| CAPUCHINS | Monkeys about with Pearl at first in such disarray (9) |
| DRIVEIN | Energy is negligible at first in such a cinema! |
| AOTEAROA | "___ /Rugged individual/ Glisten like a pearl/At the bottom of the world": Six Months in a Leaky Boat, Split Enz (8) |
| ISSUE | Girl is first in such edition |
| SEPARATION | Monkeys about with allowance for divorce (10) |
| APES | Monkeys about with some peas |
| CLOWNSAROUND | Monkey's about with 1 across getting tray of beer (6,6) |
| EPAULETTE | Monkey about with game of chance, knocking heads off ornament (9) |
| WEINZWEIG | Author of "Basic Black with Pearls": Helen ___ |
| BUBBLETEA | Drink with pearls of tapioca (6,3) |
| APEMAN | Primate gets mother to point at someone to monkey about with (6) |
| CAPUCHIN | Monkey about with china cup (8) |
| ORGANGRINDERS | They monkey about with music! (5,8) |
| MARMOSET | Monkey about with some tram (8) |
| PAPER | A document telling how to monkey about with Public Relations (5) |
| OXYGENMASKS | Monkeys (about 10) merry with gas, inhaled via these? (6,5) |
| ONIONS | Devoured raw in an eating competition held in Newent, Gloucestershire, vegetables with "pearl" varieties traditionally pickled as pub snacks or as accompaniments to ploughman's lunches (6) |
| EARLMONROE | NBA Hall-of-Famer whose first name rhymes with "pearl" |
| APPAREL | Dress in a pale top with pearl ensemble |
| BABOON | Monkey about, at first, during blessing (6) |
