| SUNTANLOTION | Incredibly, last union not offering protection (6,6) |
| CRASHBARRIER | Cork spots could be a problem for trippy middle-of-the-road type offering protection (5,7) |
| INSITU | Protest the wrong way round? Union not spreading (2,4) |
| SPARSE | Poles and European Union not close together (6) |
| EVENTUAL | Final passage in European Union not quite complete (8) |
| FEDERAL | Union not broken, perhaps, welcoming sides in dispute |
| KNOT | Union not to be mentioned (4) |
| IMPROMPTU | Troublemaker with easy victory, trade union not prepared (9) |
| BREACHOFPROMISE | Why union's not gone ahead with opening of semipro arrangement |
| STRANGLE | Suppress prominent figure not offering a view (8) |
| SIP | Schooner, perhaps, not offering hot drink (3) |
| TONICS | Looking back, barman is initially not offering pick-me-ups (6) |
| KID | Child, amiable, but not offering name |
| JAR | Sort of open, but not offering a first drink |
| ACTOR | Performer's agent not offering lead? |
| OINTMENT | Position not offering a very quiet start - it requires application |
| DOLOROSO | Sadly left in entrance, roughly, not offering resistance |
| PHYSIC | Science not offering latest medicine |
| WATER | Sommelier possibly not offering one non-alcoholic drink (5) |
| HOBSON | In hot spots, supported by fellow not offering 8 9 (6) |
