| NICKNAMED | Given handle, stir, with pole, a lot of water (9) |
| DEMEAN | Humble abode finally opening given handle that turns (6) |
| NOMENCLATURE | Toilet in all-female preserve being given handle? |
| APOSTOLIC | The Pope's a Pole - look back with upright catholic (9) |
| AIRSTREAM | Prevailing wind created a stir with many sheets (9) |
| ARISTOTLE | Philosopher created a stir with "Love and let free" (9) |
| ALLOTMENT | Traditionally measured in rods, perches or poles, a plot of land rented for use as a potager or for hen- or bee-keeping (9) |
| ASPARAGUS | Against pole, a boy showing green shoots (9) |
| ORANGUTAN | Ape Aaron, in a way, hiding belly with pole (9) |
| ROD | Whether an angler's fishing-pole, a cane for a stroll or a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame singer of blue-eyed soul, it is a word or name synonymous with a stick for punishment or control (3) |
| CASTANETS | Start fishing with pole for Spanish instruments (9) |
| TUNISIANS | Aunt is in trouble with Pole and other foreign nationals |
| PASODOBLE | Moving so bad with pole dance (4,5) |
| CHAIR | Office of a bishop or judge; a professorship; a sedan on poles; a prize at an eisteddfod; or, a general word for a seat derived from the Latin word "cathedra" (5) |
| LEDGER | A book or collection of financial accounts; a horizontal scaffolding pole; a slab; or, a sinker for fishing (6) |
| LOLLIPOPLADY | Has a job crossing the road with a Pole - a sweet type even on bleak days (8,4) |
| IRA | Aria left a stir with Gershwin of late |
| AGITATE | Create a stir with it in a street in Scotland (7) |
| REALIST | Causes a stir with his ale intake but he's a practical man (7) |
| NACRE | Pole (a measure of land) produced by molluscs (5) |
