| GENTEEL | Man gets General back up, being polite (7) |
| PARCHED | It quietly got one's back up, being so thirsty (7) |
| WESTERN | People, in general, back to see film (7) |
| AMNESTY | Girl going round home gets general pardon (7) |
| GINGERALE | Soldier gets general cocktail with soft drink (6,3) |
| APPLAUSE | Computer giant hosting an American gets general approbation (8) |
| NEGEV | Some native general back in the desert (5) |
| AFFABLE | Oaf fabled endlessly for being polite and friendly (7) |
| COURTEOUS | Crusoe out when it comes to being polite (9) |
| EUPHEMISTIC | Hum piece - it's about being polite |
| CIVILRIGHTS | Being polite corrects citizen's personal freedom (5,6) |
| CLAUDE | "After you . . . . . . " being polite when archbishop is in church (6) |
| URBANE | Living in a city there's some point in being polite (6) |
| CIVILENGINEER | One who makes way, being polite? (5,8) |
| GETNASTY | Stop being polite |
| COWSHED | Shut up, being intimidated outwardly, in the byre (7) |
| EMERSON | Poet picks me up, being topless (7) |
| AVERAGE | A woman, e.g., turning up being mean (7) |
| ABOLISH | Pitch up, being restrained by excellent mum in scrap (7) |
| MAILLOT | Payment one's picked up, being top in Tour de France (7) |
