| GUSTAV | Mahler, say, was somewhat august, avant-garde (6) |
| GARISH | Swimmer losing a little force was somewhat showy (6) |
| NATIVE | Indigenous or inborn; he was somewhat controversially (for 1878) returned by Thomas Hardy (6) |
| JAGGER | Lead singer of The Rolling Stones who was somewhat controversially knighted in 2002, Mick ... |
| SMUDGE | Smear succeeded - slime, say, was overturned (6) |
| VACANT | Virginia, say, was unable to find empty premises (6) |
| BUTTER | Goat, say, was indistinguishable from margarine, we were told! (6) |
| LUDLOW | Lord, some say, was depressed in Shropshire (6) |
| REPAYS | Gives back the money the traveller will say was disbursed (6) |
| UPTOWN | What kind of Funk did Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars say was 'gon give it to you? (6) |
| IMEANT | "What _ ___ to say was..." |
| AMUSED | Commercial about Clio, say, was entertaining |
| UNMADE | One French maid, say, was undone |
| JUMPEDTHEGUN | Bound to find one of the journalist's article on local shooter was somewhat previous (6,3,3) |
| NERO | Being emperor was somewhat onerous (4) |
| PAW | Foot as party leader was somewhat untidy (3) |
| TWEE | Last week was somewhat affected (4) |
| ACHED | Little Cain was somewhat heady but suffered as a result (5) |
| SOU | It was somewhat unsound currency |
| CURIA | Assembly was somewhat mercurial (5) |
