| FAULTY | Basil, it's said, is defective! (6) |
| IHAVENTGOTAFLUE | "My fireplace is defective!"? |
| INBRED | Home food, it's said, is natural (6) |
| HANDLE | Composer, it's said, is a crank (6) |
| BARRED | Poet, it's said, is forbidden from entering (6) |
| BOILER | British mathematician, it's said, is tough old bird |
| CAESAR | His wife, it's said, is above reproach? |
| FLAWED | American central bank admitted the statute is defective (6) |
| STRAIT | Blunt, it may be said, is sound (6) |
| HOTWATER | Geezer it's said is in trouble (3,5) |
| ROWS | Girl, it's said, is one of eight? |
| LARGESSE | Superman's motive, it's said, is philanthropy |
| ASTERISK | French cartoon character, it's said, is a star (8) |
| CHARACTER | Thespian, it's said, is after cleaner role (9) |
| AWAY | A judge, it's said, is on holiday (4) |
| CHEETAH | Fraudulent type, it's said, is a beast (7) |
| MORALIST | Principled type it's said is stuck in gloom... |
| PLATTER | Hairdresser, it's said, is a dish (7) |
| WRUNG | Part of a ladder, it's said, is squeezed (5) |
| STYE | Filthy place, it's said, is an eyesore (4) |
