| BLUEBEARD | Author of saucy verse, perhaps, about European villain |
| TIEUP | Summit perhaps about European Union connection |
| KNAVE | Ms Trump exposed rising European villain |
| HOTLINE | Link to President in saucy verse? |
| DESERVE | Merit of French verse, perhaps |
| RAVIOLIS | Has its filling of saucy type in square near Sienna initially? Sounds like characteristics of posse |
| PHOTO | Post Office in receipt of saucy image (5) |
| YUS | Recall odd aspects of saucy jades |
| ARAUCARIA | Puzzling old friend, artist in middle of saucy song (9) |
| CUSTODY | Being in jail sounds kind of saucy for a pudding! (7) |
| SALSA | Spanish word for sauce; or, a style of saucy Latin dance (5) |
| CYNIC | Selection of saucy nicknames for old philosopher (5) |
| ADVERBS | They tell how to write endless bad verse, perhaps (7) |
| OFT | Less than 19 in a verse, perhaps (3) |
| HORSERADISHES | Steed cut short on the radio by that woman from society of saucy plants (13) |
| BREAKER | One ripping up verses, perhaps, after first found in Christmas cracker? (11) |
| CODE | One ripping up verses, perhaps, after first found in Christmas cracker? (11) |
| CHAPTER | Preach perhaps about start of text, one of many found in the Bible (7) |
| DETERMINE | Resolve to break fast, perhaps, about start of Easter period (9) |
| SONG | Lied, perhaps, about cracking case of shoplifting |
