| RETROCEDE | Grant back temperature was unstable, breaking 24 (not Kelvin) |
| SLICER | Swindler (not Kelvin) with a bread knife perhaps |
| CLOCHE | Timekeeper, not Kelvin, he had cover for plants |
| BLANK | Space for bold American city, not Kelvin (5) |
| SWAYED | In this way, education was unstable (6) |
| TEETERED | Without hesitation, posted online message, forgetting wife was unstable? (8) |
| WASTELANDS | Temperature was rising for antelopes in desolate areas (10) |
| RANFURLY | NZ's coldest temperature was recorded here, -25.60 in 1903 (8) |
| ROCKED | Astonished it was unstable (6) |
| UNBALANCED | Was unstable, carrying an unequal cargo (10) |
| RANA | ________ temperature, was feverish |
| SKEDADDLE | Kelvin, as he was in lumber: 'Get out of here!' |
| KEBAB | Kelvin and Ruth brought back skewered meat and veg (5) |
| SKELETON | Short letters about using Kelvin for temperature in basic framework (8) |
| KUMMEL | With 2000 in foreign currency, Kelvin brought back liqueur |
| THERMODYNAMIC | Temperature expressed on the Kelvin scale |
| REMARK | Back Kelvin to defend Mike's comment (6) |
| YORKIE | You're not posh around Kelvin and I, dog |
| KAPUT | Kelvin had a set not working (5) |
| MINICAB | Taxi turns back within one mile, dropping Kelvin (7) |
