| RECTIFY | Controversially certify remedy (7) |
| EMPLOYS | Moyes controversially retains place for recruits (7) |
| ALCOPOP | Coppola Production is marketed controversially at younger consumers (7) |
| ENGLISH | People from Cornwall, perhaps controversially, single out emmets from Hants (7) |
| REPLAYS | Historic feature of the FA Cup controversially scrapped this season (7) |
| STIGAND | The last Anglo- Saxon archbishop of Canterbury, controversially appointed in 1052 (7) |
| ACETONE | Controversially, Roman wine bar serves nail polish remover (7) |
| RUSSELL | He controversially filmed game at small market |
| SODSLAW | Pessimistic theory was sold controversially |
| ACRONYM | DMV, somewhat controversially |
| OMICRON | Letter controversially on the list; its first two syllables can rhyme with "drama" or "coma," per Webster's |
| SOYBEAN | Item of crop initially sold on eBay, controversially (3,4) |
| THEWHIP | What seven 24 MPs lost, or what 2 used controversially |
| DRIVINGLICENCES | Identification means Conservative discerning veil, controversially (7,8) |
| ELGINMARBLES | Sculptures controversially resembling naked male (5,7) |
| FORCEFEEDING | Sounds like it's a mess at dinnertime for those rather controversially preparing the foie gras (5-7) |
| MALCOLMX | Influential US African-American leader who controversially said that the Kennedy assassination was an example of "chickens coming home to roost" (7,1) |
| PECKINGORDER | Proceed controversially welcoming monarch and Republican hierarchy (7,5) |
| KAZAN | Director Elia who controversially "named names" |
| HANOI | Controversially, Jane Fonda visited it in 1972 |
