| PROMULGATE | Expert, glum, returns, having consumed spread (10) |
| REALESTATE | Others getting beer in consumed spread |
| PATE | Penny consumed spread |
| ORIGINATES | Begins and gives a speech having consumed one drink (10) |
| DIVEBOMBED | Jumped headlong into the water having consumed dessert when attacked from the air (4-6) |
| SPONGECAKE | Nervously keep gas on having consumed cold food for tea? (6,4) |
| EXETER | English king returns, having captured French and English city |
| REPORT | Cavalryman returns having mislaid old account (6) |
| AGITATO | Restless film-maker returns, having gone outside |
| NODDLE | Head lecturer returns, having led reforms (6) |
| SINNED | The menace returns, having been a very naughty boy (6) |
| UPPED | Upper-class Johnny returns, having been given a lift |
| KEA | Native NZ bird returns having learned some tae kwon do (3) |
| PORTUGAL | Posh guest of HM returns, having previously left country |
| GODSACRE | Remains here when rogue returns, having caught on |
| AGED | Short French painter returns, having matured (4) |
| LIRA | April returns, having lost second spent in Rome (4) |
| TACO | Feline returns, having love for food (4) |
| LYDDITE | Explosive end to barbecue after drunk returns having left earlier |
| PLUNDER | Record returns, having subject to steal from |
