| ALONE | It's an advance, I say, being by myself (5) |
| NOISOME | I soon find out being by myself is horrid (7) |
| IGNITE | "Go to blazes," I say, being upset about fool |
| SPLENDID | Odds on to get an advance. I had a great feeling (8) |
| LONER | Person who prefers being by themself |
| FIEND | Use sword, say, being savage about the East (5) |
| BEGUM | Muslim lady, say, being entertained by tramp |
| STAID | Stuck around, so they say, being decorous (5) |
| NEGUS | Emperor, say, being entertained by rising star |
| GETIT | Do you understand flier, say, being circulated? |
| VEGAN | One won't want milk, say, being kept in vehicle |
| BLUEMOVIE | Colourful advance I included in pornographic film (4,5) |
| PASSIM | Advance I am making here and there |
| GUESS | Not sure about this one but I'll have a wild stab at it being by Charli XCX (5) |
| INTHEMAIN | Mostly, then, I swim, being by the sea |
| ONEARMEDBANDIT | Love being by sea with musicians, it's something with pull (3-5,6) |
| PERSON | Self-conscious being by himself working for euros, primarily |
| ENSHEATH | Being by exposed countryside, wrap up |
| DOGBERRY | Constable seen as reverse of divine being, by admitting sin |
| HOMICIDE | Killing of a human being by another (8) |
