| ENERGISED | Animated in degrees, somehow (9) |
| EMERGED | Marks scored in degree somehow came out (7) |
| ADAPTS | Pasta gets degree, somehow, and acclimatises |
| EARTHSIGN | Things are getting animated in The Bull, perhaps |
| LONGITUDE | The distance in degrees East or West of the prime meridian at zero degrees (9) |
| SCHOOLING | Small reduction in degrees limiting introduction of higher education |
| DEMULCENT | Soothing cryptic clue by Avtaar turned up in degree books (9) |
| FEISTY | animated in a spunky way |
| POST | A nightspot's now animated in March (10,4) |
| WASHINGTON | A nightspot's now animated in March (10,4) |
| RIO | Exotic birds animated in 2011 |
| GALATEA | One remarkably animated in party, given drink |
| PHILANDERING | Man animated in garden is womanising! (12) |
| DIALOGUE | Agile duo animated in discussion |
| MAINTAINED | Kept animated in broadcast (10) |
| RADIOASTRONOMER | Some adoration that's animated in bishop - one seeking a signal from above |
| BAO | 2018 steamed-bun short that's "animated" in this puzzle |
| WARMUP | Become animated in contest! Removing top, jump around (4,2) |
| QUICK | Word for alert, alive or animated, in contrast to dead or inanimate, originally, now fast, speedy or swift (5) |
| ANGLE | In geometry, space between two intersecting lines, measured in degrees with a protractor, for example (5) |