| CIRCUIT | Course for one in credit reduced inward investment initially (7) |
| LAYER | Course for one in egg production (5) |
| YIELD | A return from an investment initially - yes, it's Evelyn's lovely dividend (5) |
| INTERIM | Meanwhile at home, call about investments, initially (7) |
| REIT | Type of investment, initially |
| CHAIR | A bit of a laugh with one in credit control meeting (5) |
| CIRCA | One in credit around and about (5) |
| STARTER | First course for one who'll say 'On your marks' (7) |
| DECREED | Ordered act involving credit reduced by 50% (7) |
| ELASTIC | Flexible credit reduced after mounting auction (7) |
| INCREASED | When expanding, one's in credit, and quite relaxed (9) |
| PAREGORIC | Historical remedy, of course, for one presumably shot, for example, by old police force (9) |
| BOLTHOLE | Hideaway close to first on golf course, for one (4-4) |
| PSYCHOPATH | Film course for one with a problem (10) |
| TIC | Credit reduced for eccentric behaviour |
| AUTHENTIC | Real gold? So credit reduced (9) |
| ENTASIS | Which design technique is used in architecture to counter the optical illusion of inward curves in columns? (7) |
| INDRAWN | In the main, draw nothing that's inward-looking (7) |
| STOMATA | Minute epidermal pores in the green parts of a plant that control the inward and outward passage of water vapour and other gases (7) |
| THYSELF | Felt shy about old solver's inward reference (7) |
