| INSULTED | Last month Denis was perhaps about to have been rude (8) |
| DURER | German artist who may have been rude about ringleader (5) |
| SHEBEENS | She's about to have been to grog shops (8) |
| INSISTED | Would have it from the first that Denis was wrong about (8) |
| TEENYBOPPER | Young girl has been rude about boy at the back wearing hat (5-6) |
| SWADDLED | Like Baby Jesus, was perhaps divine-led (8) |
| CARDINAL | He was perhaps clad in a robe, initially (8) |
| RETREADS | They gain fresh employment with Man U, perhaps -- about to negotiate endlessly (8) |
| AUTOBAHN | Karl's route perhaps about to change, Aachen regularly avoided (8) |
| RESEARCH | Chicken perhaps about to look for heart on 4Ac (4,8,6) |
| ACTTHREE | Part of Shakespeare play, perhaps, about to be presented in new theatre |
| INSOLENT | Ten lions used to be rude (8) |
| INSULATE | Be rude about a One Direction cushion (8) |
| ERUDITES | Learned ones may be rude on site! (8) |
| REPACK | Prepare to travel to next venue, perhaps about to appear with group (6) |
| CROONER | What Bing Crosby was, perhaps, to a crazy coroner |
| PASTTENSE | Was, perhaps, father nervous about street being evacuated? (4,5) |
| RETICULATION | Cult that is, perhaps, about to apply restrictions to network (12) |
| BIRD | Chicken perhaps about to look for heart on 4Ac (4,8,6) |
| CENTRE | Chicken perhaps about to look for heart on 4Ac (4,8,6) |
