| MUTTERING | Get the merciless one to speak and it is hard to understand it (9) |
| SCHEMING | He's got the Merciless One to accept a hundred by plotting |
| VOICEBOX | Allows one to speak and give opinion, perhaps, on container |
| USEFUL | Take advantage of it not being empty, so to speak, and it is handy (6) |
| GAMIN | Such a merciless one to be holding a street urchin! (5) |
| MEDIATING | I have a date with the merciless one and you're intervening for me (9) |
| ENIGMATIC | Current passing through magnetic flux is hard to understand (9) |
| ILLEGIBLE | Such a script is hard to understand (9) |
| UNMUZZLED | Free to speak - and bite! (9) |
| EVAPORATE | Put down flags, turning to speak, and vanish (9) |
| ELABORATE | Doctor able to speak and explain further (9) |
| MENDING | I'm fixing it so that it will be the end for the merciless one (7) |
| MEWING | We meet the merciless one and our cat is crying |
| TAMING | Thanks to the merciless one, we're domesticating them - even the shrew! (6) |
| MINGLE | When the Merciless One meets the French they seem to mix well |
| GEMINI | That is, the Merciless One has the twins (6) |
| DEEP | Being abstruse, it is hard to get to the bottom of it (4) |
| OVERONESHEAD | Where the umbrella is to go is hard to understand (4,4,4) |
| ABSTRUSE | Bats sure muddled, it is hard to understand (8) |
| TASKMASTER | Enterprise to get a grip on reputation that it is hard to work for (10) |
