| HORNSOFADILEMMA | Difficult issue for Ashmolean ? I'm beginning to discover cracks |
| CLING | Mountaineering? I'm beginning to bottle, slipping away? Hang on |
| OPENER | One beginning to discover a writer in past poetic style (6) |
| HOTPOTATO | Difficult issue for King Edward? (3,6) |
| APAIROFAMPUTEES | Difficult issue for a parrot that has two legs and flies (1,4,2,8) |
| APAIROFTROUSERS | Difficult issue for a parrot that has two legs and flies (1,4,2,8) |
| SEE | "I'm Beginning to ___ the Light" |
| SWIMMING | I'm beginning to mature in handling of golf-club under waterlogged conditions |
| TEATIME | Having source of milk, I'm beginning to eat, now? |
| TIMIDITY | New ditty I'm beginning to invent, showing shyness (8) |
| EVENTIME | Sprinting contest I'm beginning to explore (8) |
| BEDTIME | Unexpected debt I'm beginning to experience when retirement's due |
| IMMURE | Shut up! I'm beginning to mention river (6) |
| CLAIMED | I'm beginning to enjoy getting dressed outside, it's alleged |
| INDUETIME | Trendy piece of music I'm beginning to enjoy, eventually (2,3,4) |
| NIMBUS | I'm beginning to burn as sun rises outside cloud (6) |
| ITSDAWNINGONME | "I'm beginning to see the light" |
| CHALLENGE | Middle of alley in new development is a difficult issue |
| IMP | One politician in difficult issue (3) |
| HOTPOTATOES | Amend three times to shape difficult issues (3,8) |
