| MOTHERSUPERIOR | Father not so good, presumably, as leader of religious community |
| PRIOR | Earlier leader of religious community |
| PAINLESS | Father's not so much at home -- it's easy (8) |
| PINOTBLANC | Wine very good, presumably rouge or rosé |
| CARDIACCYCLE | Joker influencing Agamemnon's Clytemnestra leads revolution in four stages - it does the heart good presumably (7,5) |
| HANDLEBAR | What manager of pub must do presumably as part of a cycle |
| NUNS | Members of religious community finding part of Georgetown unsatisfactory (4) |
| FIENDS | Quakers banishing leader of religious fanatics |
| CLERGYMAN | Leader of religious training room brought in unsullied priest (9) |
| PRIORY | Earlier youth leader of religious house (6) |
| NONUNION | No member of religious community is charged with being outside workers' club (3-5) |
| CONVENT | Unconventional inclusion of religious community (7) |
| BENEDICTINE | Member of religious community has been wicked, incited evil (11) |
| PRIMOGENITOR | Ancient relative emoting about boring member of religious community |
| MONKFISH | Swimmer - member of religious community? (8) |
| PILOT | Leader of religious group? (5) |
| GURU | Leader of religious group, (4) |
| LIEDETECTORS | The make-up artists set them off presumably, as they recognise a good yarn when they hear it (3,9) |
| AFATLOTOFGOOD | It's not worth the effort producing quality butter, presumably, as the marketeers see it (1,3,3,2,4) |
| HITSTHEHAY | Retires, presumably, as the Arabian, for one, goes out? (4,3,3) |
