| MILKSOP | As Spooner might put it, QC cleaner's a weakling (7) |
| SUFFRAGE | Vote for unpolished man of wisdom, as Spooner might put it |
| FLYINGFOX | Big bat fooling insect, as Spooner might put it? (6,3) |
| WORSTED | Took to the cleaners a sort of suit? |
| STEPLADDERS | Paddlers set out to give window cleaners a raise? (11) |
| ANIMATE | Revive cannibal's victim, as Spooner might 'ave said (7) |
| FLYPAST | Travel at speed, as Spooner might have said, in this display? |
| POLLTAX | Charge to ring the bells of peace in Rome, as Spooner might have said |
| INVERSE | Upside down, as a poet might put it (7) |
| PROVISO | It's a condition, or so VIP might put it (7) |
| MEANDER | Indirectly move us, as 'usband might put it |
| HENCOOP | Fowl accommodation given the chop, one might put it (3-4) |
| SHAKEBAG | Cook bird in oven as Spooner might do it - a large fowl |
| CUTTHEMUSTARD | "Pooch! That sweet sauce!", as Spooner might do well to say (3,3,7) |
| LEANTO | Supported building, somewhere youth can go, as Spooner might have it (4-2) |
| HONOURCODE | As Spooner might say, Connor owed a commitment to integrity (6,4) |
| LIPREADING | Tear up as Spooner might say, looking for understanding ... (3-7) |
| BABYMINDER | As Spooner might say, perhaps folder required for parents' assistant (4-6) |
| HOLDBACK | Restrain impudent journalist, as Spooner might have said |
| WAKEUPCALL | Notice coat near ceiling, as Spooner might say |
