| LERMONTOV | He died like Pushkin having left more revolutionary verse, not originally accepted |
| DEMESNES | Redistributing made sense, American having left more than one estate (8) |
| NOEL | Christmas verse not seen in work of fiction |
| BOTTOMLINE | Bachelor saying revolutionary verse for profit? (6,4) |
| TORPEDO | Poet's last revolutionary verse expert finds explosive (7) |
| COMMODE | Common verse not on washstand (7) |
| YELLOWED | The old left, more depressed and more cowardly (8) |
| YELLOWER | The old left, more depressed and more cowardly (8) |
| HYPHENED | Flier, kind of overwhelmed by promotion, died like co-pilot or vice-captain (8) |
| ABLEBODIED | Clever chap that's died like a naval rating |
| SHREDDER | I want peace, getting more revolutionary security equipment |
| ALLIED | Joint liability originally accepted by Delia for cooking (6) |
| HEWN | Cut wages originally accepted by egg supplier (4 |
| COPYRIGHT | Authority to reproduce Greek history originally accepted by refined Cypriot (9) |
| ENDED | Finished novel originally accepted by two press chiefs |
| UNLIT | Left more or less in the dark (5) |
| LARMIER | Corona's left more frothy after cracking start |
| LATECOMER | Left more, etc, out for one who didn't get there on time (4-5) |
| WORSE | With nag, husband's left more disagreeable (5) |
| FOLLOWER | Disciple, fellow with nothing left, more depressed (8) |
