| GOOFFTHEBOIL | Lose interest when fool on Scotch accepts hard bet stupidly (2,3,3,4) |
| TURNOFF | Lose interest when big shot captured the Ashes (4,3) |
| THEBARD | Shakespeare, with a hard bet to back out of (3,4) |
| SHILLYSHALLY | Behave indecisively when fool takes drug in front of girl doing the same (6-6) |
| LETONESELFGO | Act in an uninhibited manner - lose interest in one's appearance (3,7,2) |
| REASSESSMENT | New marking fools on square may get in army unit, US soldier excepted |
| MUGUP | Study hard when fool finished (3,2) |
| ODESSA | Place when fool turns on poem (6) |
| SATUP | Showed interest when happy on Saturday (3,2) |
| COMMUNITYSPIRIT | Sense of belonging to a body of people on Scotch, say (9,6) |
| ONTHEMEND | On Scotch bottles they are recuperating (2,3,4) |
| THETHINKER | The pot man accepts hard work from Rodin (3,7) |
| PHEASANT | Rustic accepts hard bit of game (8) |
| LEGHORN | Army accepts hard soldiers dismissing number as chicken (7) |
| DIKTAT | Harsh decree issued when fool comes back with cheap goods (6) |
| AWFULNESS | Flew unperturbed when fool went around in a terrible state (9) |
| CREVASSE | Leader of climbers always upset when fool falls in this? (8) |
| TITUS | Groan when fool comes to our party (5) |
| TAKEINGOODPART | Show no resentment when fool is given substantial role |
| ASTONISHES | Staggers off in those when fool is around (10) |
