| DISCOMFIT | Male meeting female -- it comes after party, bringing distress (9) |
| DESPERATION | Parties done badly, bringing distress |
| LADY | Female it is difficult to find, street tricksters show (4) |
| REINDEER | If an animal with antlers is female, it must be a ____ |
| PROFIT | Gain for female, it follows (6) |
| PLAINTIFF | Party bringing action with ugly fight (9) |
| MANCUNIAN | British citizen, male, meeting a French one in prison |
| SPOKENFOR | Reserved little man meeting female, overwhelmed by scent |
| UNA | A Parisian male meeting a female |
| ABASH | Adult party bringing cause to feel embarrassed (5) |
| HENNIGHT | Party bringing leaders of neighbouring nations into prominence (3,5) |
| VEHEMENT | Ardent male meeting me in passage (8) |
| HEAROF | Get to know about male meeting places set up (4,2) |
| SHEBANG | Told police about male meeting bishop for affair (7) |
| MALICE | Spite shown by male meeting Christopher Robin's nurse (6) |
| AMIABLE | A male meeting one expert, friendly (7) |
| LIFER | Prisoner, 51, meeting female with hesitation (5) |
| GOOF | Awkward person shows sentimentality when meeting female (4) |
| PANTHER | Gasp for breath, meeting female animal in the wild (7) |
| OVERDEVELOP | Old composer briefly meeting female hack, making advance, improperly |