| SHAMELESS | Blatant woman's taken male out and succeeded (9) |
| MAELSTROM | Sort male out with medium uproar (9) |
| GUTBUCKET | Jazz-playing style good? According to German male: out of this world (9) |
| PATRICIAN | Woman taken with northern peer (9) |
| TRIUMPHED | Attempted to suppress doubtful sound, and succeeded (9) |
| TETRAGRAM | Woman taken aback, coming across Tory leader’s four-letter word |
| ADDINGTON | British Tory Prime Minister (1801-4) preceded and succeeded by William Pitt the Younger (5,9) |
| PASTTENSE | It could be represented as spent, ate and succeeded |
| OPSIMATHS | Mature students prepared this MA after work, and succeeded |
| DESERTERS | Fugitives rested, organised European resistance, and succeeded |
| SHERDS | Broken bits the woman's taken across road (6) |
| ANODYNE | Dull woman's taken over organisation, no leader |
| AMOK | Frenziedly, old woman's taken up fell climbing |
| RASHEST | Being most imprudent, the woman's taken in by scoundrel |
| BANSHEE | Woman's taken in poison, Irish spirit |
| COHERENT | Lucid old woman's taken in by coin (8) |
| HOLSTER | Case lost, unfortunately - the woman's taken into custody (7) |
| MANTA | Revealing that a woman's taken with Ray (5) |
| RAND | Con male out of Roman candle in South African capital (4) |
| CAPER | Someone under canvas, male out for a bit of fun? (5) |
