| TILTATWINDMILLS | Fight pointless battles, having inclination to take on flour suppliers? |
| WHEAT | What, if enheartened by the Orient, is a flour-supplier? (5) |
| ITALICS | Characters having inclination to the right? (7) |
| INCLEMENCY | In battle, having changed sides, captured soldiers get no mercy |
| CLEMENCY | Mercy soldiers displayed in battle, having changed sides |
| LAZLO | Roman squad left Italian WWII battle, having lost an indefinite number (5) |
| WINDMILL | Old flour supplier Will keeps changing mind |
| SPRINGCLEANING | Bound to put on cape, having inclination towards housework |
| ABSENTMINDED | Daydreaming, having an inclination to take a holiday? |
| OPENMINDEDNESS | Old writer having inclination possibly sensed a receptivity to ideas? (14) |
| BENT | Inclination to take a chance about name (4) |
| TENDENCY | Inclination to take care of encyclopaedia (8) |
| CLEANSING | Constant inclination to take in son's washing |
| ABSORBENT | Receptive sailors with inclination to take gold (9) |
| LIGHTFINGERS | Inclination to take off legs in fright (5,7) |
| LARCENOUS | An inclination to take in Clare travelling with common sense (9) |
| LEAN | Have an inclination to take part in the whole anthology (4) |
| TILT | An inclination to take part in the tournament (4) |
| VICTORIASANDWICH | Sponge cake based on flour, sugar, butter and eggs (8,8) |
| CLEANING | First of chaps having inclination for domestic work? |
