| NOHARDFEELINGS | Held one's gran if upset, conciliatory words being required (2,4,8) |
| LARGERTHANLIFE | Gran if all there could be very imposing (6-4-4) |
| PERSONANONGRATA | One's gran at a porn show could be unwelcome (7,3,5) |
| NONGRATA | Unwelcome as one's gran at a porn performance? (7,3,5) |
| PERSONA | Unwelcome as one's gran at a porn performance? (7,3,5) |
| SLOANERANGER | One's gran, real drunken lady who lunches |
| NONBELLIGERENT | Conciliatory rebel in ten long battles (3-11) |
| EMETIC | Make reference to Quixote being upset, medicine being required (6) |
| GHOSTWRITING | Suggestion of words being composed on behalf of the author (12) |
| EARLINESS | Listeners digest actor's words, being in good time |
| ABBREVIATIONS | Dodgy brains obviate words being shortened (13) |
| UNDERSTATEMENTS | They play things down in words, being below accounts from bank (15) |
| REFRAIN | Stop words being repeated in song (7) |
| SUBTITLED | Of TV shows, showing text of words being spoken (9) |
| MOT | Witty words being second and third from author |
| DEPENDENTCLAUSE | Deep end adapted for books on toenails, say, as for birds (those words being one) (9,6) |
| IMPLICITLY | Without words being used (10) |
| SALSAVERDE | Serve salad, blended sauce being required (5,5) |
| ETCH | Carve sailing ship, no end of teak being required |
| NEEDED | Reportedly worked as masseur, this being required |
