| VERIFICATION | Check activity of poet not having succeeded |
| LONGLOST | Making Fellow of poet not seen for ages (4-4) |
| FEUDALSYSTEM | Outdated hierarchy made less fusty, somehow, not having succeeded |
| MONEYCHANGER | Bread merchant from Germany chosen at random, not having succeeded |
| EDITION | Version of rabble-rousing not having succeeded |
| REIGNED | Was head of state, but stepped down, not having succeeded |
| DONEWITH | Shot of how it ends badly, not having succeeded |
| HEARTOFOAK | Shook with fear at not having succeeded, possibly? Not me! |
| ALPENHORN | What plays (over the heads of many) a Liberal author has cut, not having succeeded |
| TAKEOUT | Remove surveillance, not having succeeded (4,3) |
| INURE | Get used to guarantee not having succeeded |
| IMMENSITY | Huge sense in system I'm reforming, not having succeeded once (9) |
| ONONESLASTLEGS | With surgery in Los Angeles not having succeeded, found in this state? |
| INCANTATOR | Not having succeeded in transaction, being bad speller |
| ARABIA | Peninsula where restriction's lifted within continent, not having succeeded |
| HARE | Not having succeeded at the front, cut and run |
| RIBTICKLER | Funny story to tease rule-bound person not having succeeded |
| FINZI | Composer unknown in the end, not having succeeded |
| TRYING | Wearisome, not having succeeded, doing this again? |
| TROVE | Not having succeeded, struggled to reveal hidden valuables |
