| DIPHTHERIA | Disease - PhD worked with it, I hear (10) |
| SIXTHSENSE | Essex NHS worked with IT and ESP (5,5) |
| STRIGIL | Bath scrubber, Roman girls worked with it |
| AUDIOTAPE | Recording medium — a duo worked with it to get copy |
| FREESTYLE | What swimmer does in pool loosens bit of it, I hear (9) |
| FLEA | Circus performer to make a run for it, I hear |
| APLOMB | Corner-boy withdrew it, I hear, showing assurance (6) |
| BANDIT | The outlaw refused to allow it, I hear (6) |
| EXPUNGED | Completely erased when old flame washed it, I hear |
| AUNTIE | Family member is opposed to it, I hear |
| COALITION | Tory involving a Liberal with it, I observe at the outset? |
| PRIMITIVE | Crude yet dainty with it, I have brief following (9) |
| SPINE | Back with it, I take up my pens (5) |
| POWEROFATTORNEY | With it, I can act for you |
| IDIOT | Fool around with it, I do (5) |
| TAHITI | Hat backwards, with it I show Gauguin's paradise (6) |
| DEMOGRAPHY | Me, gory, grappling with a PhD in population studies (10) |
| INITIALLED | Signified approval. In it, I called for captain's dismissal. (10) |
| IDEALISTIC | Panglossian contract is sealed by it, I see (10) |
| PATHFINDER | Fine Art PhD designed by trailblazer (10) |
