| CADENCE | Beat scoundrel, one leaving niece shattered (7) |
| CRUCIAL | Decisive, rebuffing scoundrel, one in California (7) |
| CARDIAC | Scoundrel, one concealing King and mostly Ace of hearts (7) |
| CURIA | Scoundrel, one brought before a church court (5) |
| COGWHEEL | Cheat with scoundrel, one engaged with others in revolution |
| BOTHERATION | Gift opened by the scoundrel, one for Gordon Bennett |
| EMIGREE | One leaving one country to settle in another |
| RUNAWAY | One leaving a place to escape confinement (7) |
| COOLANT | One leaving location shivering - what made the temperature drop? (7) |
| CANTATA | Music for one leaving prison? (7) |
| ALGEBRA | Symbolic operations, one leaving country smuggling booze, primarily (7) |
| HIBACHI | Greeting composer, one leaving barbecue (7) |
| ENCHANT | Restrain one leaving and heading for tradesman's entrance (7) |
| MINSTER | Clergyman, one leaving church (7) |
| RELAPSE | One leaving latticework erected in sink (7) |
| SURNAME | Family handle one leaving South American country (7) |
| ENDEMIC | One leaving medicine out for native (7) |
| SUPPLER | One leaving stockist is more easily bent (7) |
| TESTATE | One leaving will finally get peace, say (7) |
| TWEETER | Bird, one leaving a message? (7) |
