| PUBLICNUISANCE | Local left in charge is put in shade as annoying character (6,8) |
| CROSSHATCH | One of 16 where husband for Penny is put in shade (10) |
| HUGE | Immense ground's facade is put in shade (4) |
| INTOTHEBARGAIN | ... as well as annoying both Italy and Argentina (4,3,7) |
| APAININTHENECK | Very annoying character (1,4,2,3,4) |
| GNAT | Any one of a myriad of midge- or mozzie-like flies abounding in a cloud; or, a person who is comparably as annoying, insignificant or tiny (4) |
| GRIT | Persistence beginning to rankle in annoying character (4) |
| BIDDY | Elderly woman regarded as annoying or interfering (5) |
| GOPUBLIC | Reveal widely board game with local left in charge (2,6) |
| PUBLIC | Local left in charge of a community (6) |
| PUBLICTRANSPORT | Local left in charge getting parts torn out of buses and trains |
| PUBLICCOMPANIES | Local left in charge with acting groups - such pay dividends? (6,9) |
| PUBLICOMORNE | General coming from local, left in charge |
| ITALIC | With personal magnetism adult left in charge is emphatic character (6) |
| TROLL | Regent left in charge is a monster! (5) |
| COLIC | Commander left in charge is a pain (5) |
| UNDERACLOUD | Put in the shade, as suspected (5,1,5) |
| NUISANCE | Annoying person one's put in shade (8) |
| HATCHED | Put in shade, came out of one's shell (7) |
| ECLIPSE | Cuttings, with earth either side, put in shade (7) |
