| EXTREME | Greatest former watercourse, we're told? |
| EXCEED | Be better than former court favourite, we're told? (6) |
| CRACKINGPACE | Speed at which the jokes were told? (8,4) |
| FLOWERY | Like ground meal, we're told? Fancy! |
| TOETHELINE | In character, girl and I do as we're told? |
| COCKANDBULLSTORY | Fantastic farm invention, we're told? |
| NAVY | Seamen like part of a church, we're told? (4) |
| PEKE | Mountain dog, we're told? |
| INLET | Where water enters tenanted pub we're told? (5) |
| COPPERNITRATE | Compound 12s pay after dark, we're told? (6,7) |
| ERNE | Master of fishing vessel we're told? |
| ELSE | More followers of KKK, we're told? (4) |
| PAUSE | Check Tom's feet, we're told? (5) |
| GANGRENE | Backing horse lacking experience, we're told? That's rot (8) |
| REAGAN | Investment product used by Hitachi regularly yields a profit, we're told? (6) |
| ISAIAH | Investment product used by Hitachi regularly yields a profit, we're told? (6) |
| INBRED | Popular thing sold at a bakery, we're told? That's natural (6) |
| INVAIN | Where one might put a needle, we're told? That's futile (2,4) |
| BARBECUE | Grill people lining up for a haircut, we're told? (8) |
| OARLOCK | What's fitting for rower from Harvard or Yale we're told? |
