| REGULATION | Got in a muddle with rule, such being the order (10) |
| DIARCHY | A system of co-rule such as the joint reign of Leonidas I and Leotychidas II of Sparta (7) |
| REIGN | Period of rule, such as the Queen's record-breaking 65-year-long one (5) |
| LURE | As a rule, such enticement is called for (4) |
| ELONGATION | Stretching, Noel got in a muddle? (10) |
| SKEDADDLED | Cleared out desk having been sacked and got in a muddle |
| AUTOGRAPHS | Writes who one is, such being famously collectable (10) |
| LOSEGROUND | Fail to keep up with rule on dogs barking (4,6) |
| BERLINWALL | Philosopher with rule about large historical division |
| TINGE | Impart a trace and get in a muddle with it (5) |
| CHAOTIC | In a muddle with tea about the ears (7) |
| RICHARDDAWKINS | Scientist Darwin gets in a muddle with dishrack (7,7) |
| GASMAIN | Mag's in a muddle with fuel line (3,4) |
| ANIMAL | Get lama in a muddle with llama, say (6) |
| SEEMLINESS | Appear with rules seen starting with decorous behaviour |
| GIDDY | Suffering from a turn, such being the very limit (5) |
| PICTUREFRAMES | See me far gone in films, such being the surroundings (7,6) |
| MANILLA | Am in all of a muddle with this paper (7) |
| ASITIS | ... is to follow its confusion, such being the situation (2,2,2) |
| PUN | Picks us no starters, such being the words played on (3) |
