| DIGGER | If this miner swapped sides, he would be manipulated (6) |
| OHENRY | Just changing sides, he is accepted as a story-teller |
| REGIMENT | This miner is seen to get with a lot of soldiers (8) |
| ORATOR | For a Tory not taking sides, he's a good speaker (6) |
| ADHESIVE | Rocking A-side he includes very tacky (8) |
| LOSER | Not being on winning side, he switches roles (5) |
| HAILED | Greeted as if he would be about to be sick (6) |
| NEEDED | To be manipulated in conversation is necessary (6) |
| COWARD | He would be a drawback to the commanding officer |
| RASCAL | Villain swapped sides, as about to get arrested (6) |
| OFFCUT | Bit stranded, having swapped sides (6) |
| CARTEL | President swapped sides at end of political alliance (6) |
| MAXINE | Flighty sister of Mitzeee who's been manipulated by in Hollyoaks (6,8) |
| DYLAN | This songwriter appears before one doubting he would be a playwright (5) |
| OBESSET | He would be in the way (imperf. subj. obsum) |
| ABEL | He would be, in all, a pound short (4) |
| EPHEDRA | He would be hidden in cultivated pear shrub (7) |
| INESSET | He would be in, imperf. act. subj., insum |
| EVANS | Chris ---, DJ who in September announced he would be leaving the BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show on Christmas Eve (5) |
| WESTEND | "Under different circumstances he would be a bouncer on some door in the ____" (Chris Eubank on Nigel Benn) |
