| NEARSIDE | Britain's left PM a couple short, going back through north-east |
| TRUCE | For a bit of peace, in short, going back East (5) |
| NUBIGENOUS | Made of clouds sufficiently large (but a couple short) in reflected daylight |
| BFLATS | They're a couple short of C notes |
| CATTLE | Lowers expectations from the start having left PM - see above |
| DACAMPIA | Samurai PM a cad, partly recalling a fungus (8) |
| MERIDIAN | Imaginary great circle through North and South poles (8) |
| GALLOWAY | Aye, who falling short going round south- west peninsula (3,5,2,8) |
| DIPLOMAT | Ambassador wantonly told PM a naked fib (8) |
| BULLDOZE | Speculator's twelve short, going to get level |
| MALADIES | Illnesses with man taken short, going to wrong loo! |
| VERMOUTH | Drink, extremely short, going in here |
| STARDUST | A road takes you back through streets of dreamy, romantic stuff (8) |
| RELATIVE | Correspondent fed back through the vital E region (8) |
| REHASHES | Goes back through her inverted urn's contents (8) |
| MONROVIA | Sex symbol drops back through African capital (8) |
| STRIDENT | Dispatched rubbish back through grating (8) |
| PANORAMA | To get an unbroken view, first couple row back through the centre of place with convenient canal |
| WOOZY | Going back through Dudley Zoo, was in a daze |
| ERRANTRY | From adventurous travel, arrive back through doorway |
