| INVESTMENT | Blockade, if a good one, will show a return for one's money (10) |
| STRETCHONESLEGS | Given time, one will show a leg in a ship to take exercise (7,4,4) |
| CEPS | Mushrooms that show a return for speculation (4) |
| LITMUSTEST | List includes foremost Tempranillo grape juice from Spain - presumably, it will show a level of acidity (6,4) |
| BANKDRAFTS | Chits for one money place to another sound a bit windy (4,6) |
| TIPSTER | A good one will give the better value for money |
| PLOT | A good one will thicken in a book |
| PAINTER | A good one will choose his coats carefully (7) |
| PRINTER | A good one will be true to type (7) |
| LOOKS | A girl with good ones will attract a lot of them |
| DECLARE | Announce one will show one's cards to score (7) |
| PROMISE | Vow one will show some hope for the future (7) |
| CREDENTIALS | Good ones will get you a job in centralised organisation (ll) |
| NAPE | In London a person will show a bit of neck (4) |
| ESCALATE | To use a moving staircase will show a rapid increase (8) |
| KALAMAZOOSYSTEM | Priest, with lots of animals in return for one from Tibet, to check a way to keep books (9,6) |
| INTEREST | Return for one ten, free to take break (8) |
| FAR | Well away from a return for Royal Air Force |
| TITFORTAT | Equivalent given in return for one letter misprint? (3-3-3) |
| DNA | And it's a return for Arto Lindsay's band (1,1,1) |