| REDHERRING | Looking embarrassed, being wrong about hard misleading clue |
| STARTAGAIN | Go back to square one, being wrong about pastry oven (5,5) |
| SCORPIO | Article in horoscope is poor, being wrong about cold |
| ASININITY | Foolishness, say, being wrong about twice in it |
| REFUTED | Disproved Freud, being wrong about limits to technique (7) |
| BRAD | One hammered being wrong about Republican |
| BENGALI | Being wrong about the man: an Indian (7) |
| RANDOM | Arbitrary, right man being wrong about party |
| SHIN | Be wrong about hard climb (4) |
| AFLAME | Looking very embarrassed, being licked by tongues? (6) |
| NATURED | Aunt disconcerted and embarrassed, being temperamentally disposed that way (7) |
| SHRED | A bit embarrassed, being discovered by mum (5) |
| UNCOMFORTABLE | Embarrassed, being powerless to secure compensation |
| STEWED | Was long embarrassed, being drunk |
| SHREDDER | Mum's more embarrassed being destroyer of sensitive material |
| SHEEPISH | Embarrassed, being compared to one easily led? |
| REDFACED | Embarrassed being 12 and overlooked (3-5) |
| PRESSURED | Super's terribly embarrassed, being under strain |
| RED | Deliberately misleading clue (3,7) |
| HERRING | Deliberately misleading clue (3,7) |
