| APPLICATION | Diligence shown in request for a post (11) |
| ASSIDUITY | Diligence shown by Bob and James, say, in a university city deprived of leader (9) |
| PLETHORA | Thunderer put in request for a huge amount (8) |
| COVERALL | Maiden maybe in request for a large blanket? |
| BEUPSTANDING | Petition stays refined and puts in request for a rise (2,10) |
| ELIGIBILITY | Rightness (for a post) (11) |
| CORALRELIEF | Analgesic for a post-snorkeling headache? |
| OXYGENMASKS | Hospital equipment made from onyx gems? Put in request (6,5) |
| SADDOS | Include in request for help for losers (6) |
| TURNSPIT | Rotisserie cooks put in request for vacation with just a hint of sarcasm (8) |
| APPLEPIEORDER | Everything perfectly aligned in request for later course |
| APPLEPIES | Each pupil initially put in requests for sweets |
| DOTTEDLINE | Rule regularly broken in requests for autographs? |
| PLEASURES | Certain to be included in requests for diversions (9) |
| ASSIDUOUSLY | With great diligence, put together donkey, myself, twosome and you. Crafty! (11) |
| LECORBUSIER | He designed new centre in Barcelona with greater diligence |
| DEMITASSE | French exquisitely small "half-cup", precisely crafted for cafe noir, perfect for a post-dinner espresso or just enough for a late afternoon pick-me-up (9) |
| WARDENSHIP | PhD was in Religious Education, surprisingly, for a post in college |
| MAYPOLE | Employ a criminal for a post in village |
| RUNNER | Narrow length of carpet for candidate for a post (6) |
