| NOTEWORTHY | Just painted up job centre in Ulster and, yes, it's significant (10) |
| NOTSO | Two Poles about to set up job centre? Untrue (3,2) |
| BRENDA | She has a gun and, yes, it's Russian (6) |
| DOWNSIDE | Negative aspect to team in Ulster and Leinster, for example (8) |
| MEANINGFUL | Nasty in general, almost charged. It's significant (10) |
| SETTLEDOWN | Colonise part of Ulster and don't be so worked up (6,4) |
| EVERGLADES | Always happy and yes, topless, in marshy Florida (10) |
| MILESTONES | It's significant to reach them |
| SPARETYRES | Those booted beginning to protest during arrest and yes, getting kicked around (5,5) |
| CLOSEDBOOK | Conservative miss and bachelor involved in affair? Yes, it's difficult to understand (6,4) |
| DOUBLETALK | Hear, hear, yes, yes, it's nonsense! (6,4) |
| CHRISYATES | Angling author, broadcaster, one-time carp record-holder (* yes, it's char) (5,5) |
| ROYALBLOOD | Yes, it's blue |
| LATINO | It was said in the past at job centre in New York possibly (6) |
| WEPT | Expressed pleasure in a way with just painted sign around top of plaster (4) |
| WETONWET | Painting technique in which the artist applies new paint atop a just-painted layer |
| POSTER | Notice in job centre in Beverley (6) |
| TORNDOWN | Demolished fronts right next door to job centre in large village (4,4) |
| LAGOS | Dawdles round the job-centre in an African town (5) |
| TROY | Shot out of the job-centre in the city (4) |