| BUXTON | Dollars, we hear, not returning to northern spa town (5) |
| ILKLEY | Northern spa town whose moor is famous as the setting of Yorkshire's dialectal unofficial county anthem (6) |
| TONGA | Silver not returning to far-off island state (5) |
| LUTON | Left university, not returning to see town |
| TONUP | So is fast rider not returning to London? |
| TONAL | Not returning to a learner of voice sounds |
| BATON | Graduate not returning for stick (5) |
| NEVER | Not returning some of one's revenue (5) |
| BRINGANDBUYSALE | Robber we hear not after ships, securing new way to raise funds (5,3,3,4) |
| LYRE | Makes music we hear not to be trusted (4) |
| TAUT | Helped to work in school, we hear, not slack (4) |
| PROTESTER | Person, we hear, not content to perish during plague |
| SCENEOFTHECRIME | Suspect: "I'm scot-free" -hence not returning to it? (5,2,3,5) |
| HOMEMADE | Domestic servant, we hear, not having come from a factory (4-4) |
| CINCINNATI | US city repeatedly wrong, we hear, not working for state |
| WRITEOFF | Cancel ceremony, we hear, not taking place |
| SOMERSET | From what we hear, not all are flexible in this county (8) |
| STITCH | So, we hear, not having one on means naked (6) |
| AWAY | Being raised from bed, we hear, not at home |
| OUTSIDER | Unfashionable drink, we hear, not a favourite |
