| STATELIER | Increasingly grand position beset by utter anarchy at its core (9) |
| SEMICOLON | Mark climbing positions beset by bad omens (9) |
| SAY | Utter anarchy at first in outskirts of Sydney |
| EQUIPOISE | Provide sound lacking, at its core, tonal balance (9) |
| AUNATUREL | Raw beauty at its core, on neutral ground (2,7) |
| OUTOFHAND | At its core, lout's sense-of-humour blandly riotous |
| RETURNING | Come back in grand position and trust, now and then, those who'll give 11Dn (9,8) |
| INKSTANDS | Articles for authors in grand positions |
| PILASTER | Column's seaside feature has to endure at its core (8) |
| HOREB | Mount with medium-hard mineral at its core (5) |
| DINE | Eat into racket with threats at its core (4) |
| REEVE | Free verse has thread at its core (5) |
| LITERATI | Well-read people pronounced it to be rubbish and vexatious at its core |
| BAGELS | Food that has no nutrition at its core |
| PIFFLE | Garbage heap with leaves at its core (6) |
| ACTING | At its core, hack shtick hinges on stagecraft |
| RAMEN | Noodle dish is sacramental at its core |
| HEATHAZE | Moor gazed at its core, noting a discernible shimmering |
| THUS | Tooth unfilled, has mush at its core accordingly (4) |
| ORIGAMI | Art form at its core's one form of magic, mostly (7) |
