| INFAMOUS | Flying saucers, in the main, are notorious for this. (8) |
| SEALANES | Highways, in the main, are secure and mostly easy, even away (3,5) |
| UFOS | Flying saucers, in abbreviated form (4) |
| GASSY | What beans are notorious for making you |
| MANICURES | Cures in the main, are handy to have (9) |
| UFO | A flying saucer, in other words |
| EMOJI | Flying saucer in a text message, say |
| LEAKIER | What ruptured mains are like |
| SARGASSO | Part of the North Atlantic, lying between the West Indies and the Azores, notorious for its floating seaweed (8,3) |
| SHIPWORM | Marine bivalve mollusc of the genus Teredo notorious for boring into wood that is immersed in seawater (8) |
| JEFFREYS | George ---, judge notorious for his brutality at the 'Bloody Assizes' of 1685 (8) |
| SYRACUSE | Unknown quantity in flying saucers out from Mediterranean port (8) |
| HARDBACK | Book player notorious for his tackling? (8) |
| CALIGULA | Roman emperor, notorious for his cruelty (8) |
| EXHAUSTS | Trabants were notorious for having smoky ones (8) |
| MCCARTHY | Which US senator was notorious for his 1950s 'witch-hunts'? (8) |
| CAPEHORN | Chap in Reno, excitedly refers to place notorious for storms |
| CRUSADES | Flying saucers start to disintegrate in wars |
| COLOMBIA | South American nation notorious for its drug cartels |
| CASANOVA | Man notorious for seducing women |
