| MACABRE | Ghastly female hack, say, touring Hackney (7) |
| OVERDEVELOP | Old composer briefly meeting female hack, making advance, improperly |
| MARS | Female hacks missing English bar? (4) |
| HOOFPRINT | Evidence hack, say, was there to find clue - nothing concerning promotion in it (9) |
| BREAKINTO | Hack, say |
| PROFANITY | Shame about leader in fanzine penned by hack, say - filthy language (9) |
| ROWDIER | More boisterous sort among eight, say, touring Dutch island (7) |
| CALCIUM | Bone constituent of Scotsman, say, touring Channel Islands |
| FRIGHTFUL | Ghastly female? True! (9) |
| ASHEN | Ghastly female embraced by a headless man (5) |
| CAREERING | Speeding in vehicle, say, touring Ireland |
| POIGNANCY | Strong emotion in Napoleon, say, touring old French city |
| OFFISH | Stupid old trout, say, touring area (6) |
| EDGE | Move carefully, say, touring Germany and Spain |
| CULPABLE | Vince, say, touring posh place in retrograde way is blameworthy (8) |
| MOIRE | Thomas, say, touring island to get fabric (5) |
| HIMALAYAS | Greeting lama, say, touring mountains in Nepal (9) |
| SIMIAN | Primate is upset with bishop, say, touring Italy (6) |
| PHAETON | Parking near a school impeded by nose of hackney carriage (7) |
| MINICAB | Back almost in one minute, heading north in Hackney (7) |
