| VARESE | Composer changes not one note, ultimately (6) |
| BREVE | Note ultimately made after upsetting part of speech |
| PERNICIOUS | A respectable, short debtor’s note ultimately proves damaging |
| VISCID | Sticky notes ultimately seized by six detectives (6) |
| LAWYER | Why real changes not hard for a legal person |
| PRONTO | Being 18, change not now (6) |
| VANITY | Change not right when fool comes in showing conceit (6) |
| ENTRAP | Catch panther for a change, not horse |
| LOTION | A preparation that's liquid, for a change, not oil |
| DISSIDENT | Democrat insisted on change - not one to toe the party line |
| NOVELLO | Composer changes end of short book for love |
| GRIEF | Composer changes finale to loud expression of suffering |
| UVULA | Usual changes, not special, but very necessary for part of mouth |
| MONET | French painter changes, not me (5) |
| ARIES | Sign changes, not initially (5) |
| SORTING | Ordering changes, not rigs (7) |
| ICEFREE | Fierce culmination of climate changes - not frozen over in winter (3-4) |
| THAW | Weather change not enough to take one's breath away (4) |
| EVERYYEAR | Note extremely early change, not late start, annually (5,4) |
| AMEN | I agree with that change, not entirely! (4) |
