| PEACEMAKER | Mediator getting worried came into summit with hesitant expression |
| TAILOR | Man wielding shears has trouble getting into summit |
| BLEACHER | Whitewashes Banna Strand sheltering learner driver with hesitant expression (8) |
| MUM | Silent majority's leader with hesitant expression (3) |
| SUPERHUMAN | Divine stewed prunes, with hesitant expression, are swallowed |
| MOUSEDEER | Small mammal showing purpose in way with hesitant expression |
| CHRONICLER | Historian, atrocious lecturer with hesitant expression (10) |
| CAROLLER | Festive entertainer, children's author, runs off with hesitant expression (8) |
| SCUM | Lawyer with hesitant expression, refers to DIRT |
| LEGUME | Limb presented with hesitant expression to sweetheart, to find pulse |
| PUNIER | Increasingly feeble wordplay Everyman offered with hesitant expression |
| HIJACKER | Greeting sailor with hesitant expression: perhaps a pirate? |
| DRUM | Instrument used by medic with hesitant expression |
| TASER | Stunner posed on the counter with hesitant expression (5) |
| COLUMBA | Senior officer with hesitant expression, noting educational qualification of Irish missionary |
| LUMPIT | See learner with hesitant expression point upwards, to suggest what they can do if they don't like it |
| SPEAKER | Succeeded with summit with ruler, one who restores order |
| GENERATE | Produce dope, with some hesitation, getting worried |
| ANXIOUS | An eleven with no score - useless getting worried |
| ANTIPODEAN | On the mountains, negotiating summit with oxygen, at the world's extremities (10) |
