| NEGATIVE | Gloomy local has half the eggs (8) |
| VEGANS | Strict consumers putting half the eggs in vehicles (6) |
| BEGUN | Started by putting half the eggs into a bun (5) |
| CROTCHET | A musical note that has half the time value of a minim (8) |
| SKINTEST | Local has no money to set in motion a medical check for allergy (4,4) |
| WITCHERY | Local battle-axe has half an artery? That's the result of bad spelling practice! (8) |
| LEA | The meadow has half the foliage (3) |
| MORTAL | Looking back, the foreign square has half the Romans leading to terminal (6) |
| EPIDEMIC | Plague poem only has half of what it should have (8) |
| BERLINER | German has half-hearted drink on vessel (8) |
| STATUSQUO | In current position figure our side has half the needed numbers |
| TANGENT | A touching line has half the angles in embroidery stitch (7) |
| COWORKER | Elwood at the centre in Cork has half a beer with colleague (2-6) |
| PUBLIC | Local has student in charge - it's all out in the open (6) |
| PUBLICSERVANT | Local has fifty in charge and only one maid - and she works for the government... (6,7) |
| INNISFREE | Island where local has no occupation? |
| SPARE | Where raging local has gone, perhaps, being surplus to requirements |
| DIGITALNATIVE | Finger gangster from local - has known Mac since he was a nipper! (7,6) |
| CYMRU | Wales, according to locals, has been embraced by contrary, dour mycologist |
| THEBARD | Renowned English playwright, according to locals, has extraordinary breadth |
