| SPORTY | Lively, stylish or initially tiresome in an agent (6) |
| IDIOT | Fool's clipped way of speaking initially tiresome |
| ALLEGE | Claim "All for one" getting tiresome, in the end (6) |
| GROTTO | Flipping over the top or initially gratuitous for visiting dancer's boss? (6) |
| OYSTER | ... or initially leave that for the shellfish (6) |
| NIECES | Relatives - junior sect - tiresome, in essence |
| SNAPPY | Stylish or short-tempered |
| THETUBE | Set in a den, slangily ... or, initially, what can be found in each answer to a starred clue |
| POPTASTIC | Portmanteau word describing some great music ... or, initially, four answers in this puzzle |
| OATH | What witness takes in court or initially at hospital (4) |
| FACET | Aspect ultimately tiresome, in truth |
| PETPEEVE | Tiddles's tiddle very tiresome, in the end a sore point (3,5) |
| ROAST | Criticise Prospero as tiresome in part (5) |
| FLASH | Ostentatiously stylish or expensive (5) |
| CLASSIER | More stylish or elegant (8) |
| CHIC | Stylish, or the 1970s band known for "Le Freak" |
| NIFTY | Perhaps from magnificent for stylish or pleasing! (5) |
| JVSQUAD | School's underclass team ... or, initially, what the four longest answers in this puzzle comprise |
| TSAR | It was more than Russia or initially less than Russia in a muddle (4) |
| SENDPACKING | Dismiss or, initially confused, await dismissal |
