| INTERROGATIVE | How, for instance, to bury old gun in river briefly (13) |
| MATCHLOCK | Old gun in church in Derbyshire town |
| EXPUNGE | Get rid of promising lead (suspect gun) in river (7) |
| THEWINTERSTALE | Play being about fashion, time to bury old hat! |
| HATCHET | Develop a plan starting every time, to bury old enmities (7) |
| OBELISK | Pillar of British establishment lacking in social know-how, for starters (7) |
| ASPIRATE | Say how, for example, snake gets angry (8) |
| REVOLUTIONARYCALENDAR | How for a while the French marked the turning of the year? |
| REVOLUTIONARY | Filmed novel way of making duck's arse circle river briefly? (13,4) |
| VICEPRESIDENT | Maybe Humphrey once inspected river briefly when polluted (4-9) |
| CHANGEABILITY | Substitute has the talent, for instance, to play in defence or lead the attack erratically (13) |
| BLUNDERBUSSES | Mistake vehicles for old guns (13) |
| FRENCHWINDOWS | What Belgian king uttered, for instance, to Casement and head of State in Paris residence offering transparent views (6,7) |
| HOLDSTOGETHER | Stitches up The Nelsons, for instance, to get her (5,8) |
| READLIKEABOOK | Study Dubliners, for instance, to easily understand real motivations (4,4,1,4) |
| MERGANSER | Duck flipping scold in river briefly and run (9) |
| SEVERAL | Divers seen in river briefly, then a lake |
| OCTOPUS | Sea creature caught at surface in river briefly |
| NETIZEN | Surfer - spot one finally coming up in river, briefly |
| TUNISIA | Fish seen about river briefly in the country (7) |
