| REGARDS | Best wishes perhaps, concerning defenders one might say |
| ONTHECARDS | Best wishes perhaps - how likely is that? (2,3,5) |
| SUITSHIMSELF | How a tailor does as he wishes, perhaps (5,7) |
| REBOOT | How to react to a crash perhaps concerning Wellington (6) |
| REPACK | Try another case, perhaps, concerning collection of suits (6) |
| PARENTAL | Annual cost of living perhaps concerning people with children |
| RETYPE | Correct errors in document, perhaps concerning style |
| LIST | Three wishes, perhaps? |
| APOLOGIST | Defender, one hidden by goalpost surprisingly (9) |
| ESCAPOLOGIST | Key defender, one bound to provide entertainment (12) |
| SWEEPER | Defender, one crying after Salah's header (7) |
| CONGRATS | Prisoner free, leaving one's best wishes (8) |
| FALLINLOVE | Meet one's match in the middle of Bostonian autumn with best wishes (4,2,4) |
| GODBLESS | The man upstairs gets bottle opener to take away with one's best wishes (3,5) |
| PEACEANDJOY | Best wishes for Christmas? (5,3,3) |
| FELICITATE | Give best wishes to (10) |
| DISREGARDS | Neglects to put down "Best Wishes" (10) |
| LEGBREAK | Spinning ball, player's best wishes realised? (3,5) |
| SWEDISH | Best wishes daughter's received from Stockholm (7) |
| MAZELTOV | Former Antrim prison pound closed, with very best wishes |
