| RIZZIO | It's in Rio, we're told, by David |
| COPACABANABEACH | It's in Rio de Janeiro |
| HYDEPARK | Lie low we're told by Scottish explorer in green space |
| SIGHTSEERS | Tourists place, we're told by forecasters (10) |
| CURB | Stop, we're told by side of the road |
| SUEDE | Influenced, we're told, by the kid (5) |
| ROOSEVELT | Jumpers touched, we're told, by another of the 7ac (9) |
| ROLL | Part played, we're told, by the list (4) |
| PANCAKEMAKEUP | Harry Kane (Cap.), getting trophy after month, we're told by foundation (7,4-2) |
| ATELIER | Took in story told by reading or writing workshop? (7) |
| COMIC | Magazine of stories told by illustrations arranged in strips |
| PEEWEE | "Green veg", one's told by little bird in Scotland |
| PRODIGAL | Description of a son in a parable told by Jesus (8) |
| OBEY | Do what one's told by old governor in Turkey (4) |
| THEWITCHINGHUMOUR | Jokes told by a "Macbeth" trio in a Stratford production? |
| OBEYS | Does as told by former schoolfellow? Yes, in a way (5) |
| ALIBABA | Woodcutter in a tale told by Scheherazade |
| LIES | Falsehoods regularly told by Charity in Emmerdale (4) |
| LIE | An untruth, such as that told by Kirsty Branning to Max when she said she was pregnant in EastEnders (3) |
| MOTH | Insect found in the theme entries (and the subject of a famous joke told by Norm Macdonald) |
