| TALLTALES | Clipes may be successful with evening dress, we hear (9) |
| GOINGSON | Suspect business may be successful before long, missing nothing |
| GENES | They pass on the characteristics of informal dress, we hear (5) |
| AVAIL | Benefit of a part of traditional wedding dress, we hear (5) |
| TARANSAY | A clipe returns north, for example an isle off Harris (8) |
| INFORMER | Clipe, fashionable and late (8) |
| COCKTAILS | Mixed drinks for fellow with evening dress (9) |
| COMEOFFIT | Be successful with computer technology? You must be joking (4,3,2) |
| FAILINGAT | Unable to be successful with |
| AVERAGING | Vera struggled getting on with evening out (9) |
| TROJANWAR | Investment finally successful with a horse |
| LADIESMAN | Chap who is successful with women (6,3) |
| COCKTAILSTICK | Olive Spear's to stand tall, with evening dress being on credit (8,5) |
| ADJUNCT | Accessory with evening dress: one must get into function (7) |
| NIGHTCLOTHES | Almost synonymous with evening dress? (12) |
| NIGHTGOWN | Late replacement for evening dress? (9) |
| TWINBEDS | Troop leader to be successful with plots produced for singles (4,4) |
| ACHIEVE | Be successful with drug a herb contains |
| MAKEACLEANSWEEP | Be successful with the brush (4,1,5,5) |
| PROSPERO | A Shakespearean character could be successful with nothing (8) |
