| HYPOCRITE | Fixer conducting initial ceremony is a pretender (9) |
| CHARLATAN | Fool that is leaving with a bronzed skin is a pretender (9) |
| RITEOFPASSAGE | Special ceremony -- is a step for changing time (4,2,7) |
| TRITE | The initial ceremony is lacking originality (5) |
| RITUALIST | Devotee of ceremony is ultra excited about it (9) |
| POMPOSITY | Ceremony is to corrupt unknown selfimportance (9) |
| LASTRITES | Leaving ceremony is boring, girl admits |
| REAGANITE | English commander given name in ceremony is supporter of old US regime |
| EUCHARIST | Ceremony is incorporated into plan by Brussels |
| POSEUR | Could be a problem you get as a pretender (6) |
| SHAM | A pillowcase or a pretender |
| TIGERWOODS | Paper ___ (golf clubs for a pretender?) |
| ANACT | What a pretender puts on |
| IMPOSTOR | I'm just a pretender looking for notice say (8) |
| ACTOR | A pretender who gets things done (5) |
| SPURIOUS | I usurp, so false as a Pretender (8) |
| ROLEPLAYER | Loyal peer manipulated king, a pretender (4,6) |
| THEKING | Jacobite term for a pretender to the throne in exile (3,4,4,3,5) |
| OVERTHE | Jacobite term for a pretender to the throne in exile (3,4,4,3,5) |
| WATER | Jacobite term for a pretender to the throne in exile (3,4,4,3,5) |
