| LISTENER | Attentive sort is oddly silent with a little hesitation (8) |
| TINSEL | Oddly silent with superficial attractiveness (6) |
| ENLIST | Volunteer is oddly silent (6) |
| PEPERAMI | Spicy sausage - red sort is good winter bait (8) |
| MINDER | A bodyguard had to take care with a little hesitation (6) |
| RAIDER | An invader is right to help out, with a little hesitation (6) |
| MESSENGER | Did one deliver a dish to an engineer, with a little hesitation? (9) |
| PONDER | Muse with a little hesitation at the lakeside (6) |
| COSTUME | Dress company, with a little hesitation, brought in tailored set (7) |
| NIGER | Bring back gin with a little hesitation from the river (5) |
| SOCCER | So, 200, with a little hesitation, made the game (6) |
| EXPLOITER | One made good use of another, with a little hesitation (9) |
| MINIMUM | Lowest musical note, with a little hesitation (7) |
| ERGO | Therefore with a little hesitation, proceed (4) |
| ALISONSTEADMAN | Oddly silent, so a promoter needed for TV actress (6,8) |
| TELEPHONEKIOSK | Keep silent with hook damaged here? |
| LENTILS | Legumes loud at first, then oddly silent (7) |
| UTE | Silent with minute gone in pick-up vehicle (3) |
| MULLET | Students oddly silent around fish (6) |
| ROSTRUM | A stand of a strange new sort is brought in |
