| MATAHARI | American subject not entirely uninteresting, having embraced a spy |
| LATRAVIATA | Opera where the French tart keels over, having embraced a few first! (2,8) |
| PENDULUM | Writer, not entirely uninteresting, with hesitation; a swinger (8) |
| PENNYDREADFUL | Girl, studied female, into almost entirely uninteresting, cheap book |
| THERE | "Don't go ___"; request that a subject not be discussed |
| SPANNER | It's a wrench for salesmen to return having embraced girl (7) |
| LEARNER | Student not so thick, having embraced reading? |
| SENTENCE | It accommodates a subject not belonging to any country (8) |
| GESTAPO | Try holding head up having embraced Satanism initially a€“ force of evil? (7) |
| GARMENT | Noble fellow embraced a marine in uniform, perhaps, like a sari (7) |
| EAGLE | The last time a student embraced a hunter (5) |
| ISOLATED | Not so early, I had shortly embraced a state of seclusion (8) |
| ACADEMY | In school, a girl embraced a rebel named Jack (7) |
| TABOO | Subject not to be mentioned |
| THEME | Subject: not us (fourth-rate) (5) |
| TROPICOFCANCER | Medical subject not often raised without right latitude |
| IMITATE | Do I lie with another having embraced sex appeal? |
| BIOPIC | Bishop takes one subject, not starting film (6) |
| PATHOLOGY | Doctors study this annually with religious subject (not Eastern) (9) |
| DALLIED | Wasted time and faded away, having embraced everyone (7) |
