| RUDE | Lacking in social refinement |
| ILLBRED | Lacking in social refinement |
| GAUCHEST | Most lacking in social polish |
| RAISEDINABARN | Lacking in social graces, metaphorically |
| SLOB | From "mud, ooze, sludge", Irish for a mudflat or mire; or, a person regarded as crude, lazy, slovenly or lacking social refinement (4) |
| OBELISK | Pillar of British establishment lacking in social know-how, for starters (7) |
| NONUSAGE | Failure to employ wise man lacking in social graces |
| CLASSLESS | No school will be lacking in social distinction (9) |
| GRACE | Social refinement |
| GENTILITY | Social refinement (9) |
| FINISH | End of a race; social refinement; last coat of paint; or, surface texture (6) |
| FINISHINGSCHOOL | Institut Villa Pierrefeu, or, formerly, Eggleston Hall, but either way, it's an academy for a lady's social refinement, perhaps before her debutante ball (9,6) |
| DOUBLE | Social security in social security (social security in social security) (6) |
| SICILIANO | In social gathering, one joined in dance |
| CATHOLICS | Believers in social chat lacking a design (9) |
| INSTA | Lead-in to "gram" in social media |
| LOSECASTE | Fall in social status, in India |
| ADIOS | No malice in social media in Spain? Good luck to you with that one! (5) |
| SCHOOL | Intellectual or creative movement, such as the Frankfurt in social theory or the Chicago in architecture (6) |
| DOMINANCE | Old male favoured in social event to be in control |
