| UPROOT | More expensive way, I hear, to pull out (6) |
| HIREPURCHASE | This sounds a more expensive way to buy (4-8) |
| GYPSUM | Swindle a few, I hear, to get some plaster (6) |
| SECEDE | Church of England deacon's first in diocese to pull out (6) |
| ENCASE | Roughly cleanse laundry.. starting to pull out cover (6) |
| EXTEND | Offer to pull out (6) |
| STRING | Striving to pull out fourth thread (6) |
| STEFAN | _ Dennis, Neighbours actor behind 2D who had to pull out of Strictly Come Dancing (6) |
| BEMYGUEST | In Belgium, Mary was gutted, I hear, to have inferred that I'd asked her to help herself |
| LEEDS | Northern city shows the way, I hear |
| BIWEEKLY | What shoppers do in a feeble way, I hear, twice a month? (8) |
| NOSE | An organ that recognises the way I hear it (4) |
| ROADHOG | Selfish driver travelled in unusual way, I hear |
| UNEMPLOYMENT | Union staff back scheme meant, I hear, to lower this? (12) |
| DEWDROP | A little condensation expected, I hear, to fall (7) |
| ITINERARY | Plan I hear to keep home quite a long time (9) |
| PARAPHERNALIA | Soldier arranged plan, I hear, to obtain equipment (13) |
| MINERAL | ...or, I hear, to get it you need a miner, Albert, mostly (7) |
| LEAKAGE | Leek, I hear, to mature with a slow loss of water (7) |
| BEETROOT | Beat route, I hear, to yield vegetable (8) |
