| AWKWARD | Clumsy Tony, perhaps, gets week inside (7) |
| SEETHE | Second week inside the bubble |
| SIGHTED | Seen but perhaps gets hid (7) |
| GENITAL | Tangle one, perhaps, gets into from such activity (7) |
| FURLONG | Description of Persian perhaps gets you some distance (7) |
| LECTERN | Hannibal, perhaps, gets new sloping desk (7) |
| POTHERB | Basil perhaps gets further in the lead (7) |
| UNCLEAN | Dirty Sam, perhaps, gets a new base (7) |
| POLEMIC | Hate speech perhaps gets Mike arrested by police with violence (7) |
| MONARCH | King, perhaps, gets on during parade (7) |
| ATROPHY | A thing put in a cabinet, perhaps, gets to shrivel (7) |
| JEHOVAH | Older man above perhaps gets start of Silent Witness for religious experience (7) |
| PROPHET | Isaiah perhaps gets to make money by the sound of it (7) |
| SUBEDIT | Graduate breaking hearts, perhaps, gets work on newspaper |
| TWINGES | Sibling perhaps gets free of temperature and aches |
| AWARD | Tony, perhaps, embarrassed having week away |
| HAMMIEST | Least likely to win a Tony, perhaps |
| ATTORNEY | Rate Tony, perhaps, as a lawyer (8) |
| CABINETMINISTER | Chancellor perhaps gets basic intern time reviewed (7,8) |
| CHEESEDOFF | Derby tip perhaps gets you fed up! (7,3) |