| FEARED | Fred, having swallowed pear core, is worried (6) |
| COSIER | When moving, core is warmer (6) |
| UGLIER | Fruit, cherry in the core is more foul (6) |
| MANIAC | Mum is able to return, having swallowed one nut (6) |
| BLOTTO | Nearly at lowest point, having swallowed litre? (6) |
| RESCUE | Regret having swallowed key, seeking release (6) |
| FROGGY | Dazed, having swallowed cigar butt and likely to croak? (6) |
| CACHET | Prestige of cat having swallowed half the cheese (6) |
| REELED | Having swallowed eel, communist staggered around (6) |
| STATED | Said 'Full!' having swallowed a bit of tomato (6) |
| REALLY | You don't say recover having swallowed ecstasy (6) |
| EARWIG | I grew worried having swallowed a small insect |
| FLABBY | Fat insect having swallowed a couple of bees, we hear (6) |
| HAPPEN | Take place, bird having swallowed a couple of pages (6) |
| EDITOR | Journalist travelled north, having swallowed sweet drink |
| MANURE | It's produced by horse having swallowed half of nuts |
| OFCOURSE | UFO's core is fabricated? Certainly! (2,6) |
| LIONHEART | Creature at the core is the bravest (9) |
| EXORCISE | Former core is replaced to dispel spirit (8) |
| EARTH | Its core is more than 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit |
