| ATONESWITSEND | Desperate Dan notes stew I prepared (2,4,4,3) |
| WETONESWHISTLE | Drink provides colour in Welsh stew I prepared (3,4,7) |
| ROUGHANDREADY | Crude hooligan, Desperate Dan, has cash (5,3,5) |
| TELEVISIONSET | Various novelties I prepared for the box |
| STCRISPINSDAY | Sandy's script I prepared for October 25th |
| ANTICLOCKWISE | New cocktails I prepared the wrong way? (13) |
| IMMUNISATIONS | Almost entirely missing: amount I prepared as defensive measures? (13) |
| LINEAR | Stew, I learn, is ordered (6) |
| MACARONI | Mother has acorn stew, I get cereal dish (8) |
| WISER | More sage in stew I serve (5) |
| WITHIN | ... that's surrounded by stew (I think) (6) |
| TWOSIDED | Odd stew I cooked up is controversial (3-5) |
| TRODDENON | Musical work about Desperate Dan initially striking gold is rejected. I'm crushed! (7,2) |
| PARSNIPS | Pip's in the RAN down South - in a bit of a stew, I hear! |
| REFERENDA | Votes about further education? About Desperate Dan! (9) |
| DANDY | The ---, British comic in which Desperate Dan first appeared (5) |
| LIFEANDDEATH | Desperate Dan failed the comic? |
| VANDALISE | Desperate Dan filling case with trash |
| LANDLADY | One letting Desperate Dan dally |
| PIECHART | Diagram of interest to Desperate Dan! (3,5) |
