| ELEPHANTGUN | Help UN agent desperate to get sizeable weapon |
| YOUCANT | 10, 16, 18's disavowal of 1 across provides UN agent with naughty cat - miaow! (3,4,3,1,3,4,1,3) |
| UNBOUND | Loose uranium captured by United Nations agent |
| MCQUEEN | Mercedes _, desperate to get her hands on some special drugs to cure her cancer in Hollyoaks (7) |
| ADRENALINE | I lend an ear, desperate to get a booster (10) |
| DRYING | Desperate to get daughter finally using a towel (6) |
| LASTDITCH | Desperate to get rid of final first (4-5) |
| AVOIDANCE | Chap who's desperate to get in air after a ducking |
| BYDINTOF | Find Toby desperate to get through |
| NATURALLY | Aunt is desperate to get better of course (9) |
| JANINE | ___ Butcher, desperate to get her daughter Scarlett back in EastEnders (6) |
| CLAUSTROPHOBIC | A public cohort's running around, desperate to get out (14) |
| STRIGIL | Sit around with girl desperate to get skin cleaner (7) |
| ENZYME | Enemy desperate to get hold of an unknown protein (6) |
| DANDARE | Former 26 hero, another that's desperate to get read about (3,4) |
| GIGANTIC | Sizeable escapade linked to performance (8) |
| LIFEPEER | House-sitter has to look after sizeable bird |
| HEFTY | Sizeable fighter in Hungary yet to be battered (5) |
| LARGER | Beer has right to be more sizeable (6) |
| LUCRATIVE | Producing a sizeable profit |
