| GOMUTI | Fibre of Victorian PM, as classical one |
| EWART | Middle name of Victorian prime minister William Gladstone (5) |
| SPAMMER | Somehow smear PM as an e-mail pest (7) |
| MAHARISHI | Mother briefly has ex-PM as teacher (9) |
| CAPABILITYBROWN | Limit on skill shown by ex-PM as a gardener (10,5) |
| PELLMELL | The Body exercises with two fifties in the afternoon as the mob riots (4-4) |
| SOAPOPERAS | "Sex and Suffering in the Afternoon," as per a 1976 Time magazine cover |
| OPUS | Piece of pop useless as classical work (4) |
| STRING | Word for a filing cord, hypothetical thread of matter, rope of pearls, strip of "silly" aerosol foam, tough fibre of a French bean, twanging wire of catgut or other line, filament, strand or twine (6) |
| ORPHEUS | Superhero, without hesitation, represented as Classical figure |
| ARGONAUTIC | As classical wool gatherers slaughter a runic goat (10) |
| ADESTEFIDELES | Revamped edited files as classical carol for the faithful (6,7) |
| ADESTEFIDELIS | Revamped edited files as classical carol for the faithful (6,7) |
| BALLERINA | Bare all in dancing as classical performer (9) |
| PETRUCHIO | Shakespearean role as classical character in travelling troupe |
| GLADSTONE | Victorian PM (9) |
| ASLEEP | Like retired Victorian PM maybe after a 13? (6) |
| ARVO | Maybe Victorian PM comes from Caernarvonshire (4) |
| DISRAELI | Benjamin ___, Victorian PM (8) |
| RUSSELL | British polymath, grandson of a Victorian prime minister |
