| RANUNCULI | Buttercups, say, to uncurl in a strange way (9) |
| UNICELLULAR | Leila to uncurl awkwardly like a simple organism (11) |
| AVUNCULAR | Uncurl a review after a victory by a relative (9) |
| MINUSCULE | Little man can uncurl without initial reservation when indoors (9) |
| FLOWERAGE | A somewhat rare or poetic word for a bud's blooming, blossoming or burgeoning forth; or, an efflorescent mass of buttercups, daisies, pansies, pinks, roses, violets or other petalled "anthos" of garde |
| SPREADOUT | Uncurl |
| MACKENZIE | Sir Compton -; author of novels including Buttercups and Daisies, The Monarch of the Glen and Whisky Galore (9) |
| BOMBASTIC | Pompous bimbos act in a strange way (9) |
| ESTABLISH | Set up his tables in a strange way (9) |
| DYSENTERY | Disease that's trendy? Yes, in a strange way (9) |
| PREMIERES | First shows seem riper, in a strange way (9) |
| MARINADES | Soaks and dreams in a strange way (9) |
| DANIELDAY | Deadly, in a strange way, is a 22Ac (6,3) |
| CROTCHETS | Notes forked piece set in a strange way (9) |
| AMBROSIAL | Moral bias, in a strange way, is delicious |
| ONIMPULSE | Suddenly smile upon in a strange way |
| FRATHOUSE | Campus residence fears in a strange way limiting you (4,5) |
| FUNNYHAHA | Amusing in a strange way (5,2-2) |
| CURIOUSLY | Dog one lousy criminal in a strange way |
| UTTER | Buttercups in a bit of a state (5) |
