| STRESSFUL | Embracing Poles is uncommonly restful? Just the opposite! (9) |
| NONSKID | Presumably rough adult embracing Poles (3-4) |
| CANNONBALL | Cleric at formal event embracing Pole: that's smashing (10) |
| TELEPHONE | Then pole is adjusted to the end of the wire as means of communication (9) |
| PUNCTUATE | Pull out all the stops? Could be just the opposite! (9) |
| CATALEPSY | The Premature Burial may induce such suspense? Just the opposite! (9) |
| EYELASHES | Do they help pupils see up in the trees? Just the opposite! (9) |
| DACHSHUND | Dog like sausage? No, just the opposite! (9) |
| PLUGGEDIN | Made the connection, then shot out? Just the opposite! (7,2) |
| GLISSANDI | Some sliding movements in Sinfonia Antartica openings? Just the opposite! (9) |
| TRUENORTH | It's where the real pole is found (4,5) |
| VICEVERSA | When depravity raves about? Just the opposite! (4,5) |
| PAYFREEZE | Austerity measure for workers in North Pole is reward for Peig on the radio (3,6) |
| POLONAISE | No Pole is a creator of this Polish dance |
| TESTPILOT | Pole is three times wounded - he takes high risks (4,5) |
| POLLOCK | His abstract painting Blue Poles is one of the most popular exhibits in the National Gallery of Aust |
| ONTOPOFTHEWORLD | One of the Poles is ecstatic (2,3,2,3,5) |
| ULTIMATE | Last-minute changes excluding poles is final (8) |
| STENTORIAN | Attire son sports at opening night is uncommonly loud (10) |
| ANEEDLE | A lesser panda, he accepted, is uncommonly mentally acute (5,2,1,6) |
