| PILLOWFIGHT | In which flock is dispersed before scholars' retirement? |
| PRIESTHOOD | Ministry hopes riot gets dispersed before onset of damage (10) |
| RUMBA | Drink before scholar's lively dance |
| HILLS | Word for the mamelons, monadnocks, monticules, mounds or mounts to which flocks of lekking ruffs are likened and individuals are said to be "over" when put out to grass (5) |
| GEL | Substance in which a liquid is dispersed in a solid |
| TEMPERA | Painting technique in which a powdered pigment is dispersed in a water-miscible medium, typically egg yolk (7) |
| SHEEPISH | Bashful member of flock is last in church (8) |
| DIOCESE | See what the bishop's flock is (7) |
| CONGREGATION | Flock is going to race madly round back of pen (12) |
| ONTARIO | In Canada, too, rain is dispersed (7) |
| MONASTIC | Like the cloistered life, main cost of which is dispersed (8) |
| ALTOSTRATUS | Star out last is dispersed in thick cloud |
| ANISEED | Flavour in a seed is dispersed (7) |
| SPECTRA | Bands of colours observed in rainbows or when white light is dispersed through prisms; or, the frequencies of electromagnetic radiation (7) |
| MIASMA | Unhealthy atmosphere is dispersed when inhaled by mum |
| NEON | Gas, but none is dispersed |
| REUNITE | Join up again when the retinue is dispersed (7) |
| TIBER | Coursing through Rome, tribe is dispersed (5) |
| NASTIEST | Most horrible stain is dispersed by English saint (8) |
| DOSIENESE | One seed is dispersed to speak the dialect of Siena (2,7) |