| INDICATED | At home, CIB officer acted strangely as suggested (9) |
| CADET | The young trainee police officer acted awkwardly (5) |
| PROVIDING | CIB officer is inside showing what the caterer was doing (9) |
| DISSENTED | Sides tend to move strangely as withheld agreement |
| ERADICATE | To kill time, I acted strangely (9) |
| CATCALLED | Jeered and acted strangely, holding phone (9) |
| DEDICATED | After editor came up, I'd acted strangely, being singleminded (9) |
| ALLOCATED | Distributed everything round and acted strangely (9) |
| SCATTERED | Rest acted strangely and broke up (9) |
| TENTACLED | Eel finally caught in net acted strangely like an octopus (9) |
| COLDSWEAT | Owls acted strangely, causing state of panic (4,5) |
| ARMYCADET | Mary acted strangely like a military trainee (4,5) |
| ACERBATED | Embittered bear acted strangely |
| AUDIBLE | Upstart CIB officer has competent exterior for the hearing (7) |
| STRICT | Hardline senior CIB officer leaves region (6) |
| ADDICT | Junkie gives performance about daughter with CIB officer (6) |
| NAPOLEON | Pal no-one's seen strangely as great emperor |
| OLDSCHOOLTIE | Oilcloth does, strangely, as something to wear with advantage? |
| IVANHOE | I've Noah, strangely, as a literary hero |
| DECOYS | Encyclopedias left in place, strangely, as attractive lures |
