| THEROCK | Ate cake occasionally taking in idol, film actor (3,4) |
| ACETATE | During diet, ate cake up - that's recorded directly |
| KNAPSACK | Smack sent back with a cake, occasionally, in backpack |
| RISKILY | I go downhill in rally, occasionally taking chances (7) |
| FANCLUB | Group engaging in idol chatter |
| IMAGERY | Figurative language used in idol worship? (7) |
| DOLPHIN | Flipper found in idol, Phineas? |
| ENSNARE | Occasionally taking tennis shot near net (7) |
| GREENER | Naive to think occasionally taking Metro is better for the environment |
| EMU | Long-legged one occasionally taking part in team run (3) |
| RAITA | Roadie team occasionally taking dip in India (5) |
| LONGI | First letter in "idol" or "Ikea" |
| LYRE | Old instrument players occasionally taking ecstasy |
| BLIZZARD | Bale occasionally taking top off muscular stomach -- causing storm (8) |
| SAFARI | Stalin occasionally taking distant trip (6) |
| FANCYGOODS | Imagine in idols nothing but frippery ... (5,5) |
| KARLOFF | Boris, horror film actor born William Henry Pratt in 1887 (7) |
| STILLER | Film actor in Meet the Parents, Zoolander and Night at the Museum (7) |
| MAURICE | French singer and film actor who died in 1972 (7,9) |
| HORDERN | Michael, stage and film actor who was knighted in 1983 (7) |
