| DELAWARE | Guided back, leading to conscious state (8) |
| DYNAMITE | High tide swamps lots set back leading to A1 (8) |
| WARRANTY | This guarantees it will be underdone and sent back, leading to a tirade by the end of the day |
| WOKEN | After heart transplant, females returned to conscious state |
| BADLOSER | Someone like 7Dn put back leading pair of characters on the market again (3,5) |
| READYWIT | In a time-conscious State, intelligence is the sort of response one gets in the funniest of situations (5,3) |
| NOTEPAD | Continue to caress back, leading to a doctor's initial set of comments? |
| SPARROW | Bird hits back, leading to noisy dispute (7) |
| STROP | Drinks being knocked back leading to bad temper |
| RECESSION | Rest of MPs no one backs, leading to decline (9) |
| DELTA | Guided back to thank-you letter (5) |
| ADELE | Singer starts to appear earlier, guided back inside (5) |
| TRADE | Missile guided back to English business (5) |
| POLLARD | Cut back leading and upper branches (of tree) to encourage top growth (7) |
| DELPHI | Guided back by Greek character showing local ruins here? (6) |
| MODEL | Doctor guided back mannequin (5) |
| DELTAWING | Plane guided back, mark, after securing victory (5,4) |
| STEWPOT | Vessel bringing back leading Tory moderates? |
| POT | Bring back leading trophy (3) |
| RETRACT | Pull back leading troops president upset (7) |
