| NANNYSTATE | Derogatory term for a government seen as interfering unduly with personal choice (5,5) |
| MEDDLESOME | Deed Moslem converts regarded as interfering |
| NANNY | Undue government interference with personal choice? (5,5) |
| PREMATURE | Too early to tamper unduly with river (9) |
| NUREYEV | Mixed forever unduly with 8Dn star (6,7) |
| RUDOLF | Mixed forever unduly with 8Dn star (6,7) |
| JESUSFREAK | Derogatory term for a hippy evangelical (5,5) |
| MUDSLINGER | Malicious person's derogatory term for a potter? |
| PEACECORPS | Ace coppers trained for a government agency (5,5) |
| LANDLUBBER | A derogatory term for one unfamiliar with the sea and sailing (10) |
| PARCEL | A paper-wrapped bundle for posting; a portion of land; or, a derogatory term for a group or pack of people of a specified sort (6) |
| JOURNEYMAN | Usually derogatory term for one who drudges or is hired to work for another (10) |
| PERFIDIOUS | ___ Albion, derogatory term for Britain (10) |
| TINSELTOWN | Derogatory term for the US film industry (10) |
| LAPDOG | A usually derogatory term for a docile and dependent person (6) |
| FACEACHE | A mildly derogatory term for a miserable-looking person (4,4) |
| FATCAT | A derogatory term for a wealthy business person or company executive (3,3) |
| ECOFREAK | A derogatory term for a zealous environmentalist (8) |
| ABITOFFLUFF | Derogatory term for a casual girlfriend (picked up by vacuum cleaner?) (1,3,2,5) |
| PLEB | Derogatory term for a member of the lower social classes! (4) |