| ISOLATIONISTS | I insist a lot, so foolishly - they won't get involved |
| ONTHERUN | Escaping arrest Ron then foolishly frames you by the sound of it (2,3,3) |
| ISOLATION | In a lot, so I suffer - this? |
| BOOTSALE | Opportunity for buying a lot, so be excited |
| PACKET | It costs a lot so pack it in, say |
| BOATLOADS | Immigration measures failing a lot, so bad (9) |
| SEAL | Use a lot? Then find a way to close them up (4) |
| NOTABITOFIT | A lot then? Hardly! (3,1,3,2,2) |
| GAS | Talk a lot, then hang up (3) |
| RIGATONI | Italian food: tackle a lot, then second helping of pizza! (8) |
| SORELY | A lot, therefore count |
| METEOROLOGISTS | Tiresome lot, so annoying ultimately when it's stormy? (14) |
| CLAMOROUS | Insist a reticent person accepts gold ring from us |
| DISSATISFACTION | Insist a factoid's wrong producing unhappiness (15) |
| STIPULATE | Insist a title's up for change (9) |
| ASSERT | Insist a sure thing is to be heard |
| STATISTICIAN | I insist tact must be deployed to trap a data expert (12) |
| NAMEDROP | Pardon me somehow as I insist on mentioning famous people I know (8) |
| DEADENDS | Uninteresting aims - they won't get you anywhere (4,4) |
| TEDHEATH | Spooner's father predicts they won't get paid (3,5) |
