| TALKOVER | Confess to extreme, rebellious priest - discuss! (4,4) |
| STARSANDSTRIPES | It flies in US celebs in addition to rebellious priests (5,3,7) |
| AVERSION | An account giving rise to extreme distaste |
| VOLATILE | Subject to extreme swings |
| ESOTERIC | Tories' assembling inside leads to extreme confusion, understood by few (8) |
| HAVEDONE | Stop and confess to my past as a swindler (4,4) |
| ADAMITIC | Nude must confess to eating a 99 (8) |
| OVERSEWN | Stitched up, confess to taking in lines (8) |
| GROWNUPS | Mature people confess to taking grains (5- 3) |
| CRUISING | Heard sailors confess to motoring slowly while on lookout (8) |
| ELAPSING | Turn white and confess to slipping away (8) |
| SHOCKING | Confess to keeping wine that's offensive (8) |
| AMBUSHED | Taken by surprise, confess to being exhausted (8) |
| SKIDDING | Confess to framing model Jodie, being out of control on the runway (8) |
| GOSSIP | Idle talk and rumours the Dales" likes to discuss! (6) |
| DEBATE | Nocturnal flier in river? Discuss! (6) |
| PINKO | Emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries. |
| ALLEGRETTO | Leading to extreme upset, declare, having secured runs briskly added to score |
| INSECTIVORE | Belonging to extreme group, I have to eat alternatively: only invertebrates for me! |
| RIBBING | Man.Utd midfielder goes from extreme left to extreme right, just joking (7) |
