| DISESTABLISH | Deprive of official status as one's turned tables in ruin (12) |
| BLEATS | Sheepish noises turned tables |
| DISESTABLISHMENT | The removal of official status from, eg, a church |
| INTRUDE | Butt in as one turned awkwardly (7) |
| BUENOSAIRES | City's coach hiding as one turned up heat |
| UNAUTHORISED | A foreign writer is confronting text-changer lacking official status |
| DISHEARTENED | Hearing several trapped in ruin, editor is crestfallen (12) |
| BRINGTOLIGHT | Reveal drummer pinched guitarist's bottom in ruin (5,2,5) |
| LANGUAGES | "22": the number of these, including Telugu, that hold official status in India |
| OHMS | Letters with official status in correspondence from lab units |
| NOTWITHSTANDING | Lacking official status, be that as it may (15) |
| TAGALOG | This language and English have official status in the Philippines (7) |
| AYMARA | Indigenous language with official status in Bolivia and Peru (6) |
| ESTABLISHMENT | Turned the tables in first half of smug institution (13) |
| PASHTO | National language of Afghanistan since 1936, sharing official status with the older Dari (formerly Afghan Persian) (6) |
| TINOPENER | One's turned to get fare, with negative reaction by number in row (3,6) |
| SIENNA | Colour of Queen one's turned over (6) |
| ISOMETRIC | One's turned to crime in equal measure (9) |
| CUTLERS | Makers of forks, knives, spoons and other silverware placed on dining tables in order of course or use (7) |
| ARCHANGEL | The building of St Petersburg in 1703 ended this city's status as Russia's chief seaport (Anglicised name) (9) |
