| FAROFF | Make a fuss about Robert Owen initially being remote (3-3) |
| OUTOFTHEWAY | Being remote, it is no longer an obstacle (3,2,3,3) |
| CORAM | Horace's in the presence of Owen initially in the old lie |
| LANARK | New --- was a model town and manufacturing village in Scotland associated with Robert Owen (6) |
| TEACUP | Arrive in a fury with a piece of pottery and make a fuss about nothing (5,2,1,6) |
| CREATE | Make a fuss about a Greek island (6) |
| ADORER | Make a fuss about right lover (6) |
| RAGGED | Went ballistic about girls initially being teased |
| SPARSE | Odds are about snow initially being thin on the ground |
| CHATTY | Spiteful about husband initially being talkative (6) |
| OBTAIN | Get into a brawl, initially being pushed around |
| GENIAL | Information about first-class lecturer initially being friendly and cheerful (6) |
| LINKED | Lied about Ned Kelly initially being related (6) |
| NEATEN | Tidy number initially being taken in (6) |
| STROLL | Constitutional state, initially being linked with Scandinavia |
| SUGARY | Guy turns us back initially, being very sweet (6) |
| CREAMTEA | Make a fuss about the centre of Dartmouth - a Devonshire speciality (5,3) |
| SCOTSWHAHAE | Song with lyrics by Burns about Robert Bruce's address to troops at Bannockburn (5,3,3) |
| NEWLANARK | Scottish village on the River Clyde associated with David Dale and Robert Owen (3,6) |
| LORDOFTHEISLES | 'The -', Walter Scott poem about Robert the Bruce (4,2,3,5) |