| BIGSUR | Great - and mostly safe - region of 25 |
| GOES | And 17 Dn. Moves timorously when safe region is destroyed (4,2,4) |
| INFEAR | Moves timorously when safe region is destroyed (4,2,4) |
| SURF | Browse online - it's mostly safe and fine (4) |
| SECULAR | Layman's mostly safe crossing US city |
| SAFARI | Mostly safe as rhino is, primarily, here? (6) |
| ALSACE | French region of wine, and mostly very good |
| ATTICA | Part of Greece, a dry and mostly cold area |
| SHYSTER | Timid and mostly unyielding lawyer of dubious distinction (7) |
| TOADEGREE | Sort of amphibian - little tail and mostly green (2,1,6) |
| REGULATED | Controlled and mostly normal kind of expert talks (9) |
| INHUMAN | Cruel and mostly senseless to restrict sound of activity |
| CARDIAC | Scoundrel, one concealing King and mostly Ace of hearts (7) |
| IONIC | Style of column — one round and mostly attractive |
| INDULGENT | Tolerant of popular and mostly boring chap (9) |
| ARACARI | Half of farmland cold and mostly dry, landing fruit-eater with massive bill |
| OTITISMEDIA | Painful inflammation of the middle ear, typically accompanied by fluid discharge and mostly affecting children (6,5) |
| DERANGED | Ditheringly dredge - and mostly in the wrong place (8) |
| SHANEWARNE | New, rash and mostly wayward English bowler (5,5) |
| ATRIUM | Damage mat and mostly ruin the hall (6) |
