| HIGHDRAMA | Graham hid in ruins, causing great excitement (4,5) |
| IMMIGRATE | Come in, I'm travelling both ways with great excitement (9) |
| SANGFROID | Exotic frog I found in dunes? No great excitement here |
| SENSATIONAL | Causing great excitement or horror |
| ECSTASY | Stays arranged behind East Coast causing great excitement (7) |
| WHITEKNUCKLE | Like a fairground ride causing great excitement or fear (5,7) |
| FREEVERSE | Poetic style produces great excitement round about Home Counties (4,5) |
| SENSATION | Physical feeling is the cause of great excitement |
| RURITANIA | In the country, Roundhead, losing his head, hid in valley |
| INDOCHINA | Con hid in a jungle in part of SE Asia (9) |
| HARDTIMES | Novel stream hid in novel (4,5) |
| HAGRIDDEN | Distressed, hid in garden (9) |
| PRICELESS | Invaluable diamonds lecturer hid in cupboard (9) |
| RECOUNTED | Told how Dracula hid in grass (9) |
| HINDSIGHT | Ability to see what happened to things hid in such a way (9) |
| SWAMPFEVER | Great excitement in Slough that may cause problems in Hackney (5,5) |
| FEVER | In cafe, vermin created great excitement (5) |
| RAHRAH | Great excitement in Royal Albert Hall initially, given an encore |
| ATE | In great excitement, one had a meal (3) |
| FOREVER | Gold is found in great excitement, as diamonds are |