| EUPHEMISTIC | Hum piece - it's about being polite |
| CIVILRIGHTS | Being polite corrects citizen's personal freedom (5,6) |
| CRYPTICCLUE | Set piece - it's spelt out, as you can hear, in the other across solutions (apart from 23) (7,4) |
| ERECTNESS | It's about being Crete being monstrous yet upright in style |
| AFFABLE | Oaf fabled endlessly for being polite and friendly (7) |
| GENTEEL | Genie let one out, being polite (7) |
| COURTEOUS | Crusoe out when it comes to being polite (9) |
| GETNASTY | Stop being polite |
| CLAUDE | "After you . . . . . . " being polite when archbishop is in church (6) |
| CIVILENGINEER | One who makes way, being polite? (5,8) |
| TILE | Whether an azulejo, handmade Delft-patterned square, terracotta slab, tessera or Scrabble/mah-jong piece, its name, from "to cover", refers to its fundamental function since ancient roofs were first l |
| WRIT | Satirical piece - it's funny about king (4) |
| REFIT | It's about being good enough to replace fittings (5) |
| AREA | It's about being in motoring organisation sector (4) |
| CAREER | It's about being in care disturbed by profession (6) |
| AGREE | Admit it's about being in time |
| APROPOS | It's about being relevant |
| IMMANENT | It's about being a male amongst others, inherently belonging (8) |
| CRAFTINESS | "Frances, it's about being cunning!" (10) |
| INANE | Annie it's about being quite senseless (5) |
