| WENTTOTOWN | Made an effort when one visited the metropolis (4,2,4) |
| EXERTED | We made an effort when we did this ourselves (7) |
| DROPPEDIN | Put through the letter-box when one visited? (7,2) |
| FANATICISM | Santayana defines it as "redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim" |
| CITYCENTRE | Heart of the metropolis, is it? (4,6) |
| RESTRAINED | Made an effort after soldiers held back (10) |
| SCRUBBEDUP | Drunk circled busy pub, but made an effort to look nice (8,2,6) |
| CAMETOPASS | Visited the great St Bernard, for instance, as it happened (4,2,4) |
| JASONKELCE | Taylor Swift-adjacent, recently-retired NFL star who visited the U.S. Olympic Women's Rugby team in their locker room after their victory over Brazil on Sunday |
| COASTED | Made little effort when in bed, half made-up (7) |
| SIGHT | Blot on the landscape, one visited by tourist? |
| STRAIN | Excessive effort when there's water on the road (6) |
| RISE | ___ to the occasion (make extra effort when needed) |
| INANIMATE | Dull tavern, one visited by a friend |
| JEWELER | One visited by a prospective groom |
| VENOM | Poison brought up in room one visited (5) |
| SHRINK | One visited for consultations getting to dwindle (6) |
| VERACITY | Girl stands before the metropolis and that's the truth! (8) |
| DENSITY | The compactness of the metropolis of squats, reportedly (7) |
| PROVINCES | Away from the metropolis one might conspire to hold five (9) |
