| ISOBARIC | CIA meeting with Boris for a change, levelly maintaining pressure |
| HEADERTANK | Raised reservoir of water maintaining pressure in a plumbing system (6,4) |
| ETONIAN | An old boy from a posh school - i.e. Anton possibly (or Boris for sure) (7) |
| REGULATIVE | Controlling German piece recalled Boris, for one (10) |
| REAPPLY | Maintaining pressure, ordered player to audition again |
| RAPIDS | Rushing water rushes maintaining pressure (6) |
| INPRIVATE | One air vent buckled maintaining pressure behind closed doors (2,7) |
| ARCURI | Jennifer ___, businesswoman best known for her relationship with Boris Johnson (6) |
| HANG | Before I ____, a 1940 twist on Jekyll & Hyde with Boris Karloff. |
| AMBROSIA | It's hard to leave an Oriental servant with Boris cooking up a delicacy (8) |
| TORIES | Sadly, old leader tires, looking for folk who landed us with Boris and Truss (6) |
| INFO | Dope at work with Boris? (4) |
| BELA | One sometimes the letters seen with Boris |
| TOPMAST | Spar with Boris amid cheers, perhaps (7) |
| CAKEISM | Ideology - of sorts - associated with Boris Johnson (7) |
| NOVOSIBIRSK | After November, ski with Boris potentially here? |
| CHESS | Board game associated with Boris Spassky and Jose Capablanca (5) |
| COSINESS | Confidentially intimate feeling in functions with Boris, ultimately (8) |
| HUBER | Anke ..... , 1995 Hopman Cup winner with Boris Becker (5) |
| PROBOSCIS | Cops with Boris activated beastly hooter? (9) |