| WOMANISH | Effeminate old fellow gripped by desire (8) |
| OFTEN | Frequently finding fellow gripped by books on space |
| LEAFLET | Each fellow gripped by reflective Austrian nationalist's tract (7) |
| PASSITON | Tell someone sweetheart finally is gripped by desire |
| INEQUITY | I resign, overwhelmed by desire for overturning injustice |
| BIRDSEYE | Seen from above by desire, perhaps (4'1-3) |
| NEEDY | Poor of Parisian, gripped by desire, to pop up |
| LUSHEST | Most sumptuous woman gripped by desire (7) |
| ACHIEVE | Minerva regularly gripped by desire to succeed (7) |
| HUMDINGER | Dim failure gripped by desire becomes excellent specimen |
| LOCUST | Gripped by desire, regularly touch stripper (6) |
| WIMPISH | Cowardly little devil gripped by desire |
| CRIMEWAVE | One given bird, gripped by desire for string of offences (5,4) |
| RESISTANT | Gripped by desires, is tantalisingly unyielding (9) |
| DEVILLEDKIDNEYS | Fiend guided by desire about to tuck into ribs and offal dish (8,7) |
| THIRST | That missing adult admits sir confused by desire (6) |
| COVERT | King consumed by desire to have secret (6) |
| ASPIRATIONAL | A society, holy and sensible, characterised by desire for success (12) |
| NECESSARY | Fantastic caress when beset by desire mounting? It's essential (9) |
| CARVE | Cut produced by desire, with a shifting to the left |
