| ABOLISHED | Bad Leo has his confusion put an end to (9) |
| ALIGN | Gal in confusion put straight (5) |
| MESSIANIC | Fervent confusion puts Scot in charge (9) |
| BURST | When the troubles were bad Leo left: split (5) |
| BRITISH | Language to put across, to his confusion (7) |
| WISH | The West, to his confusion, is father to the thought (4) |
| DENEBOLA | Leo has this place with wild animal getting horrible disease (8) |
| STARSIGN | Maybe Leo has prominent role, singing regularly |
| NODULE | Leo has a mouse-coloured little rounded lump (6) |
| SIGNAL | Perhaps Leo has a large cue (6) |
| ALOE | Prof Leo has a way of getting a drug out of one (4) |
| LOOSE | Big Leo has broken out and is at large |
| CUTLOOSE | Leo has scout set free (3,5) |
| IMPISH | One politician, to his confusion, will be mischievous (6) |
| VANISH | Be prodigal when Valentine is returned, to his confusion (6) |
| TARNISH | Lose lustre of mountain water, to his confusion (7) |
| PECKISH | A quick kiss leads to his confusion when he's hungry (7) |
| IRISH | One is right, to his confusion, coming from The Emerald Isle (5) |
| ABOLISH | Scrap rating: old curtailment leads to his confusion (7) |
| SHINY | Glossy shows his confusion, going to New York (5) |
