| BLACKMAGIC | Have no initial issue during pre-Christian dark spells? (5,5) |
| AUNTS | Members of the family for whom jibes have no initial impact (5) |
| CLOSESEASON | Settles each issue during prohibited period (5,6) |
| SLAVERY | A major issue during The Civil War (7) |
| ELLIPSE | Caught out for 50 in predictably dark spell in The Oval |
| TENNISBALL | One's again hit hard following server issues during court proceedings (6,4) |
| RAINCHECKS | Store issues, during stockouts |
| CHILDBIRTH | Magazine's initial issue? |
| WHITEMAGIC | Image witch improved for spells? (5,5) |
| DITCHWATER | Girl who can cast spells? Spooner says it's dull (10) |
| WITCHCRAFT | What vessel is spoken of for spells? |
| NINCOMPOOP | No initial money, say, on deck for the simpleton |
| DOUBLETAKE | Historic garment design getting no initial surprised reaction |
| ANTIFREEZE | Faint winds waft, offering no initial protection against cold weather |
| PHOENICIAN | Relating or belonging to a pre-Christian trading and seafaring civilisation of southern Europe and north Africa (10) |
| BEACHHOUSE | No initial reason for security lapse in the theatre, an accommodating place from where you might see The Seagull (5,5) |
| ION | Initial issue on a charged particle (3) |
| ASISEEIT | In my opinion, easiest problem about initial issue (2,1,3,2) |
| IMAGINE | Fancy initial issue of periodical with extreme characters removed (7) |
| LENIENT | Middle part of evening during pre-Easter period is mild |
