| ATTACHING | Joining but, at start of training, suffering some pain (9) |
| WIDOW | After initial wariness stated his wish to marry but at start of winter, wife left (5) |
| BEACHED | Ran ashore, suffering some pain when in bed (7) |
| TENDERFEET | New recruits offer payment before start of training |
| SINGLET | It's worn by one before the start of training (7) |
| TYING | Joining but perhaps not without a hitch (5) |
| THINONTOP | Suffering some hair loss (4,2,3) |
| RHEUMATIC | Curate and him somehow united in some pain |
| DESIRABLE | Attractive, but at risk of being stripped of knighthood? |
| ANCESTORS | "Each has his own tree of ____, but at the top of all sits Probably Arboreal" (RL Stevenson) |
| OUBLIETTE | A dungeon with no opening but at the top (9) |
| MALADROIT | Malcolm is shortly to be skilful but at the moment is awkward (9) |
| APOPHASIS | In rhetoric, what is the denial of an intention to speak about something, but at the same time evoki |
| BETACTFUL | Act diplomatically, but at the wrong clef setting (2,7) |
| HIGHPRICE | Rich pig he ousted, but at great cost (4,5) |
| OPTICAL | Accountant trapped by pilot suffering some sort of illusion (7) |
| STEAMIRONS | They serve on boards, suffering some strain (5,5) |
| DISASTER | Star side suffering some misfortune (8) |
| AGONY | Suffering some to be blocked by progress |
| DUO | Trio suffering some absenteeism (3) |
