| POPCULTURE | Exercise involves work with sect at old city, which employs trendy music and iconography |
| CULTURE | Traditions of sect at old city's eccentric basically (7) |
| HIPPOPOTAMI | 3 lovers of trendy music and books in need of foreign friend |
| MADONNA | A religious depiction of the Virgin Mary in Christian art and iconography (7) |
| MILLINER | Flour producer employs trendy top decorator (8) |
| NHS | Healthcare provider which employs Misbah Maalik and Peri Lomax in Hollyoaks (1,1,1) |
| BESTCASE | Scenario that could be a sect, at its base (4,4) |
| SADDUCEES | One of three Jewish sects at the time of Christ (9) |
| ADVENTURER | Voyager's arrival at old city with the Queen (10) |
| ENAMOUR | Charm a woman with a little time at old city (7) |
| RACONTEUR | Spins yarns with artist, playing trick on disheartened troupe at old city |
| STICKINSECT | Creepy-crawly to remain at home with sect (5,6) |
| BRIGHTONROCK | British at forefront of trendy music? That's novel |
| ODOUR | Old bishop at old city may show sanctity (5) |
| MADURAI | Place raised barrier at old city with unlimited rain |
| NEIGHBOUR | Sounds like beastly type creates a stink at old city in Britain, for one (9) |
| MINOTAUR | Quite bull-headed about Northern Irish way of working back at old city |
| SAMURAI | Military retainer finds avuncular American at old city quaint, essentially |
| EPICUREAN | Story told at old city, essentially meant to describe sensual pleasure-seeker |
| FOURTHPART | Quarter reached by twisted path at old city outside garrison (6,4) |
