| CRUSTY | Irritable, but hard only on the exterior (6) |
| ROUGHJUSTICE | Hard, only hard water, that's unfair treatment (5,7) |
| CHOCOHOLIC | Chic, cool style gets hard only for one with craving (10) |
| PETULANT | Peevishly irritable, but Clark not heartless (8) |
| CROTCHETY | Like a voice that's irritable but not quavery? (9) |
| RATTIER | More irritable but do not start to irritate intensely (7) |
| RADOME | Housing for a radar antenna that protects against weather but is transparent to radio waves, as on the exterior of an aircraft (6) |
| TENETS | Make you reverse, on the exterior, set opinions (6) |
| SEARED | Cooked on the exterior |
| LOWERS | Quite partial to half, only on the cards (6) |
| LIKELY | Quite partial to half, only on the cards (6) |
| GOATEE | Small, pointed beard which is only on the chin (6) |
| EMPLOY | Use me around place, only on the outside |
| CAUCUS | Influential group causes custom to be observed only on the left |
| SCARCE | Many in shock but hard to find (6) |
| EFFORT | Offer little Ted nothing but hard struggle (6) |
| LEGACY | ____ software is old, but hard to replace owing to wide use |
| ARDENT | Keen, painting the exterior of the study (6) |
| TURNER | Specify to the fellow I need the exterior renovated (6) |
| DEFINE | Specify to the fellow I nee the exterior renovated (6) |