| NEBULOUS | Jazz blues sound essentially having ill-defined form |
| SHAPELESS | Be quiet while organising sleep-in of ill-defined form (9) |
| INLET | Puget Sound, essentially |
| DAVIDANDGOLIATH | Wrestling, I'd add a lot, having ill-matched opponents |
| FEELTHEDRAUGHT | What the poor do, having ill-fitting windows? |
| SEASICK | Having ill feeling made worse by those who rock the boat? (7) |
| ESTHER | Jazz/blues vocalist Phillips |
| STATES | '50s Chicago jazz/blues/gospel label, with "Records" |
| DINAH | 1956 jazz/blues album with an exclamation point |
| EVA | Jazz/blues singer Cassidy |
| ETHEL | Jazz/blues singer Waters |
| WINSTON | Succeed with poser, essentially having to name Orwell character (7) |
| UNITES | Gets married, gets divorced, essentially having to cut back (6) |
| PERSEPHONE | Essentially having to call wife of underground boss |
| NIL | Penniless, essentially, having nothing |
| STRIKER | Footballer, one barely running, essentially having international replacement (7) |
| OVAL | Cove and wall essentially having an elliptical shape (4) |
| GRANDSLAM | Guardiola essentially having big impact after relative sporting success (5,4) |
| ZONKEDOUT | With boozing essentially having replaced clubs, collapsed, intoxicated (6,3) |
| GATES | Entrances with magic, essentially, having seat transformed (5) |
