| REDARMY | May order reforms, dismissing old Cold War divisions? |
| REDCHINA | Colourful types of dishes produced by old cold war country (3,5) |
| IRONCURTAIN | Cold War division of Europe (4,7) |
| HOOP | Occasional visitor to Britain dismissing old English band (4) |
| RABBI | Religious teacher, brothers' father dismissing Old Testament in religious instruction (5) |
| TWERP | Castle dismissing old page and fool (5) |
| ENTRIES | ENO dismissing old attempts from competitors (7) |
| DECADE | Poem dismissing old rebel of the 60s perhaps (6) |
| BEING | Aerospace company dismissing old person |
| ARAUCARIA | A jarring song dismissing old American tree |
| NABUCCO | Old, cold cigar-maker rolling with a score of Hebrew slaves (7) |
| TAPIOCA | Volunteers to get a Greek character old, cold dessert (7) |
| COWARD | Set up raffle for old cold chicken (6) |
| EST | Suffix for old, cold and bold |
| HAVOC | Briefly own old cold ruin |
| OCCUR | Come to mind old cold dog in poor condition (5) |
| BLUESTOCKING | Most indecent monarch hugs old cold literary lady (12) |
| MEDIOCRE | Julius? Old, cold, boring, disastrous, second-rate (8) |
| AVOCET | Ace animal doctor nursing old, cold bird (6) |
| FRESCO | Picture of old cold farm worker returning (6) |
