| ENRICHMENTS | Miner, operating in stench of wealth additions (11) |
| LEGIONNAIRE | Member of a French army operating in their colonies (11) |
| DAVIDSSLING | Defence system in Israel against longer-range rockets that began operating in 2017 (6,5) |
| RADIOLOGIST | Medical specialist operating in the X-ray department |
| REDCRESCENT | Humanitarian aid organisation operating in Muslim countries (3,8) |
| STAGEFRIGHT | Fear operating in theatre? (5,6) |
| MISSAMERICA | Social Security Administration operating in four states |
| ODOUR | Stench of us outside party (5) |
| FETIDNESS | Stench of Ed's finest transformation (9) |
| SMELLINGSALTS | Perceiving stench of sailors can be restorative (8,5) |
| FENUGREEK | Heartless enemy with weapon reatreating, stench of curry spice results (9) |
| STEAMER | A duck that flaps its wings like the paddle wheels of a vapour-powered boat of the same name; a utensil for cooking food using a moist-heat method; a soft-shell clam; or, a robber operating in a gang |
| MAOISM | Marxist activists operating in Sinic manner first of all (6) |
| WARMONGER | Militarist in the marines operating in venture (9) |
| TONIGHT | Operating in cramped surroundings later in the day (7) |
| CLOSEUP | Cease operating in secret in court (5,2) |
| POISONER | Crippen, perhaps, operating in self-confidence -- ending in murder |
| TENON | Part of joint originally operating in the Memphis area |
| SIMON | Saintly way of operating in crime (5) |
| MILITARY | Perhaps, armed forces immorality... operating in absence of Medical Officer (8) |
