| ONBENDEDKNEE | Ask for a hand here, as it sounds like a good night in The Palace (2,6,4) |
| WHEELIEBIN | Refuse to move from here as it sounds like fun to tell stories to caddy (7,3) |
| STARRY | Like a good night for astronomers |
| RUBBERBRIDGE | Smoother, crossing hands here to play |
| TICKOVER | Do as little as possible, as it sounds like it's out of time (4,4) |
| FACETHEWRONGWAY | Features article is inaccurate, by the way, as it sounds like what those eyes in back of their heads |
| OVEREXERT | Finished with struggle in Labour, as it sounds like it's too much work (9) |
| IRRUPT | Burst in suddenly as it sounds like a car reversing inside (6) |
| OUTOFPATIENCE | One is sick of it as it sounds like medic has no medical charges perhaps (3,2,8) |
| FORESHORE | For sure, it sounds like a good place for wildfowling (9) |
| RUNAMILE | Sounds like a good goal for Christmas Day - would you get away with it? (3,1,4) |
| INKBLOTTO | Intoxicated to the point at which getting a tattoo sounds like a good idea? |
| BAWL | Sounds like a good time - but there's a wail of discontent |
| POORTHINGS | Comedy for which Emma Stone won the Golden Globe last night in the category Best Performance in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy |
| LEBRUN | A founding member of the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture noted for his paintings on the ceiling of the Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles (2,4) |
| ROYALSTAG | Men-only party in The Palace perhaps is the icing on the cake for one of those in The Park (5,4) |
| OUDRY | French rococo painter and tapestry designer who drew inspiration from the fables of Jean de La Fontaine for his paintings for the apartment of Louis XV's son, the Dauphin, in the Palace of Versailles |
| USE | I could ___ a hand here (request for help) |
| RULED | Had a job in The Palace to fill in the lines on the paper ahead of drink (5) |
| PROPOSER | For a difficult problem he asks for a hand (8) |
