| METERMAID | Lovely Rita, setting an example, tailed woman penning note (5,4) |
| UNITE | Manchester, for example, tailed off to make one (5) |
| ENCIPHER | Long recalled that woman penning start of criminal code |
| EROTICA | Woman penning books such as Fifty Shades of Grey (7) |
| PRECEDENT | Quiet about decent characters setting an example (9) |
| ROLEMODEL | Mellor in trouble about words addressed to someone? He should be setting an example! (4,5) |
| ABERRANCE | Deviation by expert, penning note to follow late baseball player (9) |
| PREVALENT | General's attendant penning note before going over the top |
| CAPTIONED | Gangster penning note daughter provided with heading |
| HYPERLINK | Hospital doctor perkily penning note: "site access here" (9) |
| PERMANENT | Constant person with artist Edouard penning note (9) |
| CONVERTED | Penning note, undercover journalist saw the light (9) |
| SEMIBREVE | Cantonese verb I messed up, penning note (9) |
| INTEGRATE | Join with unappreciative person penning note |
| BEAUTIFUL | Very attractive boyfriend with awful flu penning note (9) |
| SAE | In short, always comes back to you from summits setting an example (3) |
| TAKINGTHELEAD | Setting an example by accepting star billing (6,3,4) |
| WHEN | Essential question considered when setting an appointment |
| AMPM | Important choices to consider when setting an alarm |
| SUNGLASSES | Shades of Eleanor Rigby and Lovely Rita? (10) |
