| RELIED | Banked on the Spanish being in dire trouble |
| LEANT | Banked on the antelopes starting to run (5) |
| NEARED | Approached a queen, being in dire straits (6) |
| ENTREATED | Begged for free hand-out, being in dire need (9) |
| LONELY | Only worried about the Spanish being isolated (6) |
| IRONED | Pressed on, in dire trouble (6) |
| EDITOR | In dire trouble, about to see the boss (6) |
| DIFFER | The fellows, in dire trouble, fail to agree (6) |
| CEDRIC | He gets in dire trouble between carbon copies (6) |
| INURED | In dire trouble, unworried: used to it (6) |
| ENGINE | One banked on needing loco - did one? (6,6) |
| DRIVER | One banked on needing loco - did one? (6,6) |
| SPECIAL | Remarkable postscript about the Spanish being infiltrated by US agency (7) |
| INDELICATE | Point out about the Spanish being coarse (10) |
| DERELICT | Terribly direct about the Spanish being forsaken (8) |
| EXPEL | Former partner, quiet, with the Spanish being cast out (5) |
| SELECTED | Re-elected: Japanese leader succeeds, the Spanish being dismissed (8) |
| RETRO | In dire trouble, like in the past (5) |
| RIDE | Go on a bicycle although in dire trouble? |
| IRKED | Is annoyed to put the king in dire trouble (5) |
