDREA | Italian opera singer who won the newcomers' section of the Sanremo Music Festival in 1994 (6,7) |
| BOCELLI | Italian opera singer who won the newcomers' section of the Sanremo Music Festival in 1994 (6,7) |
| CARAVANNER | "Droopy awnings are out and only spirit-level precision works" (BBC2's description of its ____ of the Year programmes shown in 2017) |
| RATES | Takes to task for the charges (5) |
| TULIP | Flower at the center of a financial bubble in the 1630s |
| HORROCKS | Jane, actress who played eccentric secretary Bubble in the TV sitcom Absolutely Fabulous (8) |
| BROUGHTTOBOOK | Taken to task at the 18? |
| CARPETED | Minded to have favourite taken to task |
