| ITISSAID | In the interests of leader's support behind old paramilitaries or so the story goes (2,2,4) |
| ABINITIO | Last of the data conceals the dirt in the interests of leaders in Latin countries to begin with (2,6) |
| AID | Affirmed removing leader's support |
| WRITTENUP | Composed and awake or so the story goes (7,2) |
| TRIEDOUT | Came before the judge in Paris where the leader did it in the interests of research (5,3) |
| LOCKDOWN | Period of restricted movement in the interests of public safety (8) |
| FACTIOUS | First few act with debt notes and only in the interests of a group (8) |
| DUCKLING | It's ugly, as the story goes (8) |
| ONBEHALF | In the interest (of) |
| CURRY | The 'Railway Lamb' example was introduced on Indian railways during the British Raj, so the story goes! (5) |
| ALPHABET | High support behind a record company in Silicon Valley (8) |
| BACKREST | Vertical upper support behind a person on a seat (4,4) |
| BACKSEAT | Support behind inferior position (4-4) |
| ALHAMBRA | Palace put support behind leaderless South London area |
| LANANRUTER | Drugstore discovery, so the story goes |
| ANECDOTAL | Cane toad hopping towards lake, so the story goes (9) |
| STRAW | Unwise homebuilder's material, so the story goes |
| PAEDIATRIC | In changing diaper, I act in the interests of the child's health (10) |
| POLITICAL | Done or acting in the interests of status or power (9) |
| SYDNEYSIDERS | As my old man, the story goes, finally rides out 17s (12) |
