| FINANCING | Fellow in ballet, say, missing initial provision of money |
| DOMINANCE | Control that's exercised for no short time in ballet, say (9) |
| HALFTHEBATTLE | Important step from fellow in ballet that he adapted (4,3,6) |
| ARCHIBALD | Which Australian journalist was one of the founders of The Bulletin and made the initial provision f |
| DEFRAYAL | Do business without struggle for provision of money |
| LOAN | The temporary provision of money usually at interest (4) |
| FUNDING | Provision of money for a project |
| EBANKING | Oedipus, say, missing most of the benefit of modern finance? (1-7) |
| ETRE | Scheme of Belloc, say, missing mass to be in Paris (4) |
| PACKET | Parking scam missing initial load of money (6) |
| BLANCHE | Name of female Australian film star (6, say), missing last two parts (7) |
| STARSYSTEM | Celebrity, say, missing a stop in galaxy (4,6) |
| IMITATION | Repetition of phrase shows inadequacy after missing initial line (9) |
| ETCHING | Bringing missing initial work of art (7) |
| ENHANCE | French in luck after missing initial boost |
| OARS | Missing initial shouts of rowers? (4) |
| AGITATION | A soldier in US base missing initial unrest (9) |
| TRUE | Authentic peace agreement missing initial of Caesar (4) |
| KERFUFFLE | Muddle poker shuffle, missing initial items around start of final (9) |
| CHOREOGRAPHIC | Work with nothing explicit about ballet, say |