| ANTIAPARTHEID | I'd pain at heart, revolting against cruel political regime (4-9) |
| GYP | Pain at heart of Arab country |
| UNUSUAL | England's William and Mary were responsible for the first ruling against 'cruel and ... punishment' |
| DOUGHTY | Brave party that's revolting against gutless thuggery |
| DYNAST | Ruler last to take lead in revolting against duke |
| SYSTEM | Oppressive political regime, so to speak, with "the" |
| CAMBODIA | South-east Asian country which lost up to 2 million of its people under a devastating political regime in the 1970s (8) |
| STINGINTHETAIL | Is it likely to cause pain at the very end? (5,2,3,4) |
| EGYPT | Pain at the heart of an alien land (5) |
| ELAN | Feel pain at regular intervals displaying vigour (4) |
| ENLIGHTEN | Make aware of pain at the back after shot in the leg (9) |
| SNOW | Poles have expression of pain at winter feature (4) |
| NEURALGIA | The course of a pain at a large university? (9) |
| CHAPELOFEASE | Freedom from pain at place of worship, it's some way from parish church (6,2,4) |
| STITCH | Sharp pain at the bottom of the legs on the bone is irritating (6) |
| MACHETES | More than one knife victim's ultimate pain at set-up? (8) |
| EARACHE | Pain at the side of the face (7) |
| YELLOWSEA | Give shouts of pain at each edge of Pacific Ocean (6,3) |
| NAPPYRASH | Any sharp pain at first aggravated baby's discomfort |
| SOREST | Pain at its worst, therefore lie down (6) |
