| HANGNAIL | Exhibit nothing, admitting a digital flaw (8) |
| KNAVERY | Starts off knowing nothing, admitting really bad behaviour |
| HEADACHE | Boss of kitchen finishes early, admitting a problem (8) |
| TASTINGS | Heartless Tories admitting a sharp pain sampling drams (8) |
| LOATHING | Detesting the fish, admitting a swearword (8) |
| AGREEING | Admitting a new girl around 4th of April (8) |
| MARINATE | Soldier admitting a trail at first is steep |
| BRAKEPAD | Bishop parked badly, admitting a problem with this? (5,3) |
| MAKEITUP | Impute grounds for admitting a keen beginner can invent the thing (4,2,2) |
| CALLING | Coldstream Guards admitting a form of wrestling is a vocation (7) |
| AJAR | Admitting a draft, as a door |
| AVARICE | A bad habit, admitting a bit of raw greed (7) |
| OPEN | Like a door admitting a draft |
| PAUNCH | A blow admitting a beer gut (6) |
| IBSEN | One man admitting a second: a playwright (5) |
| UNAWARE | A Parisian admitting a fight in the dark (7) |
| INITIATION | The ritual of admitting a new member into a society or group in an often secret ceremony of the same name; or, any act of beginning (10) |
| SWEETCORN | A vegetable for the good person admitting a small foot problem (5,4) |
| NAUSEA | Group of students with each admitting a feeling of disgust (6) |
| BETAMAXFACTORY | Plant where videotapes were made admitting a cosmetician? |
