| NOWONDER | From now on a shade retiring and I'm not surprised (2,6) |
| ANYLONGER | From now on, a synthetic yarn is being put together with genetic engineering by raw beginner (3,6) |
| AQUAMARINE | As naval fighter, put on a shade of blue (10) |
| DONAHUE | Bygone TV show host put on a shade (7) |
| WETPAINT | Ineffectual, Penny is not - and I'm not to be sat on! (3,5) |
| DORISDAY | Who sang and acted from the 1940s to the 1960s before retiring and dedicating herself to dog welfare? (5,3) |
| WILLYART | Dundonian's retiring and is going to southern tip of Orkney on craft |
| IMPOSTER | I'm Bill and I'm not what I seem (8) |
| IMMOBILE | I'm at Alabama city and I'm not moving (8) |
| DOMINANT | Most powerful - and I'm not corrupted! (8) |
| SLEEPING | Carol, about to take off clothes, retiring - and doing this? |
| USEDTOIT | Not surprised |
| HOWDAH | A seat on a camel or elephant; in 1859 stone mason John Watson carved pink sandstone into an elephant with a castle-shaped ___; the folly is now on a garden wall at Peckforton (6) |
| SOWHATELSEISNEW | I'm not surprised when sweet is also fresh (2,4,4,2,3) |
| WONDER | Tom Thumb? I'm not surprised? (6,6) |
| LITTLE | Tom Thumb? I'm not surprised? (6,6) |
| LITTLEWONDER | Child prodigy? I'm not surprised |
| OVEREXERT | Put a strain on old father retiring and apply influence (9) |
| EARLIER | Real ire erupted before now, on a previous occasion (7) |
| OVER | You can talk now on a walkie-talkie |
