| DITHERING | I'm indecisive, so I'd better turn to the phone (9) |
| ACCIDENT | A mishap, so I'd better share the stress (8) |
| DIAGRAM | Plan - I'd better turn on one gaining weight (7) |
| PRESIDENT | I'd better be buried by existing head (9) |
| BENIGHTED | If it's ignorant to say you're totally in the dark, then I'd beg to differ. (9) |
| SPASMODIC | So I'd go to camps but only intermittently (9) |
| ASTEROIDS | So I'd shed tears on visiting small planets (9) |
| BEMYGUEST | Go on then, I'd like to entertain you (2,2,5) |
| THEROUNDS | "What's up doc?" Then I'd go roving to see what doc's at! (5,3,6) |
| BETHLEHEM | Be the helm that can turn to the Nativity scene (9) |
| PARALYTIC | Drunk to knock back a left turn to the metropolis (9) |
| TORTURING | I turn to the king on seeing such torment taking place (9) |
| NIETZSCHE | Zen ethics turn to the German philosopher (9) |
| TRAVELLER | Rep let Ravel turn to the right (9) |
| ABOUTFACE | Command to turn to the opposite direction (5-4) |
| STARBOARD | Turn to the right at sea (9) |
| PASDECHAT | 'Step of a cat' in ballet, in which leaping dancers raise each foot in turn to the opposite knee (3,2,4) |
| MISCALL | Don't predict the future correctly and don't get to the phone on time, I hear (7) |
| CLOSER | "Put your sweet lips a little ... to the phone; Let's pretend that we're together all alone," sang Jim Reeves in He'll Have To Go |
| PAGED | Papa, very old, called to the phone |
