| BLEARYEYED | By covering Shakespearean play, I would say it explains why it's not easy to see in the morning (6-4 |
| INTREPID | Pinter play I would see without fear (8) |
| CLEAR | ... easy to see in tentacle armour (5) |
| ESOTERIC | See to problem with old police force - it explains why not everyone will get this? (8) |
| NOTBEFORETIME | In a manner of speaking, it's long overdue as it explains the period after The Big Bang (3,6,4) |
| OLDMAIDISH | Card game is going to his head? It explains why one never had any mates! (3-7) |
| ILLHEALTH | Well, it's not in good condition and explains why one is not working (3,6) |
| PAPER | In the game roshambo, a material that defeats rock by covering it, but is beaten by scissors by being cut (5) |
| NINE | One over the eight? No, as the Germans would say it (4) |
| TIMELAG | Mark crushes lime inside - it explains the delay from one phenomenon to the next (4,3) |
| HERESY | Here's why it's not accepted by the church (6) |
| DIGITALDIVIDE | It's to do with signals from Gulf? Explains why some people off line may not get this clue! (7,6) |
| UNCLEAR | One of the family by a river is not easy to see (7) |
| ILEONID | Start of former Soviet leader Brezhnev's oath of office (assuming he would say it in English) |
| WATERPRESSURE | Might this send the Government down the swanny? Explains why one goes immediately with the flow! (5, |
| REDASALOBSTER | It's about the German Ambassador initially finding something fishy - explains why The Sun is all ove |
| TYPE | Use a keyboard (Theme explanation: The clue explains why the two full names in this puzzle were paired.) |
| CONTACTLENSES | Not easy to see but they make seeing easier (7,6) |
| MINUSCULE | Indication to remove awful clue, not easy to see (9) |
| RITE | In the Psalter it explains a liturgy (4) |
