| PERSEPHONE | Essentially having to call wife of underground boss |
| BELOWDECKS | Where you'd expect to find underground boss - in the hands of the dealers downstairs in The Yacht (5,5) |
| WINSTON | Succeed with poser, essentially having to name Orwell character (7) |
| UNITES | Gets married, gets divorced, essentially having to cut back (6) |
| WIRING | I call wife first for electrical job (6) |
| RINGWORM | Irritating infection - call wife or medic initially? |
| LOATHING | Hate having to call attention to some object |
| COLLIERY | Mine and Stan's partner having to call round |
| SPRING | Odds on having to call up one's source (6) |
| INTERIM | Temporary home: one having to call round (7) |
| TISIPHONE | In fury it’s me having to call |
| NEBULOUS | Jazz blues sound essentially having ill-defined form |
| NIL | Penniless, essentially, having nothing |
| STRIKER | Footballer, one barely running, essentially having international replacement (7) |
| OVAL | Cove and wall essentially having an elliptical shape (4) |
| GRANDSLAM | Guardiola essentially having big impact after relative sporting success (5,4) |
| ZONKEDOUT | With boozing essentially having replaced clubs, collapsed, intoxicated (6,3) |
| GATES | Entrances with magic, essentially, having seat transformed (5) |
| ROOT | Finishes letter to go out to part of underground structure (4) |
| ROOTLET | Mentioned way to allow a bit of underground development (7) |
