| NOWONDER | Drown one out, as you'd expect (2,6) |
| REALITY | Fact is assets drown one (7) |
| CHOIR | In church, first bits of organ recital will drown one group of singers (5) |
| FIENDISH | Cryptic finished, as you'd expect one to be? |
| NORMALLY | Shearer and Allen leaving one out as a rule |
| CLERIHEW | This from Mr Bentley, Biographises intently, As you'd expect from a journo, Unlike some imitators I |
| LONESOME | Maybe needing company to advance money, as you'd say (8) |
| NATURAL | Taking a turn out with Albert, as you'd expect (7) |
| GONG | Leaving one out as it summons one to dinner (4) |
| NATURALLY | Nature is almost one's fellow-fighter, as you'd expect (9) |
| CESTLAVIE | Select via corruption - it's just as you'd expect! |
| SNATCH | Kidnapping sons as you'd expect |
| AYE | Positive response, as you'd expect initially (3) |
| SUREENOUGH | Having sufficient confidence, as you'd expect (4,6) |
| LIKEASHOT | Straight down the hatch, as you'd expect with slammer? |
| TYPICAL | It comes from clay-pit, just as you'd expect (7) |
| NATCH | Chant wildly and informally, as you'd expect |
| ALARM | Alert, as you'd expect the Marines to be? (5) |
| AFISHOUTOFWATER | Odd one out, as fourth wife to a rip |
| BLOODMONEY | Family took my one out as compensation (5,5) |
