| INTHESOUP | In difficulty, informally (2,3,4) |
| HICCUP | Minor difficulty, informally |
| NOSWEAT | Without difficulty, informally (2,5) |
| PROB | Difficulty, informally |
| SKINGRAFT | Consequence of burning in abandoning vessel in difficulty? |
| ONTHESPOT | In difficulty there and then (2,3,4) |
| IDENTICAL | Diet in difficulty - state is the same ... (9) |
| ENTANGLED | In difficulty with teen gland disorder (9) |
| PRAESTANT | They stand out, surpass neat parts in difficulty |
| ASTROLOGY | Study of horoscopes got royals in difficulty (9) |
| TOPFLIGHT | Superior is to function in difficulty (3-6) |
| BARRISTER | One represents good person in difficulty? (9) |
| FELIXHOLT | 18A's radical English lecturer, in difficulty, initially hectored old Lieutenant (5,4) |
| LIFEGUARD | Cavalryman who joined up so he could save bathers in difficulty? (9) |
| KITCHENETTE | Teen, in thicket, in difficulty, in galley! (11) |
| PLIGHT | Putting answer in crossword, after using pen in the beginning, results in difficulty (6) |
| TENNIS | Son in difficulty makes comeback in game |
| HARDPRESSED | In difficulty, like grapes in winery? (4-7) |
| AVOCADO | Wading bird stopped over halfway in difficulty - one might go in for a dip |
| PROPORTIONAL | Correspondent shows poor patrol in difficulty |
