| INASTRAIGHTLINE | Hip I described without deviating (2,1,8,4) |
| DECIDERS | Crucial events could be described without book (8) |
| STRAIGHT | Without deviating (8) |
| ASTHECROWFLIES | Refurbish Welsh factories without deviating (2,3,4,5) |
| CALIFORNIAGIRLS | "Well East Coast girls are hip, I really dig those styles they wear," sang The Beach Boys in '65 (10,5) |
| UPPERCASELETTER | ...I described... (5-4,6) |
| GENERALISATIONS | Essential organ I described inaccurately with loose statements (15) |
| TRISKAIDEKAPHOBIA | Mangle it - bad karaoke's hip, I fear, covering this number |
| EAST | "Well, _ _ _ _ Coast girls are hip, I really dig those styles they wear", from The Beach Boys' "California Girls" (4) |
| INSIDES | Pains I described holding stomach (7) |
| SEVENASIDE | Like some rugby from Twickers, even as I described |
| ORCHID | Inside porch I described the bloomer (6) |
| BESIDES | Moreover it's found among the tribes I described (7) |
| MILNE | I described'Piglet' as 'Pit' containing 'leg, originally' (5) |
| HIDE | Some patch I described for mask (4) |
| TIDES | Ebbs and flows in government I described (5) |
| SIDES | In the press I described opposing interests (5) |
| TRIUMPH | Achievement I described by President, hard to follow (7) |
| RESIDES | Lives among the figures I described (7) |
| RIDE | Journey into Jaipur I described (4) |
