| INREALITY | I try alien out, as a matter of fact (2,7) |
| INSURANCE | One's questioned taking this out, as a matter of policy |
| MALADROIT | Clumsy male, like an alien out of Motor City (9) |
| SPHERICAL | All round sides of ship, unthinkable to chuck alien out |
| GENUINELY | Dope attending university in Cambridgeshire city, as a matter of fact (9) |
| CATEGORICALIMPERATIVE | Ever impractical, I go and eat out as a matter of principle |
| AGENDA | Officer taking a girl out as a matter of business (6) |
| SYLLABUS | Paper handed out as a matter of course? |
| SYLLAS | Paper handed out as a matter of course? |
| REDOLENT | Ron led the little alien out with a fragrant offering (8) |
| ENTICE | Tempt that nice alien out! (6) |
| INDEED | As a matter of fact, trendy theologian imports lots of ecstasy (6) |
| WHYYES | "As a matter of fact, I do!" |
| LITERAL | As a matter-of-fact, it's a misprint (7) |
| TRUE | A letter to regret, as a matter of fact (4) |
| INEFFECTIVE | As a matter of fact, I have become useless |
| DEGRADED | As a matter of fact, one who passed out was demoted (8) |
| ENFAIT | As a matter of fact: Fr. |
| YKNOW | "As a matter of fact," informally |
| REALITY | As a matter of fact, there's no getting away from it (7) |
