| AFTER | Get back, in the main, with some hesitation, at a later date (5) |
| TAILENDER | After a long story, we hear, finish with some hesitation at the back of the field ... (4-5) |
| AMPERE | A politician, with some hesitation, at the end, gets a unit of current (6) |
| PERFORMERS | They act, with some hesitation, at some stage, initially (10) |
| DEPOT | Drank heavily back in the main office |
| RALLY | Get back in the game |
| BACON | Painter portraying some pig with no hesitation at all (5) |
| UTTER | Wouldn't you say tut somehow with hesitation at the end? (5) |
| ERASE | They dispose of it with little hesitation at sea (5) |
| SPINE | He nips back without hesitation at first - that shows backbone (5) |
| TOPER | Hesitation at the summit: he drinks too much! (5) |
| FORUM | In favour of hesitation at meeting (5) |
| ERODE | Gradually destroy poem with hesitation at first (5) |
| UMBRA | Hesitation at underwear seen in shadow (5) |
| INNER | Archers know about this, showing little hesitation at The Bull? |
| DEFER | Put off to a later date (5) |
| ERATO | Muse shows hesitation at nothing (5) |
| AUGER | Hesitation at end of month to provide something boring |
| GULFSTREAM | Warmer in the main with huge opening flower? (4,6) |
| SEARCH | Frisk, in the main, with right companion |
