| INFANT | Babe was cool, cooler and ultimately coolest (6) |
| RUTHLESS | Baseball team without "Babe" was merciless (8) |
| WHITE | Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe was a hit for the soul singer, Barry ... |
| ICEAGE | What was cool for a long time? |
| OCELOT | After removing ticks ultimately, treated coolest cat, say (6) |
| LARNEY | Student to earn unexpectedly - and ultimately hugely - and become posh (6) |
| ICIEST | Coolest |
| BETRAY | Double-cross rear admiral initially (and ultimately navy) after wager (6) |
| DIVEST | Strip clubs that are disreputable and ultimately corrupt (6) |
| CHEEKY | Fresh chapter that's surprising and ultimately funny (6) |
| EVENTS | Quits ahead of time and ultimately avoids incidents (6) |
| LUSTRE | Lechery by Romeo -- and, ultimately, Charlie Sheen (6) |
| YIELDS | Returns policy is awful and ultimately needs changing - that is accepted (6) |
| TENNIS | Game and ultimately Margaret Thatcher maybe losing lead (6) |
| EAGLES | Oriental is light on his feet, heartless and ultimately ruthless to high flyers (6) |
| SCREEN | Word, from "protect", for a barrier, covering, divider, guard, partition or other shield or shelter and, ultimately, a display surface, aka VDU, with which to interact daily in our digital world (6) |
| FOYERS | Latin "fires", thus French "fireplaces, hearths" and ultimately English central lobbies or entrance halls; or, a Loch Ness village with "Smoking Falls" (6) |
| KISMET | Fate of Ralph Nickleby's son, abandoned and ultimately, lost |
| LEGACY | On a cold and ultimately windy estate |
| MARSHY | Planet hot and ultimately very wet underfoot |
