| STRIPPOKER | Murderer claiming acceptable, by the way, revealing activity (5,5) |
| YOUTHHOSTELLING | Exchange of tips on South Hoy revealing activity for teens |
| TELLING | Revealing activity of some bank staff (7) |
| RESERVE | ____ price, one set as the lowest acceptable by a seller for an item sold at auction (7) |
| HABITUAL | Usual practice is socially acceptable by a student |
| RONDEAU | Poem - translation of an ode finally acceptable by monarch |
| HALAL | Acceptable by Muslim law |
| HOB | Hook not acceptable by black cooking appliance (3) |
| PURPORTING | Claiming to make the sound of a hooter or small bell? (10) |
| PRETENDERS | ... before offers for those falsely claiming the throne |
| BIRTHSTONE | Delivery note claiming son is "Gem of the Month" (10) |
| THEOCRATIC | The officer in charge preceding disloyal person in command, claiming divine authority (10) |
| LARDYCAKES | Traditional English tea-bread-like confections with several counties claiming ownership over the original recipes (5,5) |
| RYANLOCHTE | American swimmer with 12 Olympic medals who was suspended by USA Swimming after falsely claiming to have been robbed at gunpoint after a night out in Rio in 2016 (4,6) |
| ILLUMINATI | Any of various groups claiming special religious enlightenment, especially a secret society founded in Bavaria in 1776; Latin, 'the enlightened ones' (10) |
| NIGHTMUSIC | 1973 premiere, title claiming thus in translation (1,6,5,5) |
| MALINGERER | One falsely claiming disability benefit? (10) |
| COALMINING | Industry claiming no reform (4,6) |
| ARROGATION | Unfair claiming giro, rat on a suspect (10) |
| COLONISING | Claiming and settling (new land) |
