| ECOFREAK | Force, weak, not initially turning green nut? |
| ECOFREAKS | Green nuts? |
| FLAMENCO | Force weak and mistreated con to dance (8) |
| EMAIL | Message weak, not written down, one received |
| FRACTIONAL | Physically weak, not one to be cut open by operation that's very minor |
| BRAZILIANS | Waxes lyrical: "incredible Zico", initially turning Italy - a name supporters embrace (10) |
| ORIEL | College spirit initially turning to love (5) |
| AVOCADO | Fruit from a vine initially, turning firm at a party |
| TRAIL | Move slowly, initially turning right on main road, then left |
| TRIADIC | Detectives' manner transformed initially, turning from a threesome (7) |
| MALAWI | Country in West Africa, lake also mentioned initially turning up? (6) |
| RAMBLER | Rose maybe better initially turning to right (7) |
| ENIGMATIC | Imagine this clue initially turning cryptic! |
| CONSTRUCT | Establish working with terse solicitor initially turning up in court (9) |
| TEPID | It's almost cold initially turning every page in document(5) |
| TIDES | Ocean movements initially turning in deep eddies sometimes (5) |
| TROOP | Needy teenager initially turning up with group of Scouts |
| PIPETTES | Phi, mostly, with pi and psi initially turning up in lab items? |
| ALIMENT | A green nut hollowed out as food (7) |
| PISTACHIO | Edible, pale green nut of an Asian tree (9) |
